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...they have hard evidence that "personal harassment" of Professor Herrnstein has occurred...
...Professor Herrnstein, writing outside his own field of scholarship and drawing heavily on the professionally disputed scholarship of Arthur Jensen and others, published his article in a popular magazine without previously publishing his ideas in a scholarly journal. He used his status as a Harvard professor to establish an illegitimate claim to expertise before an unapprised readership...
...society, an article which purports to give a scientific explanation for racial division and economic stratification is inherently political. By publishing his article in The Atlantic Monthly. Herrnstein stopped outside of the academic community into the areas of politics. Political acts precipitate political responses; Professor Herrnstein should be prepared to face the political opposition he has aroused...
...personal harassment of Professor Herrnstein has occurred, then hard evidence should be brought forth rather than unsubstantiated allegations...
Members of the faculty have defended Herrnstein in the name of academic freedom. Unfortunately that is not the issue. The issue is political. The issue is whether there is to be a moral amnesty for mere theorizing, whether an academic community is free to disseminate any idea, consequences be damned...