This is one of those times I am just thrown. I mean I am completely beside myself. I just read this damn stupid article (I can be objective, but that objectivity is for things which make sense). Here is my response but first here is the damn story in Psychology Today
http://freedomlovejustice.com/
Greetings,
I am offended. I am grossly offended by the lack of editorial judgement to allow such filth to strike your pages. Having read the Kanazawa article, having come from an African American mother, I felt as though she, in addition to other women of African origin have been insulted. The science is the same type of science used to establish and reinforce the social constructions of race and the Eurocentric ideals of "beauty." The decision to print it, as it is your first amendment right, represents high levels of raced and gendered insensitivity. Racism and misogyny, in my opinion, represent psychological illness though they are not listed in the DMSR IV. I am shocked and saddened that a reputable magazine such as yours has succumbed to this raced and gendered debasement of African and African-American women.
Sincerely,
W. Russell Robinson, Ph.D.
