 What do Herrnstein and Murray want you to believe?
The Bell Curve Flattened Charles Murray is a publicity genius, and the publication of his and Richard Herrnstein's book, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life , in the fall of 1994 was his masterpiece. The effect was, first, to increase the allure of the book (There must be something really hot in there!), and second, to ensure that no one inclined to be skeptical would be able to weigh in at the moment of publication. The people who had galley proofs were handpicked by Murray and his publisher. Another handpicked group was flown to Washington at the expense of the American Enterprise Institute and given a weekend-long personal briefing on the book's contents by Murray himself (Herrnstein had died very recently), just before publication. The result was what you'd expect: The first wave of publicity was either credulous or angry, but short on evidence, because nobody had had time to digest and evaluate the book carefully. Herrnstein and Murray didn't do this, so it wasn't until a full year or more after The Bell Curve was published that the leading experts on its subject had a chance to go through the underlying data with care. The debate on publication day was conducted in the mass media by people with no independent ability to assess the book. IQ tests, according to Murray and Herrnstein, measure an essential human quality, general intelligence.
 be happy with your current status - it's where you're going to stay
 be happy with your current status - it's where you're going to stay  the government should put more money into closing the socio-economic gap  people of all races should be treated equally  if you work hard enough, you can do anything