Bookworm on Mar 08 2010 | Filed under: Government, Privacy, Race
Country of origin strikes me as a reasonable question for a census, although it’s not constitutionally mandated. (The Constitution just allows for a head count.) Race questions are obviously simply to satisfy the grievance mongers in America. So I pass on this advice from The Corner:
Sending a Message with the Census [Mark Krikorian]
John: [...]
Bookworm on Dec 03 2009 | Filed under: African-Americans, Barack Obama, Education, Race
When I was a very little girl, back in the hard drinking 1960s, an expression I frequently heard was that someone or something needed a bit of “the hair of the dog that bit you.” I used to think that actually meant people would consume dog hair to cure their ills. It was only later [...]
Bookworm on Nov 11 2009 | Filed under: Education, Political correctness, Race
I remain absolutely convinced that Obama, the boy genius of the left, is a product of affirmative action who is hiding his academic record because it is dismal. If it weren’t dismal, he’d be showing it off. Frankly, though, after thirty years of affirmative action, we expected nothing more from our academic institutions. That’s a [...]
Bookworm on Oct 14 2009 | Filed under: African-Americans, Barack Obama, Education, Race
You must read today’s article from Robin of Berkeley. End of story.
Bookworm on Sep 25 2009 | Filed under: Race
After talking about a guest on NPR who explained that “personal responsibility” is racist code for hostility to blacks (because they can’t be responsible?), Mark Steyn states the obvious about the whole “criticizing Obama is racist” theme:
“Code language” is code language for “total bollocks.” “Code word” is a code word for “I’m inventing what you [...]
Bookworm on Sep 17 2009 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Race
Here’s a simple quiz to see whether you’re a racist:
1. It’s got yellow and black bands, it’s fuzzy, it flies, and it makes honey. It is a
a. Turkey vulture
b. Bee
c. Woodpecker
d. Barack Obama
[Yes, the correct answer is b.]
2. It’s orange, it grows on trees, it’s used to make juice, furniture polish, and termite poison. It [...]
Bookworm on Sep 15 2009 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Race
Whenever I read the news, I’m being told that those who disagree with Obama do so based on his color. Ordinary Americans simply can’t handle a black man in a power position and reflexively disagree with him and wish him ill. It’s not even personal, we’re told. It’s just that we’re bone-deep racists.
When Joe Wilson [...]
Bookworm on Aug 21 2009 | Filed under: African-Americans, Race
I guess for the next three and a half years, I’ll keep having to trot out this joke when I link to articles containing ridiculous claims of racism made to cover for incompetence and other personal failings. First, the joke (which you’ve heard before and I can guarantee you’ll hear again):
Two men met on the [...]
Bookworm on Aug 06 2009 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Race
I finally figured out what the “Obama in whiteface is racist” charge made me think of:
The Sarah Silverman Program
Makeup Artist
www.comedycentral.com
Joke of the Day
Stand-Up Comedy
Free Online Games
Claiming that Sarah Silverman’s ridiculous attempt at blackface was racist is as foolish as complaining that Obama’s remake as the Joker, a character with no racial connotations at all, is [...]
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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