2/13/2017

Larry Elder tonight declared that decades of psychological studies consistently show that black women and black men consistently score higher in self-esteem than do white women and white men.

I have always thought that professional psychologists are often incompetent and these sets of tests show it.

I would rate high self-esteem as a sign of moral and mental health, a state of virtue growing out of egoist morality. Discovering who has it and who does not is tricky.

Black men and black women, for the most part, are groupist and that flows from low self-esteem, self-hating, altruistic ethics and remnants of groupist and tribal allegiances, strongly reinforcing group-living.

Relatively speaking, white men and white women, come out of a semi-individualistic culture that redounds to higher self-esteem, relative self-loving, egoist ethos and some breaking away from group-living, angling towards individual-living.

So, how to account for contradictory psychological studies. I would conjecture that blacks are extroverted and forceful to compensate for slavery and discrimination in their historical past. The loud, overt assertion of high self-esteem is their way of compensating, and it is their effort to make their way in the world. More power to them, But it does not reflect very high self-esteem.

White men and white women are often brought up to be modest, quiet, polite and tactful in public. Bragging about their high self-esteem would go against their Christian training to be humble and courteous. Group-living and altruist ethics instilled in them from an early age would further their reluctance to assert their high self-esteem which for many would be akin to bragging about being selfish.

But, as a relative individualist, the essence of the separated existence entails that a fairly high self-esteem is required and reinforced by believing that living apart, doing one's own thing and growing one's ability is a lifestyle that one deserves and warrants, because one is not worthy of a less ambitious way of living.

So, let all blacks and white speak up for high self-esteem, but also individual-live, self-love, follow the maverized Good Spirits and self-realize so that their actual and stated self-esteem are off-the-charts high.