Word: jensenism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...current political situation, the capabilities of Afro-Americans are increasingly being challenged in the name of pseudo-science: Bernard Davis's attack on Afro-American Medical School graduates as unqualified; Arthur Jensen's appointment to the American Association for the Advancement of Science despite the proven fraudulence of the basis of much of his work on intelligence inheritability; Nathan Glazer's attacks on Affirmative Action as "Affirmative Discrimination." And there are endless additional examples from the national and international scene. Within this context the Lampoon would have us accept their portrayal of Afro-American people as innocent. It seems that...
...this week that changed. At a conference in Denver, the AAAS elected 178 scientists to honorary "fellow" status. One of them was Arthur Jensen, a controversial University of California psychologist who has claimed blacks are genetically inferior to whites in certain areas of mental ability...
Angrily calling a press conference, Wallace, who is black, said Jensen's election was "an endorsement of racism," and resigned from the association in protest...
...Jensen said Thursday he is not a racist and has not written anything that should give anyone that idea...
Wallace said he preferred to resign than to stay and battle Jensen's ideas because he has "found more fertile grounds to fight...