Endorsing Racism: The Story of The Bell Curve

背书种族主义：《钟形曲线》的故事

作者: Aaron Swartz | 来源: aaronsw.com | 时间: 2006-06-08

[This is part 3 of an article on the power of right-wing think tanks. See also part one and part two.]

（本文系探讨右翼智库影响力的系列文章第三部分。参见第一部分和第二部分。）

If you have any doubt about the power of the think tanks, look no further than the story of The Bell Curve. Written by Charles Murray, who received over 1.2 million from right-wing foundations for his work, the book claimed that IQ tests revealed black people to be genetically less intelligent than whites, thus explaining their low place in society. Murray published the 845-page book without showing it to any other scientists, leading the Wall Street Journal to say he pursued “a strategy that provided book galleys to likely supporters while withholding them from likely critics” in an attempt “to fix the fight … contrary to usual publishing protocol.” Murray’s think tank, the American Enterprise Institute, flew key members of the media to Washington for a weekend of briefings on the book’s content. (What Liberal Media?, 94)

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