Is Satoshi Kanazawa’s problem racial, sexual, or both
The personal motivations of those who make them are the most interesting things about racist choices. Because I am African American and blog at Psychology Today a friend wrote to tell me about another blogger, Satoshi Kanazawa. Kanazawa, a lecturer at the London School of Economics, recently published an answer to his own question: “Why [...]
An old Ghanaian proverb says, “Until the lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” Journalism is the first draft of history. In the wake of Democrats’ shellacking in the midterm election, journalists and pundits blamed low black turnout for their losses. They compared 2010 turnout with 2008, but [...]
Continue reading …Race-talk is American’s national hiccup. This is nothing new. Many perspectives have been bandied back and forth about NPR’s recent and unceremonious firing of conservative commentator Juan Williams. I am personally not a fan of Williams. Even so, his termination was an opportunistic move by an organization looking for an excuse to let him go. [...]
Continue reading …When are degrees from Harvard, Yale and Oxford not enough to prove that you like books? When you are also black, like me. That was the first lesson I learned a few days ago when I was the victim of racial profiling at the law school where I teach. My faculty photo identification was not [...]
Continue reading …By Meridith E. Rode, Ph.D., University of District of Columbia, When I hear the cries for “going back to the real America” or “taking the country back” I wonder where back is and how far away it is from now. I fear “back” is white reveries of a mythical past which was in reality racist [...]
Continue reading …Something positive is happening in race relations west of the Missouri River in South Dakota
August 30, 2010 Comments OffIt was a scorching hot day at this year’s Central States Fair until dark clouds drifted slowly over the Black Hills and brought the temperatures down. It was a special day for Native Americans because a man named Roon Jeffries and his assistant, Dixie Holy Eagle, took the challenge of the Year of Unity Committee [...]
Continue reading …Over the past few days, I have been intrigued by the aftermath of Dr. Laura’s racist rant. What’s been most interesting to me is the way that Dr. Laura and her supporters have transformed her from culprit to victim, claiming that her first amendment rights have been taken away. Apart from demonstrating that she clearly [...]
Continue reading …Originally posted on Racism Review Earlier this week, Omar Thornton walked out of a meeting in which he was being fired from his job at a beer distributor in Connecticut and opened fire on his former co-workers. He shot 10 people, eventually killing 8 and ending his own life. Omar Thornton was African American and all [...]
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