The Bell Curve Wars: Race, Intelligence, and the Future of America is a reaction to The Bell Curve:Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray. Edited by Steven Fraser, it contains articles by Howard Gardner, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Nathan Glazer, Stephen Jay Gould, Andrew Hacker, Jacqueline Jones, John Judis, Mickey Kaus, Randall Kennedy, Michael Lind, Richard Nisbett, Orlando Patterson, Hugh Pearson, Martin Peretz, Dante Ramos, Jeffrey Rosen and Charlie Lane, Thomas Sowell, Leon Wieseltier, and Alan Wolfe.
As stated in the introduction[1], the writers of these essays do not have a homogenous viewpoint concerning the content of 'The Bell Curve', but do express concern on a various aspects of the book, including the research methods used, the hidden biases in the research, the policies suggested as a result of the conclusions drawn by the authors, and more.