Word: murrayism
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...Bell Curve, which was coauthored by political scientist Charles S. Murray '65 and late Harvard professor Richard J. Herrnstein, claims that intelligence, as measured by lQ scores, is strongly correlated with race...
...curious as to how Murray and Herrnstein can be attacked for their efforts to promote discussion on the matter, and then have the most vocal critics turn around and make [claims] about [the superiority] of Blacks in terms of mental, physical and spiritual abilities," Pidot said, alluding to a letter Clarke wrote to The Crimson last month...
...questioned the accuracy of studies used by Murray and Herrnstein to make the case for inherited intelligence, and he enumerated several studies offering counter-examples...
...modern liberals, of course, don't worship the god of the Founders," McGuire said. "They worship the god of egalitarianism. And liberals today are wailing, gnashing their teeth, staging demonstrations on the steps of Widener, all because Murray and Herrnstein dare to say that their god is dead...
Secondly, her tactic of calling on scholars to address the melanin theory is precisely the wrong way of attacking the ideas of Murray and Herrnstein...