Friday, November 13, 2009

Race and intelligence: A sorry tale of shoddy science...

Earlier this year Glenn Beck, the US Fox News commentator, called President Barack Obama "a racist" with a "deep-seated hatred for white people and white culture". The subtext of the statement seemed to be that it is justified to be fearful and suspicious of people of another race if they hate and fear you. Or possibly it was just a more than usually sanctimonious form of racism. But for me it was also the spur to take a closer look at a book that charts the way American and European scientists have handled the debate about race, culture, intelligence and economic and political success. More...

Don't miss:

  1. Lebensborn, how the Nazis toyed with eugenics...
  2. The Smithsonian, Margaret Sanger and Eugenics.
  3. Pay the "appalling underclass" not to breed...
  4. Are white people more intellgent than blacks?
  5. 6-year-old Pranav Veera has IQ of 176...
  6. Why are so many black and Asian women desperate to be white?

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