The Study of Racialism

The descendants of "white" slaves do not have this issue. Nor do the descendants of Chinese exclusion act victims nor Jews, nor other victims of excessive American racism. It would make ...

I'm one, somewhere between 1/8 and 1/16, and I suspect there are more than a few of us who don't know, because that level of admixture isn't visually identifiable,

According to Frank's book, approx ...

Yes, I intended it as an analogy or figurative description, the implication being that if one group hurts another group, the members of the second group are likely to respond in kind.
Your thesis, as ...

Yes, I intended it as an analogy or figurative description, the implication being that if one group hurts another group, the members of the second group are likely to respond in kind.

I don't think I'd go so far as to offer a free pass, but I'm among those who do make allowances. How could I do otherwise, given the very overt and officially-sanctioned white racism in the United St ...

Then I interpreted those comments wrong. You were not meaning to suggest that "whites" were less moral then "blacks" but only to emphasize that the opposite is not the case. Is t ...

while whites, who gave us Auschwitz, sold people at auction, and some of the wealthiest of whom are currently robbing the American public blind are not.

As far as I can tell, amorality is found in ...

Black people need to roar out their anger at such treatment, lift up their voices and demand change. Anyone counseling a less militant approach is counseling self-defeat. As of mid-2008, there were ...

From this, Americans conclude that the root of U.S. racialism is slavery, and that the color line itself was and is A Good Thing.

Gallup's recent Minority Rights and Relations survey updated a lo ...

couldn't it be said that a) theories of racial inferiority were developed or seized upon in part to provide justification for the Atlantic slave trade and b) that the racism of some white Americans wa ...

Given that fact, I find the notion that some perceptions of this case have not been subjectively influenced to be ludicrous. Even those who support the actions of Crowley have offered up subjective r ...

I *am* like everyone aware that for example the North abolished slavery years before the South.... Are you suggesting that subtler historical phenomena outweigh these obvious historical differences?
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Whose reputation? I assume you mean the caller's. If yes, her reputation, such as it was, wasn't harmed seriously. A simple apology to her for the oversight, assuming it is, would be in order.
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Needless to say, the caller's personal statement ads further credence to the possibility that the police report contains a misrepresentation. If that is true, the only apology here should come fr ...

Does this mean that you now apologize and retract your earlier accusations that she was guilty of "racial profiling?" Just curious.
If I'd made such an accusation, I would apologize....
I ...

It seems that the woman who made the call has now said that she never mentioned race to the officer:...
Does this mean that you now apologize and retract your earlier accusations that she was guilty ...

It seems that the woman who made the call has now said that she never mentioned race to the officer:

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Lucia Whalen, whose 911 call led to the arrest of the Harvard professor Hen ...

Because the north was more tolerant. ...
I think that JoshH is relating to his own personal experiences, or those told to him by his parents and grandparents. Most people have no grasp of the past. ...

Oh, please. So you have a National Identity Card and then if need be you check that your name and card-ID in any other document matches your Card's name and card-ID, and that the Card's photo matche ...

It is a straw man argument to criticize my usage of the term "race card" as a means of avoiding the discussion that we are having.
That is inaccurate. Please refrain in the future from impu ...