I could have written a long essay spelling out every connection between the following nine items, but it just isn’t necessary. The connections are obvious, and so is the conclusion: that the state of racial discourse in this country has never been more dismal. Item (1): “Free speech covers all, even the primitive” (Charlotte Observer, [...]
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Steve Sailer is a time traveling plagiarist. See above. Doubtless this will come as a shock to some of you. “Steve Sailer?” I hear you asking. “Traveling through time?” Yes. Yes he did. To plagiarize me. “But… with time travel?” I think you’re losing sight of the real issue here, which is his blatant — [...]
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Previously on “Talking about race”: introduction, part 1, part 2. Let’s talk about race. With other people, that is. I mean, let’s talk about talking about race. No, not with other people! With me, talk to me. Let’s talk, with each other, about talking about race, with — oh, forget it. Let’s start again. Would [...]
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Posted in Talking about Race on Sep 12th, 2011
Previously on “Talking about race”: introduction, part 1. The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. Thomas Paine Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered, and the courage with which he maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. Orison S. Marden Now [...]
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Posted in Talking about Race on Aug 28th, 2011
Previously on “Talking about race”: introduction. Tonight I am reminded of the wise words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the great American essayist, poet, and champion of individualism (according to Wikipedia): I will not hide my tastes or aversions. … If you are true, but not in the same truth with me, cleave to your companions; [...]
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Ladies and gentlemen, sluts and forest faeries: Good evening, and welcome to the first (and quite possibly last) surprise midnight vacation edition of that mildly popular ongoing thought crime, the “Unamusement Park,” brought to you tonight from the top of a pine tree growing in the exact center of a small, circular, heavily bear-infested island [...]
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The word “racism” is now meaningless in Norwegian as well, reports a reader via email from the land of snipers and black metal. (What do you mean, I don’t have a thorough understanding of Norwegian history and culture?) Below is his translation of an article, “Chaudhry accuses FrP of racism,” from the Aftenposten (“Evening Post”), [...]
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