1. Scientific racism didn't start with Bell Curve. already existed when first issue of New Republic published in 1914.
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2. What's interesting is to contrast how New Republic of 1914-1930 dealt with scientific racism as against later magazine.
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3. I haven't read all the early TNR yet, but it's striking that they did take swipes at scientific racism.
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4. Here is Walter Lippmann in 1922 New Republic pointing out limits of IQ tests: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5172/
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5. Earlier TNR also published W.E.B. Du Bois. Striking how different it was from Peretzian TNR.
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@HoldenDCat Yeah, that's standard explanation of Peretz's move to right: he was New Leftist until black radicals started criticizing Israel1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@HoldenDCat Don't know too much about Peretz's early days. I assume it was a process, not just one event.
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