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Category Archives: Race
How Come Viking Fans Mix Without Trouble In Green Bay?
I am watching the Green Bay – Minnesota football game and wondering why the visiting Viking fans can mix unmolested with the home town Green Bay fans? Is it mid-West civility? The crowd looks lily-white but I don’t think whiteness … Continue reading
Posted in Football, Race
Tagged bay fans, Civility, lily white, minnesota football, whiteness
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When Did It Become The N-Word?
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager says: Laura Schlesinger announced that she would be leaving radio because she had used the n-word. From what I heard, it was entirely to say that nobody should use the n-word. She has … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Laura Schlessinger, Race
Tagged Dennis Prager, dr laura, laura schlesinger, n word, radio show
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Kosher Racism?
From a post on Frum Satire: Yesterday, my tichel clad wife took our son to the park. Even though it was about 5 or 6 pm-ish, there was a fair amount of kids still running around. My son began to … Continue reading
Posted in Blacks, Orthodoxy, Race
Tagged bad influence, jewish kids, jewish mom, orthodox jewish parents, valid perspectives, what on earth
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What Caused Our Recession?
On Dennis Prager’s radio show today, economist Tom Sowell said: “What got us into this was that mortgages started to default and there was a whole domino effect going through the whole financial system because people had bought these mortgage-backed … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Race, Thomas Sowell
Tagged chris dodd, Dennis Prager, fannie mae and freddie mac, fha loans, mortgage backed securities, tom sowell
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Jackie Sherrod
Claire Spark writes on FB: “This was a very skillfull highly propagandistic speech that adroitly played the race card while pretending to be about reconciliation. It is a typical black nationalist demand for reparations. As propaganda: brilliant. She creates a … Continue reading
Posted in Blacks, Race
Tagged black president, klan attack, obama, reparations, sherrod
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Dennis Prager: When Will American Blacks No Longer Be Angry?
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager says: Americans voted for Barack Obama hoping to get rid of [racial] tension “that mostly blacks feel. “In the opinion of most Americans, there is far more anger from blacks towards whites than … Continue reading
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May Is Jewish History Month
I haven’t met a Jew yet who gave a damn about May being Jewish History month. When you are secure in your identity, you don’t need these government proclamations to shore up your sense of self. On the other hand, … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Race
Tagged black history month, caesar chavez day, government handouts, government proclamations, japanese american community
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A Dominican-American Convert To Orthodox Judaism
From The Jewish Press: Why did you start blogging? I started the conversion process; I was 25 years old. Every Shabbat meal, someone would ask me, “Why are you in the conversion process?” One of my friends, Drew Kaplan, was … Continue reading
Posted in Aliza Hausman, Conversion, Orthodoxy, Race
Tagged jewish press, orthodox judaism, public sphere, rabbinical student, shabbat meal, speaking engagements
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Are There That Many Racists Out There?
Yes, I believe there are. I believe that about a quarter of non-black Americans do not like black people and that most of these people vote Republican. I think a significant reason for the amount of racist vitriol online is … Continue reading
Posted in Blacks, Race
Tagged chicago sun times, everyday conversation, logan square, messy job, polite society, vitriol
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