London School of Economics Punishes Satoshi Kanazawa

Satoshi Kanazawa, the evolutionary psychology at the London School of Economics, who earlier this year created a huge controversy by claiming to have scientific evidence that black women were not as physically attractive as women of other races, has issued an apology. In May, Kanazawa published a blog entry entitled, “Why are black women less physically attractive than other women?” In this post he claimed that black women had higher levels of testosterone and therefore had more masculine features which made them unattractive.

An internal investigation conducted by the London School of Economics found that Kanazawa “ignored the basic responsibility of a scientific communicator to qualify claims made in proportion to the certainty of the evidence.” In a statement, Kanazawa stated, “Some of my arguments may have been flawed and not supported by the available evidence.”

The school barred Kanazawa from publishing in non-peer-reviewed publications for one year and will not permit him to teach compulsory courses during the current academic year.