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Peer reviewedHochschild, Jennifer L. – Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 1996
Argues that when the subject is the distortion of race and the promulgation of bias and stereotyping, even high-quality books are inappropriate for teaching and developing political debate. How these types of books have actually done more harm than good is explained with particular focus on "The Bell Curve" (Herrnstein and Murray, 1994)…
Descriptors: Blacks, Concept Formation, Conservatism, Criticism
