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Article: Opinions on Current Reading: How IQ Research Serves a Political Function
- Article from:
- The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
- Article date:
- March 31, 1996
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Opinions on Current Reading: How IQ Research Serves a Political Function.
At a time when affirmative action is under political attack and when the winds of black inferior intelligence are once more "gusting through the Congress," Professor Kamin shows how research on IQ and race tends to serve a political function.
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