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[Review of] William H. Tucker. The Science and Politics of Racial Research
Get PDFSince there is usually a two year period of time that elapses between the acceptance of a manuscript by a university press and its publication, we must commend William H. Tucker, who is an associate professor of psychology at Rutgers University, in his anticipation of contemporary controversies in reference to the relative abilities of races. Tucker argues that there is continuity in the thought of racists, which over the past two centuries include anthropometricians, eugenicists, and segregationists. âThe imprimatur of science,â Tucker argues cogently, âhas been offered to justify, first slavery and, later, segregation, nativism, socio-political inequality, class subordination, poverty, and the general futility of social and economic reform. For Tucker, the attempt to demonstrate that one race is genetically less intelligent than others has been scientifically valueless and socially harmful. Scientific research into racial differences has, in essence, resulted in the âlegitimationâ of racist ideology. Nevertheless, Tucker is not pessimistic about winning the battle with racists. âAmerica\u27s democratic political traditions, he writes, âhave prevailed, and today universal suffrage, equal rights under law, and the guarantee of other civil liberties to all citizens are no longer up for debate; where demonstrable infringement has occurred, there is generally outrage and prompt redress
A History of Race Relations Social Science
Get PDFThis essay argues that the inclusion of white women, African Americans, Asian Americans, and American Indians into historiography is a fairly recent development ; and that the aforementioned development, which did not begin until the 1960s, has resulted in rigorous investigation into the racial thought of Franz Uri Boas, Robert Ezra Park, and Gunnar Myrdal and a hot debate in reference to their significance and influence on today\u27s social sciences. Furthermore, the integration of African American history into the historiography of race relations social science has given impetus to the movement towards making American intellectual history more inclusive
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