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Measured lies : The bell curve examined

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Measured lies : The bell curve examined / edited by Joe L. Kincheloe, Shirley R. Steinberg, and Aaron D. Gresson III.
Publication
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.

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  • Kincheloe, Joe L.
  • Steinberg, Shirley R., 1952-
  • Gresson, Aaron David.
Description
x, 454 pages; 22 cm
Summary
  • 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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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Prelude / Aaron D. Gresson III -- Pt. I. Introducing The Bell Curve. 1. Who Said It Can't Happen Here? / Joe L. Kincheloe and Shirley R. Steinberg -- Pt. II. Situating The Bell Curve. 2. Dominance and Dependency: Situating The Bell Curve within the Conservative Restoration / Michael W. Apple. 3. The Bell Curve Debate and the Crisis of Public Intellectuals / Henry A. Giroux and Susan Searls. 4. The Ape's IQ / Allen Shelton -- Pt. III. Responding to The Bell Curve: Chapter by Chapter. 5. The Set-up: Crocodile Tears for the Poor / Phil Francis Carspecken. 6. For Whom The Bell Tolls: A Cognitive or Educated Elite? / Yvonna Lincoln. 7. IQ as Commodity: The "New" Economics of Intelligence / Richard Cary. 8. In the Name of Science and of Genetics and of The Bell Curve: White Supremacy in American Schools / Ladislaus Semali. 9. Bad Luck, Bad Blood, Bad Faith: Ideological Hegemony and the Oppressive Language of Hoodoo Social Science / Joyce E. King.
  • 10. Speculation Based on Speculation: The Problem of The Bell Curve and the Question of Schooling / Jo Anne Pagano. 11. Leaps of an Unjust Faith: Missing Links in the Causes of Labor Force Participation / Townsand Price-Spratlen. 12. Family Matters / Alan A. Block and Don Stephenson. 13. Genetic Rationalizations and Public Policy: Herrnstein and Murray on Intelligence and Welfare Dependency / Maria R. Vidal. 14. Parenting in the Promised Land / William F. Pinar. 15. Race, Repression, and the Politics of Crime and Punishment in The Bell Curve / Stephen Nathan Haymes. 16. The 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. 17. The Bell Curve, Intelligence, and Virtuous Jews / Sander L. Gilman. 18. Chaos and Complexity: A Quantum Analysis of The Bell Curve / Patrick Slattery.
  • 19. Dysgenesis and White Culture / Greg Tanaka. 20. A Suburban Tale: Representation and Segregation in Special Needs Education / Glenn M. Hudak. 21. The Bell Curve and Transracial Adoption Studies / William E. Cross, Jr. 22. White Supremacy and the Politics of Fear and Loathing / Peter McLaren. 23. The Bell Curve, Affirmative Action, and the Quest for Equity / Robert M. Hendrickson. 24. Attacking Affirmative Action: Social Darwiminism as Public PRolicy / Catherine A. Lugg. 25. Questioning "The Way We Are Headed" / Kyle L. Peck. 26. On Refusing One's Place: The Ditchdigger's Dream / Deborah P. Britzman and Alice J. Pitt -- Pt. IV. Talking About The Bell Curve. 27. Interviewing and Finding Sound Bites / Ronald E. Chennault and Shirley R. Steinberg. 28. Interviews. Interview with Stanley Aronowitz by Shirley R. Steinberg. Interview with Ellen Willis by Joe L. Kincheloe. 29. Scientism as a Form of Racism: A Dialogue / Paulo Freire and Donaldo Macedo.
  • Coda "Cognitive Elitism" versus Moral Courage / Aaron D. Gresson III.
ISBN
0312129297
LCCN
95047522
OCLC
  • 34193933
  • ocm34193933
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries