The Funding of Scientific Racism
Subtitle: Wickliffe Draper and the Pioneer Fund
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: May 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780252074639
Subjects: Eugenics & breeding; History of science; Racism & racial discrimination; Science funding & policy; 20th century; Social Science; Science; Sociology; USA; Discrimination & Racism; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations
First sentence: TO EARNEST SEVIER COX, the removal of blacks from the American continent was, in his own words, "a holy cause."
Description: "The Pioneer Fund, established in 1937 by Wickliffe Preston Draper, is one of the most controversial nonprofit organizations in the United States. Long suspected of misusing social science to fuel the politics of oppression, the fund has specialized in supporting research that seeks to prove the genetic and intellectual inferiority of blacks while denying its ties to any political agenda." "This volume provides abundance evidence that the Pioneer Fund has indeed been the primary source for scientific racism. Revealing a lengthy history of concerted and clandestine activities and interests, The Funding of Scientific Racism examines for the first time archival correspondence that incriminates the fund's major players, including Draper, the recently deceased president Harry F. Weyher, and others."--Jacket.