Race and Reason: A Yankee View is a book written by Carleton Putnam, first published in 1961. The book is a controversial examination of the issue of race and its impact on American society. Putnam argues that race is a biological reality, and that differences in intelligence and behavior between races are largely determined by genetics. He also contends that the civil rights movement is misguided and that efforts to integrate schools and neighborhoods are doomed to fail due to innate racial differences. The book is divided into three parts, with the first part providing a historical overview of race relations in America. Putnam explores the origins of slavery and the Civil War, as well as the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist groups. The second part of the book delves into the science of race, with Putnam arguing that there are significant differences in intelligence and behavior between different racial groups. He cites various studies and statistics to support
