Hi all,
This week's (Nov 13) Community College Week reports that a student at
Blue Mountain Community College in Oregon found a graphic in the
Plotnik (1999) Introduction to Psychology text offensive. The
student received $10,000 and free tuition for the spring, fall, and
winter terms.
"In one section, the text describes the work of a 19th century
scientist who believed that blacks had smaller brain sizes than other
races.
"A graphic that accompanies the text shows four skulls in descending
size: Caucasion, Mongolian, Native American, and black.
"The text explains that modern science makes no distinction between
brain size and race, but [the student] said the graphic could be used
out of context to promote racist ideas."
A government instructor here would like to use the Community College
Week article and the graphic in his class. I don't have a copy of
Plotnik's book. If someone could fax me the graphic in question, I'd
really appreciate it!
(505) 439 - 3802
Thanks!
Sue
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Sue Frantz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Assistant Professor of Psychology Office: (505) 439-3731
New Mexico State Univ - Alamogordo Fax: (505) 439-3802
Alamogordo, NM 88310 http://alamo.nmsu.edu/~frantz
