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Peer reviewedBoykin, A. Wade – Journal of Black Psychology, 1977
Concludes that the concerned black scholar should not shy away from empirical research on the psychological affairs of Afro-Americans because of its attendant vulnerability to presuppositions and biases. Instead he should use a presuppositional infrastructure that is heuristically viable and ethnographically sensitive. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: African Culture, Bias, Black Culture, Black Influences
Peer reviewedRhyn, Heinz – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1995
Criticizes and examines the motives behind Charles Murray's "The Bell Curve." Murray's book claimed that many social problems, including crime and poverty among blacks, could be explained by African Americans' lack of intelligence as evidenced by testing. Reveals the book's skewed methodology as well as its interest-guided financial…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Intelligence Quotient
