Posted in Black People We Like on May 12th, 2011
Believe it or not, the ever expanding “Black mobs” series was originally intended to be a single post (maybe two) simply listing incidents of black flash mob violence. But my research turned up something much more disturbing (and therefore much more interesting): the nearly universal suppression of the “race angle,” i.e. the fact that the [...]
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Starlette McNeill of the Daily Race has stumbled across Unamusement Park’s secret hate laboratory in the course of her spiritual pilgrimage/intrepid sleuthing, just like in that Nancy Drew book. You know, “Nancy Drew and the Secret of White Racial Consciousness”? Fortunately, she — I mean Mrs. McNeill, not Miss Drew — hasn’t yet uncovered our [...]
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Dear “race conscious” black people: Hi there! Or as you like to say: yo, what’s good. I would offer you one of those secret handshakes/gang signs you enjoy so much, but (a) I don’t know any of them, and (b) you are merely a rhetorical device. So: you’re black. African American. Afro-American. A person of [...]
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Call it a debate. Call it an experiment. Call it trolling. Call it what you will. I came in good faith, with my little theory and my big stack of supporting evidence. I was ready to make my case. How would they respond? My expectations could hardly have been lower. But their mindless groupthink took [...]
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Posted in Humor, Race Relations on Mar 12th, 2011
It all started over at Foseti. Blame him. Welcome to the United States of Post-Racial America. Make sure to collect all luggage and small children, and have your passport and seven other forms of TSA-approved photo identification ready for the first of thirteen security checkpoints. After checkpoint one, would all travelers please line up in [...]
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Some black guys would like you to meet Terrence. Poor Terrence: … Let’s take some time to get to know this unfortunate soul. … Because of his successful parents, Terrence here was brought up in the suburbs…with white people. Alas, this was the fatal flaw. You see, unlike his parents, Terrence has never felt struggle. [...]
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Posted in I Have Black Friends on Feb 2nd, 2011
This is a follow-up to “I have black friends,” based on the answers I gave to questions from commenters Obsidian and Hail. You say blacks have a lower average IQ than whites. So what? Let’s start with the short version of my answer: so nothing! Here’s the long version: what I’m looking for is a [...]
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Posted in I Have Black Friends on Jan 29th, 2011
I have black friends. This post is not about them. Anyone who has ever heard or participated in a candid discussion of race issues is probably familiar with exchanges like this (Igor is not based on any real person): UNAMUSED: Blacks are, on average, less intelligent than whites. This is a well established scientific fact. [...]
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