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17 Oct 08 - 02:29 PM (#2468456) Subject: BS: Eysenck and Racism From: Richard Bridge I am having an argument with a revolting racist on another forum, and I am seeking to support my statement that Eysenck's 1971 studies concluding that about 80% of a 15-point average difference between the measured IQs of black Americans and white Americans (in favour of the whites) was genetic were fatally flawed (I am aware of the fraudulent nature of Burt's statistics) and in particular I wish to support my view that they are now generally regarded as discredited. Regrettably most of what I am finding is research funded by the Helms foundation and the Pioneer fund - not to mention Rushton, and some recent work by a Russian - all firmly in the racist camp. Can anyone point me at a reliable summary of modern views in this area that rebut Eysenck (and Rushton) on this? |
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17 Oct 08 - 02:48 PM (#2468466) Subject: RE: BS: Eysenck and Racism From: Amos See this summary. Also this review: "RACE IN MIND: RACE, IQ, AND OTHER RACISMS By Alexander Alland Jr. Palgrave MacMillan, 2002, 219 pp., $26.95 ISBN: 0-312-23838-X Anthropologist Alexander Alland offers a comprehensive review of the recent history of research on race and IQ, offering critiques of the biological determinism of a number of theorists including Carlton Coon, William Shockley, Leonard Jeffries and others. He explains the basis of evolutionary genetics for the general reader and concludes that biologically, "race" cannot explain human variation. Alland is the former chair of the anthropology department at Columbia University." An interesting PDF file can be found here at U-Del. Hope these help. |
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17 Oct 08 - 03:17 PM (#2468495) Subject: RE: BS: Eysenck and Racism From: EBarnacle Even in the 60's, when I studied his material, the prevailing wisdom was that his results had too many confounding factors, mostly environmental to be considered anything more than an interesting study. His work is clearly not, however, definitive. The same can be said of "The Bell Curve." |
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17 Oct 08 - 03:37 PM (#2468510) Subject: RE: BS: Eysenck and Racism From: McGrath of Harlow This one might be useful Race and Intelligence: The Fallacies Behind the Race-IQ Controversy |
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17 Oct 08 - 05:23 PM (#2468607) Subject: RE: BS: Eysenck and Racism From: Richard Bridge The above led me to this http://www.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/30years/Nisbett-commentary-on-30years.pdf THank you. |
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18 Oct 08 - 02:48 AM (#2468928) Subject: RE: BS: Eysenck and Racism From: Jim Carroll Without adding a shred of information to this thread - back in the 70s he was known as "Eysenck you had better come along with us". Jim Carroll |