Race and IQ

Ashley Montagu, who first attacked the term "race" as a usable concept in his acclaimed work, Man's Most Dangerous Myth, offers here a devastating rebuttal to those who would claim any link between race and intelligence. In now classic essays, this thought-provoking volume critically examines the terms "race" and "IQ" and their applications in scientific discourse. The twenty-four contributors -- including such eminent thinkers as Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Lewontin, Urie Bronfenbrenner, W.F. Bodmer, and Jerome Kagan -- draw on fields that range from biology and genetics to psychology, anthropology, and education. What emerges in piece after piece is a deep skepticism about the scientific validity of intelligence tests, especially as applied to evaluating innate intelligence, if only because scientists still cannot distinguish between genetic and environmental contributions to the development of the human mind. Five new essays have been included that specifically address the claims made in the recent, highly controversial book, The Bell Curve. Must reading for anyone interested in racism and education in America, Race and IQ is a brilliantly lucid exploration of the boundary line between race and intelligence. - Publisher

Natural selection and the mental capacities of mankind / Th. Dobzhansky and Ashley Montagu -- The IQ mythology / Ashley Montagu -- The debate over race / Leonard Lieberman -- What can biologists solve? / S.E. Luria -- The magical aura of the IQ / Jerome Kagan -- An examination of Jensen's theory concerning educability, heritability, and population differences / S. Biesheuvel -- An affluent society's excuses for inequality / Edmund W. Gordon with Derek Green -- Natural selection and the mental capacities of mankind / Th. Dobzhansky and Ashley Montagu -- Nature with nurture / Urie Bronfenbrenner -- Racist arguments and IQ / Stephen Jay Gould -- Intelligence, IQ, and race / Ashley Montagu -- On creeping Jensenism / C. Loring Brace and Frank B. Livingstone -- Race and intelligence / Richard C. Lewontin -- Heritability analyses of IQ scores / David Layzer -- On the causes of IQ differences between groups and implications for social policy / Peggy R. Sanday -- Race and IQ: the genetic background / W.F. Bodmer -- Is early intervention effective? Some studies of early education in familial and extra-familial settings / Urie Bronfenbrenner -- Bad science, worse politics / Alan Ryan -- Behi…