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...surfaced in 1971-72, Bok's first full academic year as president. At that time, a number of students--mostly members of the now-defunct Students for a Democratic Society--interrupted several of Pierce Professor of Psychology Richard J. Herrnstein's lectures. They were protesting what they called his racist views because of an article he had written which concluded that a significant measure of intelligence is inherited. When the issue came to a head that spring. Bok defended Herrnstein's right to his opinion, saying, "I consider such personal attacks to be deplorable regardless of their status under...
Lewontin and his co-authors point out that ostensibly objective studies such as those done by Burt are merely tools which these scientists use to confirm a racist and sexist status quo. Biological determinism is just as subjective as any political theory, Lewontin asserts, and must be considered as such. He writes...
...comic effect, there are moments that amount to nothing more than bad taste. Examples include a young woman with a back brace who is constantly tripping or drenching her face in water fountains, and the Asian exchange student whose name--Long Duck Dong--alone should demonstrate the racist stereotyping of his character. Equally cardboard is Jake's beautiful but shallow girlfriend, who tells Jake: "I fantasize that I'm your wife and we're like the richest, most popular adults in town...
...said Herrnstein was "propagating racist theories on intelligence and unemployment" and the following months saw protests and pickets...
First, none of the student groups working in the divestiture movement and none of the students, faculty and alumni whom I have worked with have taken the position that President Bok and the members of the corporation are racist. Had Howe taken the time to review the literature of the movement and had he listened more carefully to the speakers at the rally (I am not sure he was even at the rally, which was at Mem Church, not Mem Hall), he might have found the arguments presented for the divestiture a good deal more sophisticated than mere "name-calling...