THE EQUALITARIAN DOGMA REVISITED

Henry Garrett (1961), a president of the American Psychological Associ ation, claimed that ''the equalitarian dogma,'' the belief that Blacks and Whites are genetically equal in cognitive ability, was the ''scie ntific hoax of the century.'' Since then, the dogma has become more in grained, despite increased contrary evidence. The dogma has been perpe tuated by intimidation as well as by pious thinking. Its long enduranc e is a scandal of great proportion and illuminates how science works, and sometimes does not. I discuss (a) current international data on ra ce differences; (b) their genetic and evolutionary origins; (c) politi cal fallout from my presentations; (d) corruption of scholarship that has occurred, illustrated partly by the example of Cyril Burt; and (e) what should be done to improve matters.