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ERIC Number: EJ507713
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-1077-3711
For Whom the Bell Curves: IQ Scores in Historical Perspective.
Patterson, Orlando
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n7 p80 Spr 1995
That there is a significant degree of observable average difference in the intelligence quotients of blacks and whites is an established fact. The explanations for this offered by Herrnstein and Murray ("The Bell Curve," 1994) ignore the equally well-established facts of discrimination and disadvantage over centuries. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black History, Blacks, Educational History, Educationally Disadvantaged, Environmental Influences, Genetics, Heredity, Intelligence, Intelligence Quotient, Nature Nurture Controversy, Racial Differences, Racial Discrimination, Socioeconomic Status, United States History
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Bell Curve (The)
Note: In: Fraser, Steven, Ed. "The Bell Curve Wars: Race, Intelligence, and the Future of America." Basic Books, 1995.