Friday, September 19, 2003

A PC INQUISITION

Chris Brand writes:

“My supporter and colleague, Assistant Professor Harrison Kane (Department of Psychology, University of Western Carolina), went on trial in Florida for “racism” and frightening the horses in Putnam county schools when he had worked there for a year as a teacher after getting his doctorate and before taking up his present position. A day-long hearing heard evidence that Harry was linked to me and thus to Hitler, Mussolini and paedophilia; and that special prayer meetings had been held in Florida schools to protect children from such baleful influences. Harry was told that, once a verdict on whether to revoke his licence to teach was arrived at by the great administrators of Florida, he would be entitled to a transcript of his inquisition if he coughed up $600.

Harry and I (together with Denis Constales, University of Ghent) had published a chapter about intelligence in the 2003 Festschrift for Arthur Jensen, The Scientific Study of General Intelligence."

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