Charles Murray,
advisor to Greg Abbott (R), candidate for Governor of Texas
1. On women: Mr. Murray believes there is no "evidence" that any "woman has been a significant original thinker," and "men's brains are larger than women's."
2. On education: Mr. Abbott presented a plan to put Texas at the top of education results that he said was based on Mr. Murray's work. Mr. Murray believes that a "mediocre" K-12 education at "a mediocre school" is "not that bad." In his book The Bell Curve, he claims that whites are genetically superior to blacks and Latinos and possess higher IQs.
Taking his cue from Mr. Murray's book, gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott told the media that universal pre-K education is a "waste" and state money would be better spent on programs whose success can be measured.
3. On equal pay for women: The "gender wage gap" is a "myth" that "once education, marital status and occupations are considered...all but disappears." Completely ignoring the salient point of equal pay for equal work he claims the real reason there is a gap is "many women prefer to stay home with their children."
To protect my sanity, I choose to think that these people don't really believe this stuff--that they are only pandering to those conservatives who boast of possessing an entire wardrobe of aluminum hats. Mr. Abbott must believe there are a lot of those in Texas.
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