James Watson, the father of DNA said in a conversation with the Editor
of The Root, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that blacks are intellectually inferior.
In their conversation Watson clarified his views concerning race and
genetics.
Watson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology on Medicine in
1962, along with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, for “their discoveries
concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance
for information transfer in living material.”
Watson is most remembered for identifying the “double helix” three-dimensional structure of deoxyribonucleic
acid, more commonly known as DNA.
Although Dr. Watson may is a genius with a low IQ, he is
certainly not the authority who determines how brilliant a person
will be.
An article released on October 14, 2007 in the London Sunday
Times titled The elementary DNA of Dr. Watson quoted the Dr.
making racist comments about black people in which he suggests
that the inherent biological differences in intelligence between
black people and other ethnicities distinguishes that blacks are
inferior in their level of intelligence.
But if this were true, how could the ancient history of African
contributions to this world’s society of humanity be disregarded?
More than a century after the last slave became a free person,
blacks have tested Dr. Watson’s theory and proven it to be wrong.
Blacks have made great intellectual accomplishments not only in America, but around the world. In fact the
Illinois Senator, Barack Obama has proven that Dr. Watson’s theory is just that—theory. Certainly the Senator
has not come this far in the political race for the Presidency of the good old U.S. of A by pickin’ cotton and
raisin’ watermelons. So with all due respect to the noted Dr. Watson there is a world of difference between
theory and reality.
Eric Dunbar may be reached at Eric@vinepublication.com
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