Dr. James Watson was not removed from his position as director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory for expressing scientific questions about the genetic basis of intelligence. It was for things like this:
Dr Watson added that he hoped everyone was equal, but that "people who have to deal with black employees find this is not true".

You cannot be the director of a scientific institution and say things like this (you cannot be the director of a daycare center and say things like this), because this suggests you discriminate in hiring and that is against the law. This is especially important for Cold Spring because of their history of supporting eugenics research.

The idea that free speech rights and the support of intellectual freedom in academia means that people running research institutions should be allowed to discount the intellectual abilities of their subordinates based on genetics with no scientific evidence to support them (and outside of their own research expertise) is a very weird position to hold.

The reason more scientists aren't speaking out about this, is because to most of us the idea of "race" determining "intelligence" was debunked several decades ago. Having a well-reasoned discussion about it at this point is about as interesting as discussing vulcanology with someone who doesn't "believe" in plate tectonics or the botany of carnivorous plants with someone who doesn't "believe" in evolution. _
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