about those two UT professors

[wryter2000]

6. While I agree with you in general

These two are asking for permission to do things to harm students. Admiring that stupid book, in itself, doesn't. I guess expressing one's admiration would make class an unwelcoming place for black students.

That race/IQ garbage has been with us for centuries, literally. It's utterly without any scientific evidence, but it plays into some folks' previously existing prejudices. Every couple of decades it comes around in a new form, and lots of intellectuals fall for it. I fought a semester-long battle with one of them when I was in graduate school. I also had a professor who understood statistically why it was garbage. Between the statistician and the library, I learned a great deal on the subject. I can now explain to other people why that stuff is garbage. It was one of the great boons I got out of graduate school.