Gerry Freda
James Watson, the discoverer of DNA, has recently become the target of fierce criticism due to some of his statements regarding the fact that there is "scientific evidence" of a "difference in intelligence” between whites and blacks.

Il ninety-year-old biologist, award Nobel In the 1962 for having identified, together with Maurice Wilkins and Francis Crick, the double helix structure of DNA, it was in fact recently interviewed by the American broadcaster Pbs, in the context of the documentary American Masters: Decoding Watson. The meeting between the luminary and the network's journalists took place in the retirement home that currently houses the former, who is following a path there rehabilitation following a serious car accident.
In the offending interview, Watson asserted that, between whites and blacks, there would be “significant genetic differences”, which would determine a "considerable gap" between the two ethnic groups in terms of "IQ”. The thesis of the "poor cognitive skills" of blacks, due to a "particular conformation" of the DNA of the latter, had been publicly supported by the American biologist already in 2007. At that time, such words cost him his dismissal from Cambridge University.
The recent statements of the ninety-year-old Nobel Prize winner risk provoking a new harsh reaction towards him by the academic world. The day after the interview was broadcast, several research institutions have in fact announced the “immediate revocation” of the honors granted in the past to the discoverer of DNA. For example, il Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, American entity, specialized in the fight against tumors, for which Watson worked for more than thirty years, he expressed, via a note, a strong condemnation of the thesis advocated by the biologist, branded as “abominable” and “without any scientific basis”. The research center therefore expressed its intention to "withdraw" from the scientist "all in title not commende” assigned to him so far.
The family of the discoverer of DNA, however, immediately took sides in his defense. Watson's son, Rufus, in fact, he provided the US media with several clarifications regarding the content of the words spoken by the ninety-year-old scientist: “My father was immediately painted as a bigot and a racist, but such accusations are ridiculous. He simply described what emerged from his researchin the field of genetics. My father spent almost his entire life in the laboratory and every statement he makes is based solely on the information he collected there over sixty years of activity scientific. Academia owes respect to James Watson.”
Source – http://m.ilgiornale.it/news/2019/01/14/il-nobel-watson-neri-meno-intelligenti-dei-bianchi-lo-dice-il-dna/1628426/