endorse Duke's re-segregation plan, but described Duke as "a Moses-like prophet". Whitney compared Duke to Socrates, Galileo, and Newton and said the NAACP and other "front organisations" had been created to further Jewish interests. Whitney said in a 1999 interview that the controversy distracted from what was meant to be a scientific discussion, saying "races are different for many genetic systems that influence everything from behavior and psychology to physiology, medicine and sports [...] Screaming nasty words does not change the reality." Following the publication of the book, faculty and students of FSU condemned Whitney's comments, with some calling for his resignation. The school rejected Whitney's position, but defended his right to teach as a matter of academic freedom. Whitney's views regarding race and intelligence prompted the Florida Senate to pass Resolution 2742 in 1999, "condemning the racism and bigotry espoused by Florida State University Professor Glayde Whitney." Whitney acknowledged the scientific achievements of Jews, but accused "organized Jewry" of playing a prominent role in suppressing race behavioral genetics in response to racism directed toward them, resulting in a "dishonest and hypocritical version of egalitarianism." Whitney was a member of the Institute for Historical Review, an organization promoting Holocaust denial, making a case that Jews invented the Holocaust creating a "fake" for their own interests. References Further reading External links Glayde Whitney at Florida State University Biographical links about Glayde Whitney collected by ISAR Obituary, Association for Chemoreception Sciences 1939 births 2002 deaths American geneticists 20th-century American psychologists Behavior geneticists Race and crime in the United States Race and intelligence controversy University of Minnesota alumni 20th-century American zoologists