Lecturer suspended for race remark

[Judi Lynn]

Lecturer suspended for race remark

March 24, 2006

LEEDS, England, March 24 (UPI) -- A lecturer at Britain's Leeds University has been suspended for allegedly saying white people are intellectually superior.

Frank Ellis, who teaches Russian studies, will also face disciplinary proceedings, reports the Guardian newspaper.

Ellis reportedly told the Leeds student newspaper he supported the theory of Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray in their 1994 book The Bell Curve that white people are more intelligent than black people. He also said that women did not have the same intellectual capacity as men, the report said.

A university official said the disciplinary proceedings could take months to complete and that Ellis would remain an employee during that time.
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http://www.dailyindia.com/show/11506.php/Lecturer-suspended-for-race-remark

[951-Riverside]

1. DOH!

I really should read the whole story *chuckles*

[Kagemusha]

2. Are you saying he wasn't? I can't tell if it's part of the package or not

Granted, I'm not familiar with the fine details of The Bell Curve, but I'm not sure he wouldn't support those claims. Not that I personally know either way.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Would you be able to explain why he would have been applauded,

had he made the same claim about non-"white" people? I'd like to know more about this, as it makes our society sound rather uneven-handed, valuing other races over Anglo-types. I've never really seen that illustrated, to be truthful.

What evidence do you have?