Writing this article without addressing the fact a US President with strong ties to right wing fascists recently stood idly by while white supremacists coincidentally decided now was the time to stage very public demonstrations is lazy, stupid, or malicious.

Brian Boutwell has based his academic career on investigating genetic ties to criminal behaviour, a field of study that has historically been used to "prove" non-whites are inferior. Similarly, Shelby Steele is a conservative with numerous publications promoting his view that African-Americans can make a lot of their problems disappear if they would only stop stop feeling sorry for themselves. In other words, these are not the people I would turn to when quantifying racism in society. Yet they feature prominently here.

This is really a terrible article and viewpoint, even for Wente. To the Globe & Mail: do you not see how this impacts your reputation? Shame on you for providing her a platform to promote this drivel.