TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Glayde Whitney, a psychology professor who was branded a racist for claiming that blacks were generally less intelligent than whites, has died. He was 62.
Whitney, who taught at Florida State University for the past 31 years, died of natural causes at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, nursing supervisor Susan Gibbs said.
Whitney, who studied genetic mechanisms underlying behavior, found himself at the center of controversy in 1999 when he scripted a foreword to a book written by former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. In it, Whitney said he believed Duke relied on "good science" in concluding blacks should attend separate schools and perhaps even live in separate countries.