The SATS were literally invented by a eugenicist to uphold white supremacy

[Gyrofrog]

@moist

So, obviously Yerkes created an American version of the test that identified low scores as either idiots (non-verbal), imbeciles (illiterate) or morons (the high functioning). Eugenicists were scared of morons, since they could blend in with the normies.

This was WWI times, so he pitched this test to the US Army so they could identify morons to use as cannon fodder. The Army had no use for this test, presumably because most soldiers scored in the cannon fodders range.

They still have the ASVAB (my anecdote)…