The Biology of the Race Problem

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'...Boas selected and excluded facts in accordance with their usefulness for his purpose. Consider the following: In the 1911 edition of his 'The Mind of Primitive Man', Boas wrote, 'Differences of structure must be accompanied by differences of function, physiological as well as psychological; and, as we found clear evidence of differences in structure between the races, so we must anticipate that the differences in mental characteristics will be found.' He excluded this statement, however, from the 1938 edition. With regard to this exclusion, Otto Klineberg,[115] another of Boas' students and followers, stated that '. . . it seems highly probable that Boas changed his mind on this point . . .' Possibly so; but I know of nothing in the development of anatomy or physiology between 1911 and 1938, or since, to justify a change of mind on that point; quite the contrary.' --p81 SOME AUTHORITIES CITED. INTRODUCTION. I. ARE ALL BABIES APPROXIMATELY UNIFORM AND EQUAL WHEN THEY ARE BORN? II. THE MECHANISM OF HEREDITY. III. ARE THERE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE WHITE AND NEGRO RACES? A. Non-morphological Racial Differences. B. Intelligence Tests. C. Race and Crime. IV. PHYSICAL BASES FOR INTELLECTUAL AND BEHAVIORAL DIFFERENCES. V. GENETICS, BEHAVIOR AND BREED DIFFERENCES IN ANIMALS. A. The Findings of Stockard and Associates. B. Relation of Morphology to Behavior Traits in Different Breeds of Dogs. C. Physical and Behavioral Disharmonies. D. Corroboration by Others. VI. INHERITANCE OF INTELLIGENCE AND BEHAVIOR IN MAN. A. The Genetics of Genius. B. The Genetics of Crime. C. The Genetics of Mental Abnormality. D. Other Witnesses to the Hereditary Basis for Intelligence and Behavior. VII. ARE RACIAL DIFFERENCES HEREDITARY? A. The Origin of Racial Differences. VIII. SHOULD WE PROMOTE RACIAL AMALGAMATION? A. The Historical Record of the Negro Race. B. The "Historical Accident" Explanation. C. The "Hot Climate" Explanation. D. Heredity vs. Environment in Negro History. IX. A GUIDE TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AND NATIONAL GREATNESS. X. THE INFLUENCE OF FRANZ BOAS.