Jamie Dimon Quotes
Just because we're stupid doesn't mean everybody else was.
Dimon, Jamie. Q1 2012 Earnings Call. JPMorgan Chase & Co., 13 Apr. 2012.
This quotation and the so called “facts” therein have been quoted by many to demonstrate general racial inferiority of Blacks as compared to whites in the first half of the 20th century. There are two difficulties with their arguments. First it has been scientifically demonstrated that amongst many animals including humans brain size has nothing to do with intelligence. For example, the primitive Neanderthal man had a bigger skull and brain than modern man. Second, it is not the case that Negro brains are smaller than whites. Stephen J. Gould has demonstrated the fallacy of these early studies showing the difference. It is a classic scientific example that researchers looking for a particular solution will often find it whether or not it is real.
Jamie Dimon is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of JPMorgan Chase, the largest of the big four American banks, since 2005 and was previously on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Dimon was included in Time magazine's 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2011 lists of the world's 100 most influential people. Dimon's net worth is estimated at $1.7 billion.
