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The correspondence highlights a conflict between academic freedom and institutional responsibility in the case of J Philippe Rushton's book advertisement being rejected by the American Anthropologist. Irving Louis Horowitz argues against the decision as a violation of First Amendment rights and an unfair dismissal of scholarly dialogue on contentious issues. In response, the AAA leadership defends the rejection citing the promotion of pseudoscientific racism as unacceptable. The discussion also touches upon experiences of alleged reverse discrimination within academia.