Bookworm on Sep 27 2008 | Filed under: Identity politics, Race
I’ve said before that I am not a racist — I’m a classist or values-ist. Always have been. I don’t care about your external color or sexuality or whatever; I do care about the beliefs you bring to the table.
What this means is that I’m pretty hostile to identity politics. I never felt compelled to [...]
Bookworm on Sep 16 2008 | Filed under: African-Americans, Barack Obama, Race
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is now accusing Republicans of speaking “code” to make racist remarks about Obama:
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius accused Republicans on Tuesday of injecting race into the presidential campaign, arguing that they are using “code language” to convince Midwesterners that Democrat Barack Obama is different from them.”Have any of you noticed that Barack [...]
Don Quixote on Jul 08 2008 | Filed under: Gender, Race, Truth
In a comment to an earlier post, BrianE linked to a quite interesting article about possible genetic differences between blacks and whites. The article is about a book the title of which probably tells you all you need to know, “Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We’re Afraid to Talk About It.” What [...]
Don Quixote on Jul 06 2008 | Filed under: African-Americans, Race, Uncategorized
It is the height of political incorrectness to even speculate that there could be any differences among the races. And, of course, the variations between individuals within races are far greater than any possible differences between the races on average. But, still, this is dangerous territory. For example, one is not even allowed to suggest [...]
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