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Unseen, it seems Blacks also have a great shot at good jobs now. That may be true even if it is a right wing talking point. Blacks dominate pro basketball. It is genetic more than environmental. I say that because the degree of consanguinity in the NBA is astonishing. Cousins, brothers, sons..

And the Kenyans are the great marathoners. I suspect…[Read more]

Unseen, i was not scolding you…just explaining my take.

Yeah race is a loaded term but i fear there is a scientific reality even if it is true that some Blacks are more distantly related to some Blacks than they are to some Whites. I know that Japanese and Jews have some distinct DNA and that is just a part of it. But the notion that race is a…[Read more]

Unseen, it happened when the linguistic baggage of racism past was adopted by the masses.

If we had left well enough alone Blacks and Whites would have chromatic characteristics of equal import. When Whites (who are no less colored than other peoples) got excluded from the label the emphasis was directed to skin color and its juxtaposition…[Read more]

Unseen, as you may recall i have a little bit of a visceral reaction when Nonwhites are referred to as People Of Color!

It is amazing to me that it is ok with most Non Whites to have their skin color be the central point of their identity…well that along with not being White!

Enco, the ethos is consistent. Immigrants who are not Scots, Brits, Germans have faced significant discrimination. I don’t pay much attention to lofty and empty slogans or ideals. Chimeras are chimeras irrespective of their labels. The USA got the natives out of the way and did so ruthlessly. We were big time participants in the Atlantic Slave…[Read more]

Yeah that is my understanding Unseen.

After 9/11 in USA there was strong anti-Muslim sentiment. If a similar attack had occurred shortly after 9/11 innocent Muslims would have been lynched i am reasonably confident. And if USA had taken Muslims en masse the way Germany has coupled with the rising fascist tendencies it would not be pretty here…[Read more]

Enco i am not averse to some of your scribbles. The nativism and xenophobia in Germany are real. Jews were never really accepted even during the Weimar Republic. But a few things i adduce without what the deucing…

That same fuck all yall who aint pure fill in the blank is in the land of ideas you love. I did a term paper in law school about…[Read more]

Not sure whether i mentioned it here but i know an atheist from Syria who had to flee cuz of the civil war. He ends up in Germany and is eager to assimilate, learn German language, get a good job and live his life. He is an engineer and from all appearances of high character.

What he encounters is discrimination because he is an atheist rather…[Read more]

The immigrants are members of the biggest cult. That is the problem. What is it the Chinese do with the Uyghur?

No that is not way to go! How about starting by acknowledging that Islam is a political institution and a cult? Sure they’re pushing mythology that is false same as any religion but that is not the point here. Those immigrants are…[Read more]

No doubt about it, Unseen.

Our priorities are on display. Once again my reaction is…sickening.

Yeah, Unseen, we can’t be the world’s police but we can be the world’s intervenors when it furthers our purported interests. But for people being massacred and desperately needing our help lets see how our allies feel.

I could not disagree more Simon. Overwhelmingly humans do not care unless they have personal contacts or their particular…[Read more]

That is funny Unseen, that headline crossed my awareness, and i had similar thoughts.

I know as a nation we don’t care about genocide. It made an impression on me when Obama was running and indicated that we should intervene in an African genocide IF we have allies come in with us to save the victims. And there was no backlash. Nobody saying…[Read more]