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...money, of course, that began the extermination of the Indians some 400 years ago. Portuguese adventurers, as thick as piranhas, swarmed up the Amazon, slaughtering all the Indians that seemed unfit for slavery. When the Indians, who had no concept of regular work, proved uneconomical, black Africans were imported. Indian, white and black blood blended into mulatto culture, which continued to prey on the tribal Indian. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries in the Mato Grosso, private armies of bandeirantes pillaged for gold, diamonds and slaves. Thousands of Indians who were not killed by gun died because they lacked...
...article implies that if by natural law or genetic selection a group of people are unfit to advance ("intellectually or otherwise"), then why should a society waste resources to aid them. Herrnstein mirrors the Social Darwinist conclusion made two years ago by Arthur Jensen in the "Harvard Educational Review". Jensen argued that compensatory education had failed to remove the "achievement gap" because I.Q. is predominantly inherited. Such views taken out of context hardly seem worth criticizing, but when placed within the framework of today's politically reactionary climate, they become ideological justifications for such policies as the "benign neglect" advocated...
Bonnie Blustein '72, a member of SDS, charged at the rally that Herrnstein told a section leader in his course that "she was unfit to teach" because she signed a petition to the Atlantic Monthly urging it to publish views opposing an article on IQ by Herrnstein in its September issue...
Harvard officials, explaining that the building's lack of heat and water made it unfit for human habitation, tried to convince the women to leave. The women insisted on staying in spite of a rumored bust. A tense week of negotiation ended peacefully when the women were given funds for the purchase of another building...
Underemployed Housing is created by the obsolescence of Worker Housing, supplemented by Low-Cost Housing Programs if such exist. It is assumed to have a 50 year life-span, after which it becomes unfit for human habitation or is destroyed to make way for new constructions...