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The Bell Curve Wars: Race, Intelligence, and the Future of America » Read Now
by Steven Fraser. 216 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray has generated a firestorm of debate, confirming for some their secret belief in the innate inferiority of certain "races" or ethnic groups, angering many who view the book as an ill-concealed racist manifesto, and worrying untold others who...
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The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray has generated a firestorm of debate, confirming for some their secret belief in the innate inferiority of certain "races" or ethnic groups, angering many who view the book as an ill-concealed racist manifesto, and worrying untold others who fear the further racial polarization of American society. In The Bell Curve Wars, a group of our country's most distinguished intellectuals dismantles the alleged scientific foundations and criticizes the alarming public policy conclusions of this incendiary book.
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The Case against 'The Bell Curve,' in Washington Monthly » Read Now
by Gregg Easterbrook. 7 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...similar creatures is expected to propose a selection mechanism by which the differential arose. Early in The Bell Curve controversy, The New York Times ran an op-ed article...
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The Mismeasure of Man (Includes discussion of "The Bell Curve" controversy in multiple chapters) » Read Now
by Stephen Jay Gould. 444 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Education, Psychology, Entire Library
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Race and IQ (Chap. 19 "Behind the Curve" and Chap. 20 "The Tainted Sources of The Bell Curve") » Read Now
by Ashley Montagu. 486 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

Ashley Montagu, who first attacked the term "race" as a usable concept in his acclaimed work, Man's Most Dangerous Myth, offers here a devastating rebuttal to those who would claim any link between race and intelligence. In now classic essays, this thought-provoking volume critically examines the...
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Ashley Montagu, who first attacked the term "race" as a usable concept in his acclaimed work, Man's Most Dangerous Myth, offers here a devastating rebuttal to those who would claim any link between race and intelligence. In now classic essays, this thought-provoking volume critically examines the terms "race" and "IQ" and their applications in scientific discourse. The twenty-four contributors--including such eminent thinkers as Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Lewontin, Urie Bronfenbrenner, W.F. Bodmer, and Jerome Kagan--draw on fields that range from biology and genetics to psychology, anthropology, and education. What emerges in piece after piece is a deep skepticism about the scientific validity of intelligence tests, especially as applied to evaluating innate intelligence, if only because scientists still cannot distinguish between genetic and environmental contributions to the development of the human mind. Five new essays have been included that specifically address the claims made in the recent, highly controversial book, The Bell Curve. Must reading for anyone interested in racism and education in America, Race and IQ is a brilliantly lucid exploration of the boundary line between race and intelligence.
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A Nation Divided: Diversity, Inequality, and Community in American Society (Chap. Two "Two Visions of the Relationship between Individual and Society: The Bell Curve versus Social Structure and Personality") » Read Now
by Phyllis Moen, Henry A. Walker, Donna Dempster-McClain. 348 pgs.

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Leading social scientists explore the potentially explosive combination of diversity & inequality in our society. Using the latest theory & research, the authors show how different groups become socially & economically unequal & how such patterns of "durable inequality" affect national.
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Obscuring the Message and Killing the Messenger: The Bell Curve, in Perspectives on Political Science » Read Now
by Pat Duffy Hutcheon. 4 pgs.

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...they unaware of the historical controversy over the question of the validity...analysis so capably presented in The Bell Curve . Perhaps we should ask, as...
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Does 'The Bell Curve' Ring True?, in Brookings Review » Read Now
by William T. Dickens, Thomas J. Kane, Charles L. Schultze. 7 pgs.

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...media attention and controversy it has attracted, The Bell Curve by Richard Herrnstein...The authors of The Bell Curve neither discuss...disadvantaged. In all the...
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For Whom the Bell Curves, in Peace and Conflict » Read Now
by Gerald S. Coles. 13 pgs.

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...Development University of Rochester The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure...surprising. Deciding how to review The Bell Curve wasnt easy because the number...
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The Bell Curve: Illumination or Confusion about Human Intelligence?, in Peace and Conflict » Read Now
by Michael J. A. Howe. 3 pgs.

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...The Bell Curve: Illumination or Confusion About Human...particularly a book that acknowledges, as The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American...However, in...
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Some Chimes from The Bell Curve: A Psychologist's Perspective, in College Student Journal » Read Now
by William C. Daly. 5 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...SOME CHIMES FROM THE BELL CURVE: A PSYCHOLOGISTS PERSPECTIVE...psychological dimensions found in the Bell Curve, a composition that vigorously generated...Herrnstein and...
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The Assault on Equality (Includes discussion of "The Bell Curve" controversy in multiple chapters) » Read Now
by Peter Knapp, Jane C. Kronick, R. William Marks, Miriam G. Vosburgh. 286 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

The Assault on Equality critiques the social theory underpinning the social policies of the new political right. It focuses on the attempt by Herrnstein and Murray in The Bell Curve to provide theoretical justification for social program cutbacks and coercive social policies. The Assault on Equality...
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The Assault on Equality critiques the social theory underpinning the social policies of the new political right. It focuses on the attempt by Herrnstein and Murray in The Bell Curve to provide theoretical justification for social program cutbacks and coercive social policies. The Assault on Equality reanalyzes Herrnstein and Murray's own data and demonstrates that their conclusions are questionable results of polemic and ideology that ignore and contradict the fundamental findings and methods of 20th-century sociology and genetics. The policy proposals of Newt Gingrich are the political counterpart to the flawed social theory of The Bell Curve. Both scholarly and readable, this is an appropriate supplement in courses such as race relations, stratification, theory, policy, and research methods. It shows the contemporary relevance of basic theoretical and methodological insights of sociology contradicted by The Bell Curve and other works of the new political right. Appendices present the statistical issues and the theoretical background ignored by such works. From a multi-disciplinary perspective, the authors take issue with the social policy positions of the new right concerning affirmative action, education, family, race, social class, and welfare.
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Soldiers of Misfortune: The New Right's Culture War and the Politics of Political Correctness ("For Whom the Bell Tolls" begins on p. 112) » Read Now
by Joe L. Kincheloe, Shirley R. Steinberg, Valerie L. Scatamburlo. 288 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library
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Race in the Mind of America: Breaking the Vicious Circle between Blacks and Whites (Chap. 5 "Ideology and IQ: Moving beyond The Bell Curve") » Read Now
by Paul L. Wachtel. 330 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Wachtel's analysis shows that the ways people cope with racial tensions and inequalities is a "vicious circle", often leading to perpetuation of the problem rather than a resolution.