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Category Archives: Race
Was 1964’s Civil Rights Act Torah?
Setting: Orthodox shul. The rabbi says that the biggest challenge to belief in the divinity of the Torah is not the Documentary Hypothesis (I doubt 50% of the audience knows what that is) but the conceit that the Torah only … Continue reading
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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