Why Does Wendy Kopp Address Institute With Racist Ties?

The Chancellor’s New Clothes writes:

Who can forget the infamous book entitled “The Bell Curve” by Richard J. Herrnstein and American Enterprise Institutes’ Charles Murray, which made the assertion that intelligence is a predictor of income and success. The book also argued that some differences between racial groups has to do with intelligence, citing lower test scores among African Americans as a possible indicator of genetic inferiority.One, therefore has to question the philosophy of an organization whose members possess such overtly racist beliefs.

It is interesting to note, therefore, that the so-called “educational reformers” who have the most direct influence over schools and school systems which serve minority children, really seem to like the American Enterprise Institute:

Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach for America, the organization who sends in temporary teachers to work in low income schools districts is hailed by AEI

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