On 7 Dec 99, at 13:36, Karl L. Wuensch wrote: > Yesterday I found in my mailbox a plain white envelope with no > return address. Looked like junk mail, but what junk mail. I opened > it, > started to throw it in the garbage can, then saw that it was a little > booklet. The author's name caught my eye -- J. Philippe Rushton. Oh > my, I thought, who is sending me this, on what ultra conservative > mailing list have I gotten? But there was nothing inside but the > ...snip > Have you all also received this junk mail? Any ideas who is > sending it out? Karl, The following note has been sent out from APA regarding this publication. It came through the Division 8, Soc for Personality & Social Psych. list. Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Fowler, Raymond > Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 2:51 PM > To: Jordan, Sarah > Subject: FW: Rushton Book and APA Labels > > > Dear Colleagues, > > A large number of APA members, especially from Divisions 6,7,8,9,14 and 15 > recently received in the mail a small book---an abridged version of Race, > Evolution and Behavior by J. Philippe Rushton. Because of the > controversial nature of this book, some members were offended by both the > content and the fact that it appeared to come from APA. > > The envelope in which the book was sent had an APA mailing label. We now > have copies of the mailing label used to send this book so we can > investigate the situation. At first examination, it appears that someone > has misused APA labels. Any organization that uses our labels is required > first to send a copy of the material to be sent out---if the material is > not acceptable for any reason, the request is denied. I can find no > evidence that anyone at APA approved the distribution of this book on APA > labels, which could mean that the publisher---or someone else--- used the > labels inappropriately, thus violating the terms of their contract with > APA. > > I wanted to assure you that APA did not authorize or sanction the > distribution of this book to APA members. I will keep you informed as I > find out more about what happened. In the meantime, I hope everyone will > be patient and withhold judgement until full information is available. > While we can't guarantee that no publisher will ever violate the terms of > their contract with us, I have been at APA for ten years, and this is the > first time that I've heard of a publisher possibly doing so. > > Best regards, > > Ray Fowler > > Raymond D. Fowler, Ph.D. > Chief Executive Officer > American Psychological Association > 750 First Street, NE > Washington, DC 20002 > (202) 336-6080 >
