Race and IQ

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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. Introduction Ashley Montagu Natural Selection and the Mental Capacities of Mankind Th. Dobzhansky and Ashley Montagu 19 The IQ Mythology Ashley Montagu 29 The Debate Over Race: Thirty Years and Two Centuries Later Leonard Lieberman, with Alice Littlefield and Larry T. Reynolds 46 What Can Biologists Solve? S.E. Luria 91 The Magical Aura of the 1Q Jerome Kagan lol An Examination of Jensen’s Theory Concerning Educability, Heritability, and Population Differences S. Biesheuvel 108 An Affluent Society’s Excuses for Inequality: Developmental, Economic, and Educational Edmund W. Gordon with Derek Green 122 Nature with Nurture; A Reinterpretation of the Evidence Urie Bronfenbrenner 153 Racist Arguments and IQ Stephen Jay Gould 184 Intelligence, 1Q, and Race Ashley Montagu 190 On Creeping Jensenism C. Loring Brace and Frank B. Livingstone 207 Race and Intelligence Richard C. Lewontin 240 Heritability Analyses of IQ Scores: Science or Numerology? David Layzer 248 On the Causes of [Q Differences Between Groups and Implications for Social Policy Pegay R. Sanday 276 16 Race and IQ: The Genetic Background W.F. Bodmer 308 17 Is Early Intervention Effective? Some Studies of Early Education in Familial and Extra-Familial Settings Urie Bronfenbrenner 343 18 Bad Science, Worse Politics Alan Ryan 379 19 Behind the Curve Leon J. Kamin 397 20 The Tainted Sources of The Bell Curve Charles Lane 408 21 ‘‘Science’’ in the Service of Racism C. Loring Brace 425 22 How Heritability Misleads About Race Ned Block 444