Boris Johnson adviser quits over race and eugenics controversy

[TomSea]

Boris Johnson adviser quits over race and eugenics controversy
Rowena Mason

A controversial new adviser to Boris Johnson resigned on Monday night after MPs and experts accused No 10 of condoning his controversial claims that intelligence is linked to race.

Andrew Sabisky, who was brought into Downing Street by Johnson’s senior aide Dominic Cummings as part of his appeal for “misfits and weirdos”, became the subject of intense media scrutiny after details emerged of his views on subjects ranging from black people’s IQs to whether benefits claimants should be encouraged to have fewer children.

But amid mounting criticism within the Conservative party after No 10 stood by the appointment, Sabisky said that he would be stepping down as a “contractor” to No 10.

Read more at: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/17/boris-johnson-adviser-quits-over-race-and-eugenics-writings

[Fishrrman]

"MPs and experts accused No 10 of condoning his controversial claims that intelligence is linked to race."

Politically controversial, perhaps.
But as Mr. Reagan said once, facts are stubborn things.
Thus, they persist regardless of how controversial they are.

(where's Enoch Powell when you need him??)

[thackney]

Nobel-winning scientist’s claims linking race and intelligence have been ‘debunked over and over’: expert
https://globalnews.ca/news/4849650/james-watson-race-comments-dna/
January 15, 2019

...“In everything in genetics, the environment plays a significant role,” Kim said. Intelligence is a complex human characteristic and “to make such a sweeping statement in something that’s so complex without quoting any scientific hard data is a little bit concerning from my end.”

Yudell and others have called upon geneticists to abandon the use of race as a category in their research and come up with measures of ancestry to better understand the relative risks of different groups to certain diseases and other scientific questions. This, he thinks, would help to stop people from using genetics to justify racism....