[The Federalist] In his new book, "Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class," Dr. Charles Murray uses authoritative scientific findings to disprove woke dogmas like "gender is a social construct." On this episode of the Federalist Radio Hour, Host Ben Domenech and Murray discuss why we can’t ignore genetic differences between race and gender."The fact is that such genetic differences between populations are not scary. They do not lend themselves to superior or inferior rankings of different human groups," Murray said. "They’re the kinds of things we already recognize."
Later in the episode, they discuss issues in education, achievement tests, and the Democratic party’s disdain for ordinary Americans.
The following from the Amazon review:
The thesis of Human Diversity is that advances in genetics and neuroscience are overthrowing an intellectual orthodoxy that has ruled the social sciences for decades. The core of the orthodoxy consists of three dogmas:
- Gender is a social construct.
- Race is a social construct.
- Class is a function of privilege.
The problem is that all three dogmas are half-truths. They have stifled progress in understanding the rich texture that biology adds to our understanding of the social, political, and economic worlds we live in.
It is not a story to be feared. "There are no monsters in the closet," Murray writes, "no dread doors we must fear opening." But it is a story that needs telling. Human Diversity does so without sensationalism, drawing on the most authoritative scientific findings, celebrating both our many differences and our common humanity.