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Category Archives: Race
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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12 Years A Slave
The real life protagonist of “12 Years A Slave” was likely a willing accomplice to a con of selling himself into slavery, expecting to escape and share the proceeds of his own sale, except his new master was a little … Continue reading
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LA Weekly: Latinos Get a Measly 1 in 25 Speaking Roles in Top Films
Jill Stewart of the LA Weekly writes on FB about this article: “There’s just no excuse for this. Hollywood studio heads, and TV executive producers in Los Angeles are as knuckle-dragging and backwards as the old hillbilly stereotype. But they … Continue reading
Calling 911 For Chicken McNuggets
News report: “This is an emergency, If I would have known they didn’t have McNuggets, I wouldn’t have given my money, and now she wants to give me a McDouble, but I don’t want one,” Latreasa L. Goodman told police. … Continue reading
Racism As Cultural Differences
When people want to live among their own it’s often called racism, but I see it as simply cultural preferences such as living among people who value peace and quiet, nuclear families, dedication to religion and education and work. Different … Continue reading
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Which racial, ethnic and religious groups are the most reliable?
I wonder if this correlates with credit scores? Asians have the best credit scores, followed by whites, hispanics and blacks. A friend of mine oversees a group of African-Americans and he has a hard time getting them to turn in … Continue reading
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Reclaiming The Word ‘Schvartze’
A friend says: Regarding the use of the word “shvartze” while it is in fact the German/Yiddish adjective for “black”, one must consider that the word is almost always used in a negative context, as in “The Shvartzes are rioting … Continue reading
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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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Harvard Professor Says You Shouldn’t Report Black, Muslim Atrocities
Colin Flaherty writes: MSNBC’s new golden girl was in a pickle: If someone sees a black person committing rape or domestic violence, should he report it if it makes black people look bad? Or if Muslims see wife-beating, genital mutilation … Continue reading
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