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Category Archives: Blacks
NYT: “The ‘Benefits’ of Black Physics Students”
Steve Sailer writes: It’s not impossible that this piece is a pitch-perfect parody that slipped past the editors. Unlikely, but not impossible …” …For example, “Calculate the total force experienced by rapper 50 Cents as he got shot by 9 … Continue reading
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Mistrial declared in trial of Officer William Porter in death of Freddie Gray
A reader says: The story gives some information but not three pieces of crucial information: It does give the breakdown between women and men on the jury but it fails to (1) give the breakdown of the Jury by race, … Continue reading
Man Who Targeted Pregnant Wife While Her Deployed Husband Watched Via Webcam Learns His Fate
REPORT: A Texas man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the brutal stabbing of a pregnant military wife while her husband watched in horror via webcam. Back in October of last year, Rachel Poole was using FaceTime … Continue reading
How Washington’s Metro Got So Bad
Washingtonian: Controllers can’t prove operators sabotage trains for personal retribution, but the trainees say the practice is well known. ROCC veterans kept track of repeat “train breakers,” Watkins says, and trainees were warned about one driver who “was almost guaranteed … Continue reading
LAT: For young Muslims, the struggle to belong is ’emotionally draining’
I agree with the headline of this article. For many Muslim to try to belong in America will be exhausting. The same thing goes for many blacks. Peter King writes: They come to him — students, co-workers and congregants alike, … Continue reading
Black Student Assaults Teacher
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) – A St. Paul, Minn. high school teacher is recovering from a traumatic brain injury after he was assaulted by a student while attempting to break up a fight in the school’s cafeteria on Dec. 4. … Continue reading
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Salon: Was planning a march against violence against women an inherently racist undertaking?
From 1999: There is one person on the planet whom I can honestly say I hate. This in spite of two and a half years of lovingkindness meditation. I’m not talking about the profound yet somehow abstract hatred you feel … Continue reading
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Where Are The White Running Backs?
Comments to Steve Sailer: * White men are not really valued at Running Back, due to a perceived lack of explosiveness. With tough defenses, in the upper reaches of minor league (College) football, and in the NFL, all the speed … Continue reading
Steve Sailer: Harvard Law Professor: Majority of Men Accused of Campus Rape Are Minority
Steve Sailer writes: But in passing in a New Yorker article, Harvard Law School criminal law professor Jeannie Suk drops a bombshell: on average, male students accused of sexual assault look less like Haven Monahan than like, say, Heisman Trophy-winner … Continue reading
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Time: Airbnb Hosts Are Racist, Study Finds
Steve Sailer: “A lot of the new Sharing Economy unicorns get an edge by ignoring anti-discrimination laws. They’re high tech! So they don’t have to obey the laws that weigh down old-fashioned businesses.” It is just common sense that a … Continue reading
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