A Terrible Thing to Waste by Harriet A. Washington

“The news she brings is grim, but she leaves the reader feeling not paralyzed by despair but determined to act. Investigating the deleterious heavy metals, neurotoxins, deficient prenatal care, bad nutrition, and pathogens as the main factors influencing intelligence, Washington explains why certain communities are so disproportionally affected and what can be done to remedy the problem.įeaturing extensive scientific research and Washington's sharp, lively reporting, A Terrible Thing to Waste is sure to outrage, transform the conversation and inspire debate. A film buff and lover of baroque music, Ms. She takes apart the spurious notion of intelligence as an inherited trait, pointing instead to environmental racism - a confluence of institutional factors that relegate marginalized communities to living and working near sites of toxic waste, pollution, and urban decay - as the prime cause of the reported black-white IQ gap. Her book A Terrible Thing To Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind will be published in March, 2019. In 2019, she published A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism. Washington, A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind Find, read and cite all. Washington adds her incisive analysis to the fray. Washington is an American writer and medical ethicist. Request PDF On Oct 1, 2020, LaKendrick Richardson published Harriet A. Washington Narrated by: Ron Butler Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins Release date: 08-07-19 Language: English 124 ratings Regular price: 19.

Now, in A Terrible Thing to Waste, award-winning science writer Harriet A. A Terrible Thing to Waste Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind By: Harriet A.

The 1994 publication of the The Bell Curve and its controversial thesis catapulted the topic of genetic racial differences in IQ to the forefront of renewed and heated debate. A powerful indictment of the notion of hereditary intelligence, A Terrible Thing to Waste shows how environmental racism drives the black-white IQ gap and explains what can be done to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities.

A Terrible Thing to Waste by Harriet A. Washington