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Respecting - And Recognizing - American D.N.A.
Posted by taino8632 in african-american, analysis, demography, immigration, news, racism, stupid people tricks on May 21st, 2008
An amazingly dumb essay extolling that American superiority is encoded in our DNA except for those who are descended from slaves. The first link is the article; the second a rebuttal.
Respecting - And Recognizing - American D.N.A.
~Townhall.com
“…two respected professors of psychiatry have recently come out with challenging books that contend that those who chose to settle this country in every generation possessed crucial common traits that they passed on to their descendants.”
and the rebuttal:
Michael Medved says something dumb
~scienceblogs.com
“[Michael Medved] has declared American superiority to be genetic, encoded in our good old American DNA. Because our ancestors were immigrants, who were risk-takers, who were selected for their energy and aggressiveness. Oh, except for those who are descended from slaves.”
Revealed: scientist who sparked racism row has black genes
Posted by taino8632 in african-american, analysis, demography, happenings, news, stupid people tricks on May 21st, 2008
Revealed: scientist who sparked racism row has black genes
~The Independent
In a very funny case of irony a Nobel Prize winning scientist who claimed that blacks are less intelligent than whites has been found to have a DNA profile with up to 16 times more genes of black origin than the average white European.
I wonder if his findings have changed any since this discovery?
‘Curious’ shirt choice
Posted by taino8632 in -isms, activism, african-american, analysis, antiracism, happenings, immigration, latino, news, politics, racism, stupid people tricks, the church on May 16th, 2008
~The Boston Herald
The Curious George cartoon character is getting dragged into the presidential race again in an ugly way…
Racism: An Unbiased Entity Alive and Well In America
~Digital Journal
As the political race narrows and the fight for the candidacy becomes more like a verbal MMA cage-fight, racism and discrimination are beginning to surface more often. But in America, it isn’t just a white thing. Racism itself is an unbiased entity.
The Deeper Racism in Iowa: Beneath the White Obama Craze
~The Black Agenda Report
“Much of his white support was premised on Obama being a ‘good,’ that is non-threatening, middle-class, academic-friendly, and ‘not-too fiery’ black.”
How to be anti-racist in a nut shell
~Fairfield Echo
An outline to help navigating Courageous Conversations about Race…
Lutherans Responding to People Affected by Iowa Immigration Raid
~ELCA News Service
Members of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Postville, Iowa, are responding to the needs of people who have been affected by a May 12 federal immigration raid at a Postville meat processing plant.
Does illegal immigration lead to more crime?
~St Charles Journal
Some recent studies by pro-immigration groups have indicated that there is no link between crime and undocumented immigrants.
Media Overlook Limbaugh’s Ethnically-Charged Insult Against LA Mayor
Posted by taino8632 in blog, politics, stupid people tricks on May 6th, 2008
