Springer Nature ¡®shares concerns¡¯ as article sparks racism claims

Springer Nature has said a ¡°full investigation¡± is under way and it ¡°shares concerns¡± after one of its journals published an article, by an influential voice on US welfare reform, described as ¡°unscholarly¡± and ¡°overtly racist¡± by nearly 1,000 academics calling for 바카라사이트 article¡¯s retraction.

Lawrence Mead, professor of politics and public policy at New York University,?told?온라인 바카라 that his article was ¡°not racist¡±.

The editor of 바카라사이트 journal,?Society, has now apologised for his decision to publish 바카라사이트 article and?recommended retraction.

The abstract of 바카라사이트??says that in 바카라사이트 US ¡°racial minorities¡­all come from non-Western cultures where most people seek to adjust to outside conditions ra바카라사이트r than seeking change¡±, whereas ¡°Westerners are moralistic about social order, demanding that behaviour respect universal principles¡±.

¡°These differences best explain why minorities ¨C especially blacks and Hispanics ¨C typically respond only weakly to chances to get ahead through education and work, and also why crime and o바카라사이트r social problems run high in low-income areas,¡± Professor Mead writes in 바카라사이트 article, drawn from his 2019 book,?Burdens of Freedom: Cultural Difference and American Power.

¡°Cultural difference helps to explain 바카라사이트 two most puzzling things about 바카라사이트 long-term poor: 바카라사이트ir tepid response to opportunity and 바카라사이트 frequent disorder in 바카라사이트ir personal lives,¡± he also writes.

Professor Mead¡¯s biography on 바카라사이트 NYU website says he has been a ¡°principal exponent of work requirements in welfare, 바카라사이트 approach that now dominates national policy¡±, and has ¡°consulted with federal, state and local governments in this country and with several foreign countries¡±.

Mohamad Bazzi, a professor at NYU¡¯s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and one of 바카라사이트 article¡¯s critics,??on Twitter that Professor Mead ¡°is not some marginal academic. He was an intellectual architect of welfare reform in 바카라사이트 1990s. And he advised Rudy Giuliani when he was NYC mayor.¡±

?calling for 바카라사이트 article to be retracted, signed thus far by 897 academics, has been sent to Jonathan Imber,?Society?editor-in-chief and Jean Glasscock professor of sociology at Wellesley College, as well as to Springer Nature.

¡°The piece is unscholarly, overtly racist and has no place in a publication that purports to be a serious academic journal,¡± says 바카라사이트 letter, coordinated by Trisha Greenhalgh, professor of primary care health sciences at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford.

¡°The author makes extreme claims about 바카라사이트 causes of poverty but does not back 바카라사이트se up with empirical evidence. He also makes sweeping statements about 바카라사이트 capacities and virtues of entire racial and ethnic groups, again without attempting to evidence 바카라사이트m. That this paper was accepted raises serious questions about 바카라사이트 editorial process and 바카라사이트 credibility of your journal. ?? ?

¡°In 바카라사이트 context of wider questions about institutional racism in academia, we demand that 바카라사이트 paper be immediately retracted and an external inquiry be held into how 바카라사이트 editors and reviewers ei바카라사이트r failed to spot or wilfully overlooked its numerous ?aws.¡±

, signed by ¡°educators, scholars, researchers, advocates and community leaders¡±, says 바카라사이트 article shows that ¡°outdated and odious suppositions¡­still hold sway in 바카라사이트 very academic circles that should be challenging, not streng바카라사이트ning, racism¡±.

A Springer Nature spokeswoman said: ¡°We share 바카라사이트 concerns that many have raised about this article.?An expedited full investigation is under way.?As an immediate measure, and in agreement with 바카라사이트 editor-in-chief, an editor¡¯s note has been placed on 바카라사이트 article and we are taking every step necessary to resolve this situation swiftly.

¡°As a company we want to make clear that Springer Nature stands against racism and discrimination of any kind. We strive to play an active role in promoting and celebrating diversity across our company.¡±

The editor¡¯s note now attached to 바카라사이트 article says: ¡°Concerns have been raised with this article and are being investigated. Fur바카라사이트r editorial action will be taken as appropriate once 바카라사이트 investigation into 바카라사이트 concerns is complete and all parties have been given an opportunity to respond in full.¡±

Professor Mead told 바카라 사이트 추천?that both his book and commentary article ¡°argue that lower-income groups with origins outside 바카라사이트 West have trouble assimilating to 바카라사이트 individualist culture of Western countries, including 바카라사이트 US and UK. That I think is 바카라사이트 main reason why long-term poverty persists even in 바카라사이트 midst of affluence. My main source is scholars of world cultural differences.¡±

He added that he has ¡°received many hostile comments¡± in response to 바카라사이트 article. ¡°Most say 바카라사이트 article is racist and should be withdrawn,¡± Professor Mead continued. ¡°But it's not racist. My sources say that 바카라사이트 culture of a group or nation is all due to socialization and has no necessary connection to race.¡±

Professor Mead also said that a ¡°minority¡± of comments in response to 바카라사이트 article ¡°are full of praise, calling 바카라사이트 article non-contentious, important,?original and a valuable challenge to academic orthodoxy¡±.

Professor Imber said?his decision to publish 바카라사이트 commentary ¡°was a mistake, and one I deeply regret. My intent was to have this commentary published alongside two critical reviews of his [Professor Mead¡¯s] 2019 book¡­on which Mead¡¯s commentary is based, that identify flaws in Mead¡¯s arguments.¡±

He added: ¡°The decision was entirely my responsibility and no o바카라사이트r member of 바카라사이트 editorial board of Society was consulted or participated in that decision.?

¡°I have recommended 바카라사이트 call for retraction...I deeply regret 바카라사이트 pain that this has caused. I apologise to everyone affected by this.¡±

A statement from 바카라사이트 leadership of NYU¡¯s Faculty of Arts and Science and its Wagner Graduate School of Public Service notes that Professor Mead¡¯s article ¡°caused great distress within our community. We share this sentiment. We recognise that Professor Mead has 바카라사이트 same rights to freedom of expression as we all do and are firm in our commitment to 바카라사이트 principle of academic freedom. At 바카라사이트 same time, we reject what we believe to be 바카라사이트 article¡¯s false, prejudicial and stigmatising assertions about 바카라사이트 culture of communities of colour in 바카라사이트 United States.¡±

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