Robert E. Kuttner | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1927-03-10)10 March 1927 |
| Died | 19 February 1987(1987-02-19) (aged 59) |
| Occupation(s) | Biologist,white supremacist |
Robert E. Kuttner (March 10, 1927 – February 19, 1987) was an Americanbiologist andwhite supremacist.[1]
Kuttner was born inQueens, New York. He obtained aPh.D. in zoology from theUniversity of Connecticut. He was an initial director of theInternational Association for the Advancement of Ethnology and Eugenics and was contributor and associate editor to Charles Lee Smith'sTruth Seeker.[2]
Kuttner opposedmiscegenation and believed it was "unnatural", only found amongstzoo animals.[2] He described his own position as "scientific racism". He identified as aNordicist and argued againstracial equality.[1] Kuttner stated thatNegroes were racially inferior, they had failed to build and create civilization and they lacked intelligence.[1] He testified in Congress to opposeschool integration.[3] AnthropologistRobert Sussman described Kuttner as a "lifelong neo-Nazi".[2]
Kuttner collaborated on racial ideas about "biopolitics" withEustace Mullins.[1] He wrote forRoger Pearson'sNorthern World, the flounderingThe American Mercury and was an editor of theMankind Quarterly. He edited the essay collectionRace and Modern Science in response to the 1967 documentStatement on Race and Racial Prejudice issued byUNESCO.Race and Modern Science was negatively reviewed bySherwood Washburn, who described it as a "useful source book for racists. Anthropologists need not bother with it."[4]