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Category Archives: Blacks
Blacks Bury Bernie In South Carolina
Comments to Steve Sailer: * Another in the long line of warnings: true ethnic diversity is worst for Jews. * According to exit polls, Hillary won 84% of the black vote. Which isn’t surprising. Why would any black person vote … Continue reading
‘Black Power Icon Nina Simone’
Listening to NPR this morning, I heard a promotion for a Netflix documentary on “black power icon Nina Simone.” I wonder if white power icons like David Duke would receive similarly respectful treatment? Why is black power beautiful but white … Continue reading
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Do Blacks & Asians Share Many Common Interests?
Steve Sailer writes: “The anti-white racism that the liberal establishment has been promoting increasingly in recent years serves to unify an electoral coalition that doesn’t otherwise have much in common unless it can be given an Emmanuel Goldstein to hate. … Continue reading
Should We Lower Lending Standards For Blacks, Hispanics?
Comments to Steve Sailer: * I feel bad for that 24 year old Hispanic. I remember graduating from high school and getting from the principal that deed for my first home along with my high school diploma… what a happy … Continue reading
NYT: Blacks See Bias in Delay on a Scalia Successor
For the past 300 years in the West, Jews have often had incentives to side with the fringe against the core. Now that the fringe (including blacks, latinos, and Muslims) is more anti-Jewish than the white core, that might change. … Continue reading
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Florida teen arrested after posing as doctor, opening medical practice
Seven out of eight black doctors depended upon affirmative action to get into medical school. Do you want an affirmative action doctor? Black doctors suffer from huge rates of malpractice. REPORT: WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida teen was … Continue reading
WP: ‘My demons won today’: Ohio activist’s suicide spotlights depression among Black Lives Matter leaders
Well, knock me over with a feather. I’m shocked, I tell you. Shocked. Washington Post: A solemn group stood in the shadow of the statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, forming a circle on the snow-caked sidewalk. MarShawn McCarrel, 23, a well-known … Continue reading
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#AllStarsSoBlack
Steve Sailer writes: The original rosters announced for both the East and West teams in today’s NBA All Star Game were all black: 24 out of 24. In fact, all were American-born blacks. …But, mostly, #AllStarsSoBlack just seems to be … Continue reading
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WP: What that Cruz-Rubio ‘He doesn’t speak Spanish’ thing was about
The worst writer for The Fix at the Washington Post is Janell Ross. Nobody would care about Mexicans speaking Spanish in America if they did it in private while displaying fluency in English in public. Unfortunately, many Mexican-Americans tend to … Continue reading
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Democrats Are The Party Of The Disaffected
Comments to Steve Sailer: * “Hillary Campaigns to be America’s Third Black President” Modelling yourself after the only living two-term Democratic presidents seems wise, no? The high/low strategy of simultaneously appealing to affluent suburban whites and poor minorities wins elections, … Continue reading