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Why Race Matters Paperback – November 15, 2005

by Michael Levin (Author)

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Michael Levin’s 1997 masterpiece, Why Race Matters, quickly became a classic, and just as quickly went out print. Used copies of the hardcover edition have sold for up to $500.00. New Century Foundation is proud to offer this affordable softcover edition. It includes every word of the original, plus a new foreword by Jared Taylor.

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Philosopher Michael Levin has delivered one of the most authoritative and incisive treatises on the importance of race ever written. --J. Philippe Rushton, University of Western Ontario

Why Race Matters does exactly what the title promises—it removes all illusions about the insignificance of race. --Jared Taylor, editor, American Renaissance

Levin’s mastery of the subject is evinced in his book’s amazingly broad and detailed scope and analytical depth. --Arthur R. Jensen, U.C. Berkeley

About the Author

Michael Levin was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1943. He attended Stuyvesant High School, Michigan State University, and Columbia University, where he received his Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1969. He teaches at the College of the City of New York (CCNY) and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His position at CCNY was threatened in 1991 when attempts were made to revoke his tenure because of his public statements related to race differences. These efforts were turned back by a Federal court decision. Prof. Levin has written four books, including Feminism and Freedom in 1987, and is currently at work on a book about free will. He has published widely in professional journals, magazines and newspapers. He is the father of two grown sons, and currently lives with his wife in New York City. He has run in five New York City marathons, most recently in 2004. While Prof. Levin's professional interests focus on epistemology and metaphysics, he thinks philosophy can also help clarify more down-to-earth issues. His interest in group differences was sparked by both the emergence of feminism, which denied obvious facts about the sexes in the name of patently unfair demands on men, and by the denial of the very existence of "intelligence" in the name of equality.

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Paperback: 415 pages
Publisher: New Century Books (November 15, 2005)
ISBN-10: 0965638359
ISBN-13: 978-0965638357
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (71 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #564,174 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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An integral approach to the race issue

By A Customer on June 28, 1999

Format: Hardcover

The true virtue of this book, besides its candor, is its careful analysis of all aspects of racial difference. Some books focus solely on the facts regarding racial differences in intelligence without presenting evidence detailing the effects these differences have on lived social reality. The fact that blacks do not on average possess the same level of intelligence as whites or Asians is so well established by extensive documentation in statistical analysis, recorded social phenomena, and the empirical witness of experience that the burden of proof clearly rests on egalitarians. Levin wisely does not reinvent the wheel, but instead provides a masterly summary of the evidence and moves on to a much more controversial, but equally well-grounded conclusion: that intelligence does not just predict test scores, academic grades and career attainment, but it also has important implications for personality traits and moral codes. Our moral choices, and the standards of morality in our culture, are dictated by many factors which depend upon intelligence. As Levin argues, intelligence has a clear relationship with the ability to make abstract plans for the future. Such traits as honesty, which are central to our cultural norms of morality, are directly correlated with our ability to plan. Everyone knows that in every interpersonal exchange which involves trust, such as the sale of goods and the provision of services, the person who acts dishonestly can usually achieve a short term advantage through deception or violence. Intelligent persons, who have a correspondingly abstract and longer-term grasp of social interaction, will normally choose honesty - a response which will facilitate continued interactions, and thus mutually beneficial transactions.Read more ›

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Persuasive refutation of egalitarianism

By A Customer on September 18, 1999

Format: Hardcover

Michael Levin here refutes egalitarian/environmentalist dogma by showing unequivocally that the black/white IQ gap(Blacks in America have an IQ of 85 versus 100 for Whites) is mostly genetic in origin.He mention 7 arguments for a genetic cause of the black/white difference:
1)the high interindividual heritability of IQ and personality 2)the early appearance of race differences in IQ 3)The physiological racedifferences(in for exampel brain size) 4) Transracial adoptionstudies (which shows little IQgain for adopted black children in prosperous white homes) 5) Failure of Intervention to raise black IQ 6)That many other minorities who have been "discriminated" (such as jews and chinese)have in fact higher( not lower) IQ than non-jewish whites 7) the VERY low IQ of african blacks and their non-existent cultural achievements.
Adding it all together Levin makes a very strong case for a genetic cause of black/white IQdifferences.
Even though Why Race Matters alone makes a very persuasive case for a genetic explanation of the Black/White IQ gap it should be complemented with Philippe Rushton's Race, Evolution and Behaviour who gives a very persuasive evolutionary explanation of why genetic racedifferences in IQ(and other things) have arisen.

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READ THIS BOOK, it will open your mind

By 1. on October 5, 2000

Format: Hardcover

The subject of race, the role of intelligence, and the differences that exist between racial groups in their intellectual capacity have been a major source of friction for most of America's national history.
Levin may not be politically popular in some circles, but his book proves the old adage tht "There is nothing as immovable nor as powerful as the truth." Even when the truth may be unpleasant.
While much of this book is taken up with statistical tables and analysis therof, it illustrates the painstaking care that Levin has gone to in an effort to establish his major thesis.
In a nutshell (to borrow a cliche), Levin's thesis is that America is not a land of racists and white supremacists who have colluded to suppress other groups or deny them equal opportunity. Rather, Americans have not faced up to the fact that in a nation and era when one's ability to prosper is increasingly tied to intelligence and mental abilities, the mental differnces between racial groups are major determinants of well being (to no less an extent than physical abilities are in atheletics).
Levin concludes, with a huge amount of scientific data to back hjim up, that black failure is almost entirely due to genetic factors tht cause blacks to be less intelligent than whites. Moreover, he notes that whites are in danger of being displaced by Chinese and other Asians if they persist in dysgenic breeding (where the most educated and inelligent whites have children at below reproduction rates, while the breeding of less intelligent ones is heavily subsidized by government programs).Read more ›

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A Masterpiece Book Reissued

By J. P. Rushton on November 16, 2006

Format: Paperback

Philosopher Michael Levin has delivered one of the most authoritative and incisive treatises on the importance of race ever written. Why Race Matters is must reading for anyone interested in the debates on race, IQ, crime, welfare, affirmative action, and multiculturalism. Levin cross-examines the stockpiles of statistical data, psychological test scores, and behavioral genetic analyses to brilliantly illuminate the logical pitfalls and stumbling blocks in so much of what has been written on the subject. His powerful logic digs deep and his courageous inferences vault forward. With panache and the occasional snort of humor, Levin seems to be always bang on target. I especially recommended this book when it first came out in conjunction with my own Race, Evolution, and Behavior but now I should definitely add Richard Lynn's two new books (2006) as well.

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unbiased evaluation of racial issues.

Really interesting read. I learned all sorts of things that I did not know about before. Racial issues from a wholly neutral perspective. Read more

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After the furor that arose following the publication of the Bell Curve, Charles Murray pointed out to his critics that he and Richard Herrnstein could have made a much stronger... Read more

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Very interesting....... important ...

Very interesting ....... important information to consider if are are to correct the direction we are going in....... may help to develope a solution to save us all

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Environmentalism vs Hereditarianism

Levin carefully and comprehensively explores the complex issue of ethnicity, citing innumerable studies from the 20th century up to the time of publication and leading the reader... Read more

Published 4 months ago by David

book contains a great deal of useful information

This book is written somewhat like a scholarly journal article. The author seems to be consumed by the fear of being considered a “racist,” which he will be no matter how much he... Read more

Published 4 months ago by ta

Great book. Presents the facts instead of the emotions

Great book. Presents the facts instead of the emotions. Very scientific. Down plays the innuendo and displays the truth about race differences. Great read.

Published 5 months ago by JWC

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It's alright if you have no idea of why race matters.

Published 6 months ago by CB

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controversial but good

Published 10 months ago by Jorge Manuel Antunes da Costa

With 2 Strikes, Levin hit a cracker but, it curved out of bounds,,.

When I started reading this book, Levin had, to my mind, two strikes against his thesis that genetics were the primary driver of the Black / White gap. Read more

Published 14 months ago by Pieter D. Rossouw

Very interesting

This is an highly interesting book. To be able to digest many of the facts shown, one has to have at least a basic knowledge of statistics. Read more

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