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Carleton Putnam (1901–1998)

Author of Race and Reason: A Yankee View

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Works by Carleton Putnam

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Birthdate
1901
Date of death
1998-03-05
Gender
male
Education
Princeton University
Columbia Law School
Occupations
business executive
biographer
Organizations
Delta Air Lines
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
New York, New York, USA
Place of death
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Associated Place (for map)
USA

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LT Race and Reason, Carleton Putnam, Public Affairs Press, 1961, 7/9/83; 2/5/18 Recommended by Robb Murray

Theme: blindness and scientific fallacy of 1954 Brown versus Board of Ed, a northern leads opposition to
Type: documentary, persuasive
Value: 1-
Age: col
Interest: 2
Objectionable: evolutionary,
Synopsis/Noteworthy:

questioning the anti-segregation decision of the US Supreme Court Brown versus Board of Education, no scientific support, will do more damage to race relations, based on false show more philosophy 35, unequal capacities 23-moral/36

theme(s) 7,8,19,36,71,105,106,114
good conclusion/summary 114-118
begging 2
equality of association 8
reason for blindness 16-17
character/intelligence index 23,58
anthropological theories currently used are egalitarian 16,18-Boas,19,22,48
great works 26
IQ of young blacks 26
interbreeding 37,65
issues 105
viii,viii,60,68,73,88,100,106,108,112
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