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Block, who is the chair of the philosophy department at MIT, refuted most of the theories propounded by the controversial book, and explained how the concepts underlying Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein's research were fundamentally flawed...
Hersey says a clear parallel exists between Sheldon's research and that of another controversial former Harvard professor--The Bell Curve, co-authored by the late Richard J. Herrnstein...
Sample also says he sees the commonality between works, calling Sheldon the "Herrnstein of the 1940's...Sheldon might think that since you're Black or Mexican you are limited in attainment and won't be a brilliant achiever...
Brown is willing to declare what many others still refuse to acknowledge: that the Murray-Herrnstein tract is simply the credo of white supremacy dressed up in raggedy pseudo-scientific garb. The book--and the reception it has received in so-called respectable circles--is a clear manifestation of the continuing power of racism and of the evil virus's continuing effort to overwhelm white America's psychic struggle to live up to its proclaimed allegiance to humanism and opportunity for all. Lee A. Daniels Fellow, W.E.B. DubBois Institute for Afro-American Research Preceptor, Expository Writing Program
While the Harvard name often, erroneously or not, grants a tacit imprimatur to those operating under its aegis--Charles Murray '65 and the late Richard Herrnstein come to mind--one would hope that the administration has enough faith in its students to allow them to be the final arbiters in important personal decisions...