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Antisemitism and the economic crisis

Via Volokh (1, 2), a months-old but still-appalling study I hadn't seen before: In order to assess explicit prejudice toward...

Conservatives and the Civil Rights Movement

Cleaning out some old "to do" projects: In response to this: Beck and every modern-day movement conservative would have stood...

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is Jewish

According to the Telegraph, anyway. Oddly, some of the more virulent anti-semites in history have been Jewish. Karl Marx, notoriously...

Honduras: Zelaya: Jews Are Out to Get Me!

Via La Gringa, unhinged ravings from the guy Obama desperately wants to install as President of Honduras: TEGUCIGALPA -- It's...

Jimmy Carter: Seeing Colors

When Carter's latest statement hit the news, I vaguely recalled allegations that Carter had been somewhat racist in his early...

NPR: Joe Wilson, Massive Protests in DC -- It's All Racism!

Talk of the Nation, heard around the nation today around lunchtime: Mr. DALLEK: ... I think there's a lot of...

Toronto Film Festival: Antizionism isn't Antisemitism?

Increasingly hard to believe... Breitbart: THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - A group of actors, authors, musicians and activists is circulating...

NAACP: Pod People Diversity in/Action

Via Gateway Pundit: A conservative African-American social networking group set out Monday morning to criticize the city's NAACP chapter for...

Does Obama Prove We're a Post-Racial Society?

Shelby Steele, in the LA Times: Obama's post-racial idealism told whites the one thing they most wanted to hear: America...

Not Many Poor Kids in College

Via Outside the Beltway: In an ideal world, the nation’s elite schools would enroll the most qualified students. But that’s...

Thoughts on Christians and Race

First off, I don't want to whitewash (pardon the pun) the situation and give the impression I think Christians --...

Affirmative Rescue

Oh good heavens... Witness: Hey, somebody help him! He's drowning! Five volunteers, in unison: We'll do it! (Volunteers begin scrambling...

The Scopes Monkey Trial: A Victory for Science?

We're told that the Scopes "Monkey Trial" represented a victory for modern, enlightened progressive thought against the backwards, hateful beliefs...

Minority Companies Hurt Themselves

In "The Economics of Discrimination" I pointed out that companies which engage in discrimination automatically penalize themselves by doing so....

Barring Black Lawyers

Jacob Hornberger: By limiting the supply of attorneys through a rigorous and expensive system involving getting into and attending law...

UCC Ad Misleads About Race

If you've been paying attention, you've heard the flap about the United Church of Christ ad rejected by several TV neworks as being too controversial. It's also contrary to the facts.

Why Do They Hate Us? Reason #83: Melanin

The Guardian interviews a home-grown Iraqi terrorist, associated neither with Al Qaeda nor Saddam's former Baathist Party. I found his motives for attacking our troops... surprising. (Updated)

Alan Keyes and Reparations

Alan Keyes supports reparations. What next, Hillary Clinton comes out supporting vouchers and privatized social security? A few thoughts on why I think Alan's stance is sorely misguided...

Japanese WWII Internment: The Rest of the Story

The story of US internment of Japanese families is one I was taught in school. But, once again, I'm learning that I wasn't told the whole story. Lately, this has been a familliar feeling.

White Racism

Racism is inevitable, but, like crime, disease, and poverty, that doesn't make it desirable. A few comments from a white racist provide fertile ground for clarifying why I'm opposed to racism in all it's forms.

Antisemitism and German Media Bias

The whole thing started innocently enough. "Dr. Dot" was just trying to get her jacket and leave. Little did she know she'd end up with a fat lip and a false story in a German newspaper...

Marquis Harris Cannot Teach: He Would Create "Unrealistic Expectations" for Pupils

Marquis Harris is too smart too teach high school: We can't give students too much hope they could be like him -- best not to set their expectations high! What kind of students? Perhaps, since he's an African American, we mean that he would be an unrealisitic role model for minority students?

Diversity Day!

Tomorrow is "Diversity Day" for a friend of mine who works for state government. Her workplace had asked different people,...

The Nature of MEChA?

MEChA distances itself from "Voz de Aztlan" because of the latter's homophobia. What about it's anti-semitism?

American Racism and Xenophobia

Sure! But what about the rest of the world?

On Colorblindness

Is the goal of a color-blind society dead on arrival? Why do some support affirmative action while others oppose it? Are all affirmative action critics racist? And what makes for legitimate criticism in of your opponents in this public debate?

The UN's Solution to Racism

Are you concerned about what happens with the University of Michigan case? Just wait until you see what the United Nations has in store for us!

Affirmative Action Alternative 'Faltering' in Texas?

I was reading left-leaning blog Counterspin Central when I came across a reference to an article which indicated that a...

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