I just came across a post that really struck a chord with me. Here’s a snippet: “You have to look under the surface,” my young friend cautioned. “Many students are black, it’s true. But where did they really come from? Are these the descendents of slavery? Are these students, like me, who couldn’t afford to… Continue reading Just Who is Affirmative Action Helping?
Category: Race
And In This Corner…
I love a good fight. Reminds me of Spy vs. Spy: Check out Sean’s Blog vs. The Black Hand Side, in the battle over ‘Whiteness Studies’, among other things. (Sean, come on man, fix your archives so I can link to your exact post. Better yet, leave Blog*Spot.) OK gentlemen, I want a clean fight…… Continue reading And In This Corner…
The Fallacy of Race
I’ve recently come across a few articles related to the PBS series Race – The Power of an Illusion (there’s a wealth of information on that site). I wrote a bit about that powerful documentary over on my Trader Mike blog. I thought I’d highlight it again over here. That documentary should be required viewing… Continue reading The Fallacy of Race
Affirmative Action Response
Rob, the BusinessPundit, correctly states that the government should neither restrain nor aid the American people in their pursuits. (By the way, he used a quote from Thomas Jefferson, of all people, to make that point.) But he fails to even mention the centuries of free labor through slavery that helped to build this great… Continue reading Affirmative Action Response
Rise of International Basketball Talent
This is sort of a follow-up to my earlier basketball post about the foreign invasion of basketball players. REAL Sports With Bryant Gumbel had an excellent report on international basketball this week. (The show will be rebroadcast a few more times if you missed it.) Here’s a synopsis of the show: For several years, a… Continue reading Rise of International Basketball Talent
Bridging the Racial Divide at Work
Fortune has an interview with one of the authors of The Race Trap: Smart Strategies for Effective Communication in Business & In Life Given all the chatter over the recent affirmative action rulings by the Supreme Court, this book needs to be read by a lot of people. Can’t we all just get along? 🙂
Why is That?
The article ‘No Outrage Over Foreign Invasion‘, raises the issue of why there is such protest over black teenagers going into the NBA draft, but no protests over the European teens going pro. The same question could be asked about why nobody cares when white tennis players, golfers, or baseball players turn pro straight out… Continue reading Why is That?
LightSkinPeople.com
Please tell me that LightSkinPeople.com is a joke. From the EUR: *So, you think black folks are the only people that are color struck. Well, read on. Lightskinpeople.com is an online community that is aimed at bringing together lightskin people from all round the world. Jarvis Rome, the 24-year-old entrepreneur behind Lightskinpeople.com, is, in his… Continue reading LightSkinPeople.com