One data point in favor of the idea of progress: Dinesh d'Souza's books were once praised by C. Vann Woodward & George Frederickson in NYRB.
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@HeerJeet@CoreyRobin but they were insane by then, no? -
@KathaPollitt@CoreyRobin Pretty much -- but it's still shocking to me that two of the greatest historians of slavery praised THAT book. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet@CoreyRobin Re: D'Souza, Genovese, racism: how was Murray able to publish anything after Bell Curve? http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/course/topics/curveball.html … -
@HeerJeet@CoreyRobin (Okay, I know the answer: racism. People didn't question 'The Bell Curve' bc it was was what they wanted to hear.)
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