The Smart White Man's Burden: An Analysis of the Proposition That Poor Blacks Are Polluting the National Gene Pool.

Daniels, Norman

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Publication Date: 1973

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The Smart White Man's Burden: An Analysis of the Proposition That Poor Blacks Are Polluting the National Gene Pool

Daniels, Norman

Harpers Magazine, 247, 1481, 24-28,32,34,40, Oct 73

A critique arguing: (1) that the assumptions underlying the use of intelligence tests are invalid; (2) that findings regarding individual differences can not be generalized to differences between populations; and, (3) that the studies cited as evidence were both incorrectly designed and improperly executed. (JM)

Descriptors: Genetics, Heredity, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests, Psychological Studies, Racial Differences, Racism, Research Methodology, Social Differences, Test Bias

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