May 23, 2011 Professor Judith Rees London School of Economics Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE UK Rt.

Hon Nick Clegg House of Commons London SW1A 0AA

Dear Professor Rees and Rt. Hon Clegg, London School of Economics (LSE) and Its Continuous Association With Dr Satoshi Kanazawa . I am writing this letter to both of you (being respectively Director and Visitor to the LSE) in response to Dr Satoshi Kanazawas recent research previously published in Psychology Today, which concludes that Black women are far less attractive than white, Asian, and Native American women. Since the publication of this racist report, there has been a lot of outcry by a number of scientists from different parts of the world in addition to student groups at the LSE, who are calling for the dismissal of Dr. Kanazawa. Likewise I understand that LSE has distanced itself from Kanazawas research and it is currently conducting an internal investigation into the controversial research. In responding to the Kanazawas comments, LSE has stated, The views expressed by this academic are his own and do not in any way represent those of the LSE as an institution. While this is a statement of fact, it is difficult to divorce Kanazawas actions from LSE for several reasons including: 1) When he wrote the article, he did not issue a disclaimer stating that the views expressed represented his personal views 2) As long as he is still in the employment of LSE after writing such a racist but also flawed and malicious publication, LSE is signaling that it is a passive supporter of his actions.

LSE has a moral duty to take action against Dr. Kanazawa by asking him to resign because from history we learn that scientific racism has contributed to past genocides. Previous experiments similar to Dr. Kanazawas recent work justified the inferiority of the blacks and Jews, which resulted in the Holocaust, Apartheid, Jim Crow laws and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The academic community should ostracize any scientist/academic who uses scientific theory to justify the superiority or inferiority of one race relative to the other. The Big Society policy of the current government calls for empowerment of communities and for people to take an active role in their communities. However, the action of Dr. Kanazawa only succeeds in alienating the black community thereby jeopardizing the governments programme. In the aftermath of the controversy surrounding LSEs acceptance of the 1.5m donation from a foundation controlled by the Gaddafi family, LSE cannot afford to have its reputation soiled again by its continuous association with Dr. Kanazawa otherwise the school would lose its authenticity, forfeit the respect of millions around the world, and be dismissed as an irrelevant champion of bigots, racists and despots with no meaning for the twenty first century. I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Ahmed Sule suleaos@gmail.com Cc Operation Black Vote LSE Student Union National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)