Norton Fausto Garfield

Frank Ellis (lecturer) Norton Fausto Garfield

Publisher Marketing: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Dr. Frank Ellis is a former lecturer in Russian and Slavonic Studies at Leeds University, who was suspended for alleged racism. His opinion is that ethnicity could influence average intelligence levels and that black people have a lower average IQ than white people. In February/March 2006, a paper called Leeds Student published an interview by Matt Kennard, a Leeds Student journalist, with Dr. Frank Ellis, a controversial professor of Russian and Slavonic Studies who has expressed his support for racial differences in average intelligence. Dr Ellis's comments were widely condemned.[1][2] A campaign was launched by Hanif Leylabi, President of the Unite Against Fascism organisation, which called upon the university to sack Ellis. The story received coverage in The Observer, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Times Higher Education and various other national newspapers and radio stations as well as national and local television services. A statement was released by Leeds University Union calling for his dismissal. Leeds University condemned Ellis' views as "abhorrent."