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Measured lies : the bell curve examined

Author: Joe L Kincheloe; Shirley R Steinberg; Aaron David Gresson
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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The publication of Herrnstein and Murray's The Bell Curve enraged readers with its controversial racial and intellectual agenda, which suggested that certain groups of children are genetically unable to learn because of their race and, therefore, unworthy of the educational attention and financial resources that flow from federal and state governments. In Measured Lies, the first thoughtful and reasoned reading of
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Named Person: Richard J Herrnstein; Richard J Herrnstein
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Joe L Kincheloe; Shirley R Steinberg; Aaron David Gresson
ISBN: 0312129297 9780312129293
OCLC Number: 34193933
Description: x, 454 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Who said it can't happen here? / Joe L. Kincheloe and Shirley R. Steinberg --
Dominance and dependency: situating The Bell Curve within the conservative restoration / Michael W. Apple --
Bell Curve debate and the crisis of public intellectuals / Henry A. Giroux and Susan Searls --
Ape's IQ / Allen Shelton --
Set-up: crocodile tears for the poor / Phil Francis Carspecken --
For whom The Bell tolls: a cognitive or educated elite? / Yvonna Lincoln --
IQ as commodity: the "new" economics of intelligencem / Richard Cary --
In the name of science and of genetics and of The Bell Curve: white supremacy in American schools / Ladislaus Semali --
Bad luck, bad blood, bad faith: ideological Hegemony and the oppressive language of Hoodoo social science / Joyce E. King. Speculation based on speculation: the problem of The Bell Curve and the question of schooling / Jo Anne Pagano --
Leaps of an unjust faith: missing links in the causes of labor force participation / Townsand Price-Spratlen --
Family matters / Alan A. Block and Don Stephenson --
Genetic rationalizations and public policy: Hernstein and Murray on intelligence and welfare dependency / Maria R. Vidal --
Parenting in the promised land / William F. Pinar --
Race, repression, and the politics of crime and punishment in The Bell Curve / Stephen Nathan Haymes --
Last rational men: citizenship, morality, and the pursuit of human perfection / Cameron McCarthy, Ed Buendia, Carol Mills, Shuaib Meacham, Heriberto Godina, Carrie Wilson-Brown, Maria Seferian, and Theresa Souchet. Bell Curve, intelligence, and virtuous Jews / Sander L. Gilman --
Chaos and complexity: a quantum analysis of The Bell Curve / Patrick Slattery --
Dysgenesis and white culture / Greg Tanaka --
Suburban tale: representation and segregation in special needs education / Glenn M. Hudak --
Bell Curve and transracial adoption studies / William E. Cross --
White Supremacy and the politics of fear and loathing / Peter McLaren --
Bell Curve, affirmative action, and the quest for equity / Robert M. Hendrickson --
Attacking affirmative action: social Darwinism as public policy / Catherine A. Lugg --
Questioning "The Way We are Headed" / Kyle L. Peck --
On refusing one's place: the ditchdigger's dream / Deborah P. Britzman and Alice J. Pitt. Interviewing and finding sound bites / Ronald E. Chennault and Shirley R. Steinberg --
Interview with Stanley Aronowitz / Shirley R. Steinberg --
Interview with Ellen Willis / Joe L. Kincheloe --
Scientism as a form of racism: a dialogue / Paulo Freire and Donaldo Macedo --
Coda "cognitive elitism" versus moral courage / Aaron D. Gresson.
Responsibility: edited by Joe L. Kincheloe, Shirley R. Steinberg, and Aaron D. Gresson III.

Abstract:

The publication of Herrnstein and Murray's The Bell Curve enraged readers with its controversial racial and intellectual agenda, which suggested that certain groups of children are genetically unable to learn because of their race and, therefore, unworthy of the educational attention and financial resources that flow from federal and state governments. In Measured Lies, the first thoughtful and reasoned reading of The Bell Curve, Joe Kincheloe, Shirley Steinberg, and Aaron Gresson have assembled some of the most well-respected educators and social theorists writing today. Henry Giroux, Joyce King, Cameron McCathy, Michael Apple, Sander Gilman, Peter McLaren, and many others respond to The Bell Curve chapter by chapter, ultimately taking apart Herrnstein and Murray's argument and exposing the measured lies on which it is based. In addition, the book contains interviews with Paolo Friere, Ellen Willis, Ivor Goodson, and Stanley Aronowitz.

Measured Lies is a searing indictment of racism and the way individuals can use it to subvert truth and amass power.

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