Race and intelligence: what are the issues?

Phi Delta Kappan | December 1, 1995| | Copyright

What do we really know about race and intelligence? Are they closely related? Is our level of attainable intelligence fixed at birth? How much does intelligence determine our lot in life?

An understanding of the scientific and political issues underlying these questions is necessary if we are to avoid being buffeted by the winds of controversy that are inevitably stirred up every time this topic reappears on the national scene. Although the fundamental issues are not hard to understand, it is necessary to tread warily because of the many logical traps and fallacies that ...

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