Recent discussions have revived old claims that hereditarian research on race differences in intelligence has been subject to a long and effective taboo. We argue that given the extensive publications, citations, and discussions of such work since 1969, claims of taboo and suppression are a myth. We critically examine claims that (self-described) hereditarians currently and exclusively experience major misrepresentation in the media, regular physical threats, denouncements, and academic job loss. We document substantial exaggeration and distortion in such claims. The repeated assertions that the negative reception of research asserting average Black inferiority is due to total ideological control over the academy by “environmentalists,” leftists, Marxists, or “thugs” are unwarranted character assassinations on those engaged in legitimate and valuable scholarly criticism.

最近的讨论恢复了旧的说法，即关于智力中种族差异的遗传学研究一直受到长期有效的禁忌。我们认为，鉴于自1969年以来有关此类工作的大量出版物，引用和讨论，禁忌和压制的说法是神话。我们批判性地检查了那些（自称是）遗传学家目前唯一地在媒体中出现严重失实陈述，定期人身威胁，谴责和学术工作流失的说法。我们在此类声明中记录了大量夸张和失真。反复断言，对研究的负面接受断定了黑人平均的自卑，是由于“环境主义者”，左派主义者，马克思主义者，