web pages It's like Rushton wants to dress it up in jargon so you don't notice how hateful the premise is, but Mehler just cuts right to the chase. Rigo:In 1961, he co founded a journal called the Mankind Quarterly, and guess who's funding the journal? You've got You have something wrong with that? Funding wasn't an issue for them, they had Wickliffe Draper. Rigo:Yeah. And, um, my son picked up the phone one day, and this, uh, guy said to him, um, "I'm gonna kill you, chop you up into pieces, and mail you back to your dad in boxes.". Producer: Rigoberto Hernandez As critics at the time put it, these were old racist ideas with a new coat of paint. It is around this time in the early 1970s that something happened that could have been the end of The Pioneer Fund. Rigo:Right, exactly. Yes, and then these checks were often for ample amounts in the thousands of dollars to people, uh, just because Draper or Pioneer liked what they were doing. Scientists pushed back against this hard, but Murray still gets tons of attention from the press, and it gets legitimized. This is taken from a "Classic Donahue" rerun in 1996. WBBM-TV - 630 N. McClurg Court, Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Rigo:Yes. So, what it suggested was that Draper and Pioneer really took the initiative in every case, and reached out to these people, and tried to subsidize them once it realized that these were people who were doing things that would be of interest to Pioneer's agenda. News archive:Some of the ideas found in the book, the bell curve are not new. I'm curious about how you would respond to that. In Silicon Valleys renegade days, a hardheaded Texan chased dreams of a flying car. Lisa:I'm gonna pull my academic hat on for a second and say an impact score is basically something that measures the importance of a given journal, so the higher the impact score, the more influential it is, so you measure that by citations and references, who's used the journal and cited it in their work. Um, Literally rides on a Nazi tank, into the city of Bilbao, uh, at the time when Franco's army is laying seeds to the place, uh, only a few weeks after the infamous bombing of the, of the city of Akaka in the Basque region. Rigo:So I asked Barry Mehler about the video. What's going on with him? Actually, this brings something up for me. 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If you would like more information, please contact askhagley@hagley.org. He knew exactly what they were up to. Rigo:Exactly. This is why the book claims blacks are disproportionately living in poverty and also more likely to commit crime. So Rigo, you're one of our producers on our show, Distillations, and you've come in with a story today for us, right? Associate Producer: Padmini Ragunath The real scientists. It was interesting to learn that they would Draper would send them, like, Christmas presents basically, like literal, like, "Here's $50. It's standard journalism practice to reach out to people if you're gonna talk about them. Wh- why is there all this hatred? But if you want to go complain to your Dean, you go ahead. Rigo:Yeah, and he got cover stories in the New York Times magazine, Newsweek, and The New Republic. Rigo:Right. The Pioneer Fund was just handing over cash. Rigo:I am, and he starts out telling a sort of funny story about seeing Rushton at a conference, but then he gets really serious. Lisa:That makes sense. Barry:And he puts this thing together which immediately is picked up by the American racist right, and the networking is incredible. He's an academic like Rushton, but less prestigious. Lisa:Rigo, I feel like you're about to tell me that there's a secret clique or confederacy if you will of rich racists sitting in a basement somewhere funding every racist academic. They printed and mail unsolicited propaganda to scientists, politicians, and other influential people. Rigo:It's called The Pioneer Fund, and over the years, it has bankrolled dozens of race scientists and other academics who push these kind of views. The father is just driving along proud of his son. He left most of his money to The Pioneer Fund, much to the chagrin of his close family, and The Pioneer Fund handed out more money two years after his death than in the entire period of 1937 to 1972. Many of this seasons stories talk about racism in terms of how its systemicbaked into science and medicine in subtle ways. They wanted the ideas out but not their name. Rigo:One way that the Mankind Quarterly differs from other journals is their use of pseudonyms, which I'm guessing is it not normal in academia? Having said that, The Pioneer Fund succeeded in their eugenic ideas surviving. Okay, so how did he get involved? Rigo:Right. Donahue's guests are two middle aged men who could really pass as accountants. In 1971, he became the chair of the Department of Anthropology and Comparative Religious Studies at the University of Southern Mississippi. Those are the people who are the pioneers. And apparently Draper was also kind of shy. He wanted to understand their philosophy. She says that this is something anthropologists have been saying for years, that the category of race itself wasn't a real scientific category but race scientists weren't ready to let it go. He was a member of the magazine's advisory board. Especially of the southern, southern states in the United States had this one drop rule. Rigo:They named it The Pioneer Fund, but sometimes people called it the Draper Fund because it was all of his money, and they funded whatever he wanted. Their desire is to have a platform to disseminate their ideas, and we would be giving them platform if we allow them to speak to here. Rigo:Right, and Murray and his coauthor also credited Richard Lynn for providing expertise on the book. By downloading this file you agree to our access conditions and use restrictions. By being the first and most vocal critical of The Pioneer Fund and neo Nazis, it made him a target. Barry:His father left 11 million dollars, um, which was quite a fortune in, in those days. At this point, Barry Mehler decides not to become a rabbi, and instead pursues the history of science, and in particular, the history of Nazis and race science. He's even polished when he starts talking about things like sex. His claim to fame was being an expert witness in Buck v. Bell, where the Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing states to force sterilizations on people with intellectual disabilities. Barry Mehler on Donohue:He's got a study that compares Nigerian medical. That's what it was all about, they wanted to resurrect their movement to come after my son. Phil Donahue's show started off similar to other shows of its day, featuring celebrities and musical acts, but he soon started pushing the envelope by discussing health and social topics previously considered taboo. on May 24, 2022, https://mytvlog.blogspot.com/2010/03/phil-donahue-show-1970-tv-series-1970.html, There are no reviews yet. Los Angeles - 1985 - Janet Leigh Jamie Lee Curtis.mp4, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). Rigo:So just to give you an update on what Mehler's been up to recently, I asked him about some hot water he got into, and I'll play you some tape. Recently, you were, uh Ferris State University suspended you for publishing a profanity based video. Web10 A.M., Phil Donahue, CH.5 Biographical Sketch of Ari Kane Cross-Port InnerView, Vol. I mean the first thing that comes to mind for me is The Bell Curve by Charles Murray, which was huge. WebThe Phil Donahue Show [remove] 9; American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) 2; Be All You Want to Be 2; International Foundation for Ah, Barry Mehler. About | Browse this Partner Contact Us This episode examines a much more overt kind of scientific racism: by telling the story of a racist, wealthy, underground confederacythat has funded nearly every race scientist out there. Phil Donahue, in full Phillip John Donahue, (born December 21, 1935, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.), American journalist and television personality who pioneered the daytime issue-oriented TV talk show. He was also tracking another person who raised red flags for him, someone who was very important to The Pioneer Fund and the neo Nazi movement. Quote, "On two points, I put The Thunderbolt ahead of much of the American press. I mean, it sort of falls under the category of yikes. Um, but most of the money that Shockley got Well, in fact, really all of the money that Shockley got had nothing to do with research. And on the other hand were the political people who did the actual exploiting. So about the third or fourth show, Iwent out in the audience and it saved us. Wow, William Shockley. I was right about the cabal in the basement. Just to give you an example of how this works, the journal Nature currently has an impact score of 40, and the Mankind Quarterly sits below one, but none of this mattered to the people in the Mankind Quarterly. Lisa:Chapter Two: The Mankind Quarterly. Rigo:Why do you think that is? Barry:This kind of propaganda, and this kind of advocacy goes on for some time. Here's money for you. How does he keep getting the chance to put these ideas forward? Is it still around? Lisa:So real science as a shield for junk science, got it. Uh, you know, I, I don't need to be credited, and if you want to discredit me, they were always able to discredit me. Ironically, the Third Reich thought that this was too extreme for them, and so they didn't use the one drop of Jewish blood made you Jewish. Rigo:One of the things that I really appreciate is how he pivots from being funny to serious very quickly, like the humor gets people's attention, and then he sneaks in some truth. Rigo:What's interesting about eugenics is that it's a dirty word now, but in the 1920s and the early 1930s, they were mainstream ideas, they were in vogue. People were throwing money at him. The precursor to all the daytime talk shows that arose during the 1980's and 90's. You have a position at Johns Hopkins. Is there anything that can get you cut off? I was the only one really putting together these strands because I was reading the racist newspapers. I mean, he's, he's this well spoken fellow in a nice suit. Barry:So I got a mailing from Canada from Ernst Zundel. WebDonahue is joined by the cast of "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of The Desert", as well as the Family Research Institute's founder, Paul Cameron, and drag performer CoCo He recalled one instance when his grade school son, Isaac, wanted to go play in the woods with his friend, but his volunteer body guard stopped him from going. So, [laughter] that's how I knew the police didn't do it, because if they had done it, they would have done it right. Digitized material in this online archive may document imagery or language that reflects racist, ableist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise offensive and harmful beliefs and actions in history. There are somebody who's at the top. web pages He had his own moment on the Phil Donahue Show in 1980. Suddenly I'm in the suburbs of New York, and I'm walking down, uh, a street and a car drives by, and there's, uh, a, a father and his son, and the son screams out the window at me, you know, something like, "You dirty [expletive]." Rigo:Kind of, yeah. Barry:And he's endorsed by President Ronald Reagan, uh, right? Their last known grant was in 2019 to an organization based in Ohio whose president has written extensively about racial differences. Rigo:Until a dark side came out. Now, while the video, the language in that video is profane. Search the history of over 797 billion Various episodes of theThe Phil Donahue Show (1976 - 1992). Rigo:So the Mankind Quarterly was not taken seriously by their academics, and you can see that in their impact score. Barry: The Pioneer was looking for scholars who were willing to take a stand, and that's what Jensen was willing to do. You know, he's a brilliant guy, and he's got these ideas, and after all, he's probably right. I, I think they hate him, which raises the question for me, you know, he might be this prestigious academic, but if he's not popular, if his ideas are this controversial, how does he keep having the platform that he has? on the Internet. And you're a Neo Nazi and he added you back. I mean, I was never anybody really. Episode 4from the Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race series. The user assumes responsibility for obtaining permission from the copyright holder to publish or distribute this image. Lisa:Ah, charming. One is that they were enormously important to the racists because they legitimated their views, and especially after World War II, when the Nazis had been defeated, you had very little support for these kinds of ideas. Over the years, he was trying to show the world that there was a direct line from Nazis in World War II to race scientists like Philippe Rushton, and it all comes back to the funding source. However, The Pioneer Fund and the Mankind Quarterly are not just any other source. Who's funding him? While he was doing research in Germany in 1978, he discovered that Arthur Jensen had been writing for a new Nazi publication called New Anthropology. He seems to delight in presenting guests who are anti-war, anti-Bush and skeptical of the administrations motives. What he's just been talking about. I never wasted a trip. Rigo: So I had a chance to Barry Mehler recently, and I asked him about the appearance on Phil Donahue three decades ago. Rigo:Right, exactly. When you do research, funded research, you're kind of beholden to your funder in certain ways, right? Remove constraint Subject: The Phil Donahue Show, American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), East Coast FTM Group Organizational Records, International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents, Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000), Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan, Cross-Port InnerView, Vol. The pioneer fund has been the key source of funding for the last 20 years of scientists who have produced the material. Lisa:Not surprised to hear that they're not just spewing hateful ideas, they're acting on them. Search the history of over 797 billion Bill:He liked to be referred to as Colonel Draper, or the Colonel. And I wasn't just calling them Nazis, I was putting out a context to show that this was a fascist endeavor, and that these people were not only Neo Nazis, but they were just old fashioned Nazis, and I think that it was one of the reasons why they hated me so much. Lisa:So tell me about Roger Pearson. Bill:In general, Pioneer funded two different groups of recipients. In 1967, Phil Donahue left his positions as news reporter and interviewer at WHIO radio and television in Dayton and became the host of a new television program, Phil Donahue Show on WLWD (now WDTN), also in Dayton. His new program replaced The Johnny Gilbert Show, when Gilbert left on short notice for Los Angeles for a hosting job. Lisa:Welcome to Innate: How science invented the Myth of Race: This is episode three: Keepers of the Flame. Rigo:Yeah, that's completely right. TELEVISION ACADEMY and ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES are registered trademarks of ATAS. Be the first one to, The Phil Donahue Show with John Wayne (1976), Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). How did people receive this? "Here's some money for you because we like what you're doing.". WebMain address PO Box 25972 Tamarac, FL 33320 USA Show more contact info EIN 55-0711460 NTEE code info Single Organization Support (W11) IRS filing requirement This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N. Communication Programs and results What we aim to solve This profile needs more info. At the end of World War II chemist Charles Phelps Smyth chased down German nuclear scientists and the equipment they left behind. Play all Innate Themecomposed by Jonathan Pfeffer. Don Grady (of "My Three Sons") composed the theme song for the Donahue show. Bill:The Mankind Quarterly is a very interesting publication. Lisa:Let me guess the angle here. 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