Springer Nature retracts paper that hundreds called “overtly racist”
Less than two weeks after publication, an essay on poverty and race which critics decried as “unscholarly” and “overtly racist” has been retracted. The essay, by Lawrence Mead, of New York University, appeared in the journal Society on July 21. It immediately drew the ire of hundreds of academics and advocates who, in a pair … Continue reading Springer Nature retracts paper that hundreds called “overtly racist”