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The science behind The Bell Curve has been denounced by both the American Psychological Association and the Human Genome Project. Its authors were unqualified to speak on either genetics or intelligence, since their expertise lay in other fields. Their project did not rise through the usual system of academic publishing, and in fact the authors ducked the process of peer review. The Bell Curve was ultimately funded by the wealthy, far-right Bradley Foundation, which used its media connections to launch a massive national publicity campaign. And The Bell Curve relies heavily on studies that were financed by the Pioneer Fund, a neo-Nazi organization that promotes eugenicist research.
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The writing of the book was shrouded in secrecy, but it was launched directly to the American public in a magnificently funded and organized media campaign, one that included cover stories in Newsweek, The New Republic and The New York Times Book Review. Early articles and editorials appeared in Time, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, and The National Review, before eventually swamping the rest of the national media. Some of these early articles were critical of the book, but that was beside the point -- any publicity at all was welcome, because a large part of the nation was ready to receive new justifications for their racial beliefs. (The Bell Curve is not an original work; earlier books making the same claims languished due to a lack of well-funded publicity.) To date, The Bell Curve has sold over 500,000 copies.
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The media blitz was ultimately financed by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, one of the wealthiest and most conservative foundations in the country. With assets over $420 million, the Bradley Foundation has been instrumental in creating an "alternate academia" of far-right think tanks and conservative media outlets. For example, it provides major funding to National Empowerment Television, a cable channel that delivers far-right programming to American homes nationwide. The Bradley Foundation pays Murray $100,000 a year to continue his researches as a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, one of the nation's top conservative think tanks. Without the Bradley Foundation, Murray's academic career would have foundered long ago. (Even the conservative Manhattan Institute has asked him to leave.) Nor would The Bell Curve have graced the covers and pages of so many national publications. (2)
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And then there is J. Philippe Rushton, who has received at least $770,000 from the Pioneer Fund. Throughout his career, Rushton has been obsessed with the alleged negative correlation between IQ and the size of sexual organs like penises, breasts and buttocks. "It's a trade-off: More brain or more penis. You can't have everything," he told Rolling Stone magazine. (24) Of course, the stereotype that black men have large penises figures prominently in Rushton's theories about why they have such low IQs.
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