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Racism, IQ and Down's Syndrome
- Author:
- BORTHWICK Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 11(3), September 1996, pp.403-410.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
There is a consistent difference of some 15 IQ points between the test means of American black and white citizens, and there has been a fierce debate as to whether this can be best accounted for by black intellectual inferiority or by such environmental factors as prejudice and discrimination. However, even supporters of the environmental hypothesis have neglected to apply it to the population - people with Down's Syndrome - to which it is most clearly applicable, and this failure of imagination indicates the boundaries of discourse in the field of intellectual disability. Discusses the complex relationship between racism and prejudice against people with disability.