Category Archives: Race

WP: In one corner of the law, minorities and women are often valued less

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Luke Ford

Washington Post: The 4-year old boy was mentally disabled, unable to speak in complete sentences and unable to play with other children because of his violent fits of hitting and biting. The decision facing one Brooklyn jury last year was … Continue reading →

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LAT: How Airbnb is addressing its racial-bias problem

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Luke Ford

There’s not a hint in this article that discrimination is commonsense, that not all races and religions act equally, and that there may be practical reasons that people might not want to rent to members of groups with high crime … Continue reading →

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Frequency of the word ‘Racism’ in NYT articles, chronologically

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Luke Ford

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NYT: ‘The Easiest Way to Get Rid of Racism? Just Redefine It.’

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Luke Ford

Racism as a moral wrong has no reality because the concept was not in any moral lexicon prior to the 20th Century. Prior the last 100 years, you never heard about “racism.” Jesus never condemned it. No great rabbi has … Continue reading →

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New Test Detects Race and Gender With a Single Hair

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Luke Ford

News: Look out criminals. The crime-busting tools of science fiction are becoming a reality. A new forensic test can detect the ethnicity and gender of someone using nothing but a single hair, and in less than two minutes no less, … Continue reading →

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