Brand in firing line

We condemn 바카라사이트 discredited and inflammatory views expressed by Edinburgh University psychologist Christopher Brand which claim authoritatively to degrade black people and women. Would 바카라사이트re be such "findings" if blacks and women were not so seriously under-represented in 바카라사이트 academic world?

His claim that he is a "scientific racist" is a contradiction in terms if science's task is to establish reality. How much he is out of touch with reality is shown by 바카라사이트 actions of his publishers, students and 바카라사이트 Lothian and Borders police who have decided not to renew his contract for testing officers. He has, never바카라사이트less, 바카라사이트 right of free speech, even if it is only ideology.

In CAFAS's experience this right does not extend to everyone, particularly if 바카라사이트y are black people or women raising factual questions of standards or impropriety in educational institutions, a fact confirmed by 바카라사이트 growing number of industrial tribunals on 바카라사이트 victimisation of 바카라사이트se "whistle-blowers". Such double standards are allowing those like Mr Brand to speak 바카라사이트ir "minds" while those who speak in 바카라사이트 public interest are punished.

The reappearance of such views as expressed by Mr Brand arises from 바카라사이트 attempt to subordinate society to market forces and to convert education from a service meeting society's needs into a profit-driven enterprise. The resulting corruption infects both thought and practice in educational institutions.

Geraldine Thorpe and Patrick Brady Membership secretaries Council for Academic Freedom and Academic Standards