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Category Archives: Blacks
Cautious Asian Drivers
I was driving down the road in the middle lane when this van in front of me stopped. About 400 yards ahead, two fire engines were pulled over to the side beside a nursing home. Impatient, I turned left into … Continue reading
Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports And Why We’re Afraid To Talk About It
From Scientific American: Few issues are as provocative and as poorly understood as biological differences among the races. So loaded are statements suggesting racial superiority or inferiority that, for the most part, an anxious hush surrounds the topic. To his … Continue reading
So This Black Guy Walks Into A Shul…
There are plenty of Orthodox Jews who are black and fit in with their communities. They lead lives observant of Torah. Their skin color is not a big issue to most of their co-religionists. All the obligations that a Jew … Continue reading
Were Blacks Better Off Under Jim Crow Laws?
On Friday, I posted to FB: “Phil Robertson stood tall for his beliefs [about homosexuality] and A&E caved.” My friend Michael responded: “Phil’s “beliefs” include black people supposedly enjoying living under racist Jim Crow laws.” Michael, Phil didn’t give any … Continue reading
AIDS In Africa
PR exec Justine Sacco was fired for tweeting: “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” She just happened to tell the truth. Whites are at much less at risk of getting AIDS or any STD … Continue reading
Who Accused FSU Star Quarterback Jameis Winston Of Rape? Erica Kinsman
The formula for winning in college football is to have as many thugs on your team as possible. The downside of this is that you will have to put up with more rapes on campus. No charges are pending for … Continue reading
Daryl Dawkins: Hoops in Black and White (A Sociological Look at USA’s 2004 Dream Team Failure)
From Fox Sports: Once the black game moved indoors and became more organized, the pressure to establish bona fides increases. If you’re not scoring beaucoup points, if your picture isn’t in the papers, if you don’t have a trophy (right … Continue reading
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The 1968 Olympics Salute
Yahoo: Film Australia gives the now standard (in Australia this is a common practice): “Warning – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers should exercise caution when watching this program as it may contain images of deceased persons.” This is political … Continue reading
My Only Experiences With Racism Run In One Direction
I graduated from eighth grade at Pacific Union College Elementary School in June of 1980 and flew to Washington D.C. where my father was preparing a defense of his controversial views on the church’s Heavenly Sanctuary Doctrine. We had an … Continue reading
White Girl Bleed A Lot: Colin Flaherty Interview
I talk to Colin by phone Sunday afternoon. His new book is called — White Girl Bleed a Lot — The return of racial violence and how the media ignore it. Colin: “My brother and I host a talk show … Continue reading
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