Intelligence or Prejudice? Some Letters and a Reply

In the December 1, 1964 issue of national review, Ernest van den Haag subjected to professional scrutiny some of the key assumptions of integration theorists about race and intelligence. Among the questions which Professor van den Haag, a sociologist and psychoanalyst, asked himself were: What has science to say about Negro intelligence? What role does environment play in shaping learning ability? How valid are classroom arrangements, integrated or segregated, made on the basis of color? We publish below excepts from a voluminous readers’ response to the article, together with a reply by the author.

I am baffled by the suggestion that floats up out of the murk in that peculiar set of questions and answers entitled “Intelligence or Prejudice?” by Ernest van den Haag.

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In the December 1, 1964 issue of national review, Ernest van den Haag subjected to professional scrutiny some of the key assumptions of integration theorists about race and intelligence. Among the questions which Professor van den Haag, a sociologist and psychoanalyst, asked himself were: What has science to say about Negro intelligence? What role does environment play in shaping learning ability? How valid are classroom arrangements, integrated or segregated, made on the basis of color? We publish below excepts from a voluminous readers’ response to the article, together with a reply by the author.

I am baffled by the suggestion that floats up out of the murk in that peculiar set of questions and answers entitled “Intelligence or Prejudice?” by Ernest van den Haag.