Word: murrayism
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...were left wondering whose free speech? Whites'? Or just whites who contemplate notions of Black inferiority? Unfortunately, The Crimson's staff failed to heed its own words in its treatment of BSA President Kristen Clarke '97, whose challenge of The Bell Curve, by Charles A. Murray '65 and the late Professor Richard Herrnstein ("Blacks Seek an End to Abuse," opinion, Oct. 28, 1994) elicited the staff's condemnation and the kinds of intimidation The Crimson has warned against earlier: Either Clarke would retract her words and issue a public apology and step down from her position as BSA president...
...theories presented in The Bell Curve, by Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein, are not only offensive but also grossly incorrect. We attended and endorsed the Nov. 4, 1994 demonstration in order to express our outrage about the "scientific" ideas put forth in this book. The BSA should be commended for bringing to light the truth about this book and the actual motivation of its authors. Today's teach-in is an excellent method of encouraging students to learn more about The Bell Curve and its gaping flaws. We are upset that the academic community at Harvard did not respond...
Many Hillel members have objected to the choice of Martin, saying there are a variety of other scholars who have publicly protested The Bell Curve, the controversial book by former Harvard Professor Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles A. Murray...
Martin's hour-long address sought to place The Bell Curve, the controversial book by former Harvard Professor Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles A. Murray '65, in historical context...
...pages had been authored by Afrocentrists who sang the praises of black supremacy. It would have been dismissed--and rightly so--as outrageous racism, no matter how many charts and stat sheets had been presented to the general public. Yet the data presented by the Harvard-pedigreed Herrnstein and Murray is debated analyzed, and publicized not as bigotry, but as provocative research that deserves thorough discussion on Nightline and on the front pages of the New York Times...