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Category Archives: Race
LA Gang F13 Accused of Targeting Blacks
Thomas Watkins writes (and I have more here): LOS ANGELES (AP) – In a murderous quest aimed at "cleansing" their turf of snitches and rival gangsters, members of one of Los Angeles County’s most vicious Latino gangs sometimes killed people … Continue reading
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Poll: Minority groups distrust each other
From UPI: MIAMI, Dec. 12 (UPI) — A poll of blacks, Hispanics and Asians in the United States uncovered a lot of distrust between the three groups. The survey, described as the first ever to gauge attitudes held by the … Continue reading
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Race, Genes And Intelligence
William Saletan writes on Slate.com: Last month, James Watson, the legendary biologist, was condemned and forced into retirement after claiming that African intelligence wasn’t "the same as ours." "Racist, vicious and unsupported by science," said the Federation of American Scientists. … Continue reading
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In DNA Era, New Worries About Prejudice From People Who Fear Reality
From the New York Times: When scientists first decoded the human genome in 2000, they were quick to portray it as proof of humankind’s remarkable similarity. The DNA of any two people, they emphasized, is at least 99 percent identical. … Continue reading
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Why Black Men Love White Women
Chaim Amalek writes: After seeing a delightful new flick at the Film Forum – "Control", about the life of Ian Curtis of Joy Division – I spent much of the remainder of my day wandering the floors of Barnes and … Continue reading
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Racial Cleansing in L.A.
From Newsweek: A South Los Angeles Latino street gang targeted African-American gang rivals and other blacks in a campaign of neighborhood "cleansing," federal prosecutors say. Alleged leaders and foot soldiers in the Hispanic gang Florencia 13, also called F13, are … Continue reading
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How Come Southern California’s Evacuees Display Such A Different Attitude?
Governor Schwarzenegger told Geraldo Rivera of Fox News Thursday morning it was because of the lessons learned from Katrina. I don’t buy that though it’s clear that Southern Californians got a higher quality of government response. The Katrina crowd seemed … Continue reading
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Fury at DNA pioneer’s theory: Africans are less intelligent than Westerners
From The Independent: Celebrated scientist attacked for race comments: "All our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours – whereas all the testing says not really" One of the world’s most eminent … Continue reading
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Diversity Not Always So Great
Robert Putnam, who wrote the book Bowling Alone, recently published a paper that found: "New evidence from the US suggests that in ethnically diverse neighbourhoods residents of all races tend to ‘hunker down’. Trust (even of one’s own race) is … Continue reading
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Andy Rooney Blasted For Racist Comment
From the New York Times: “I know all about Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, but today’s baseball stars are all guys named Rodriguez to me,” Mr. Rooney wrote in the second paragraph of the column, which appeared in The Stamford … Continue reading
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