{"product_id":"a-terrible-thing-to-waste-9780316509442","title":"A Terrible Thing to Waste","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful indictment of the notion of hereditary intelligence, \u003ci\u003eA Terrible Thing to Waste\u003c\/i\u003e shows how environmental racism drives the black-white IQ gap and explains what can be done to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 1994 publication of the \u003ci\u003eThe Bell Curve\u003c\/i\u003e and its controversial thesis catapulted the topic of genetic racial differences in IQ to the forefront of renewed and heated debate. Now, in \u003ci\u003eA Terrible Thing to Waste\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning science writer Harriet A. Washington adds her incisive analysis to the fray. 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. Investigating the deleterious heavy metals, neurotoxins, deficient prenatal care, bad nutrit\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401709560151,"sku":"9780316509442","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780316509442.jpg?v=1730478283","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-terrible-thing-to-waste-9780316509442","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}