Race and Racism
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The #BlackLivesMatter Disruptive Activism
Posted by Greg Laden on August 9, 2015 
I have a few thoughts I want to float on the recent #BLM activism that involved, as of this writing, two takeovers of public events. One takeover was at a Netroots Nation event that included Bernie Sanders, the other at a Sanders rally. First, I think it has to be understood that disruptive actions like…
Charlie Hebdo, Religious Rules, and Racism
Posted by Greg Laden on January 17, 2015 
I will assume you are paying some attention to the discussion of racism vis-a-vis Charlie Hebdo, Muslim bashing, obnoxious religious (in this case Islamic) rules of behavior, freedom of speech and expression, etc. If you were thinking that this situation is simple you better check your thought process, or your privilege, or something. Get an…
Bruce Levenson’s Racism In Broader Context: We need to be smarter.
Posted by Greg Laden on September 8, 2014 
Donald Sterling appears to be a hard core racist, and this, appropriately, got him in trouble. Recently, Atlanta Hawks owner Bruce Levenson released an email he had written some time back, which discusses race related issues vis-a-vis the Hawks, and announced that he was bowing out of ownership from the team because of this racist…
Reviews of Nicholas Wade’s “A Troublesome Inheritance”
Posted by Greg Laden on August 11, 2014 
A list of reviews of Nicholas Wade’s book “A Troublesome Inheritance,” mainly by anthropologists and others who have investigated issues surrounding the concept of “race” in humans. Bethune, Brian: Inheritance battles Daniels, Anthony: Genetic disorder Dobbs, David: The Fault in Our DNA Fuentes, Augustín: The Troublesome Ignorance of Nicholas Wade Geneticists, Lotsofthem: An Open Letter…
Huge News: “Redskins” Trademark Disallowed by US Patent Office
Posted by Greg Laden on June 18, 2014 
The United States Patent Office has decided that “Redskins” is a term offensive to Native Americans and can not be trademarked. Details here. Will the team challenge this, and if so, on what basis? Free speech? Freedom to be offensive? Maybe this video had an effect.
My Review of Nicholas Wade’s Book, A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race, and Human History.
Posted by Greg Laden on June 17, 2014 
I first heard about Wade’s book when a colleague started talking about bits and pieces of it. He was reading it pursuant to a writing a review. I asked the publisher for a review copy, which they kindly supplied, and started tracking the pre-publication reactions. After reading the first couple of chapters, I realized that…
Can we please get rid of the R******s name?
Posted by Greg Laden on June 11, 2014 
From WaPo: When sports fans tuned into the NBA finals Tuesday night to see the San Antonio Spurs take on the Miami Heat, they got a look into another fierce standoff. A California tribe paid for the anti-Redskins advertisement “Proud to Be” to run in seven major cities during halftime. The airing marked the first…
Is Human Behavior Genetic Or Learned?
Posted by Greg Laden on March 7, 2014 
Imagine that there is a trait observed among people that seems to occur more frequently in some families and not others. One might suspect that the trait is inherited genetically. Imagine researchers looking for the genetic underpinning of this trait and at first, not finding it. What might you conclude? It could be reasonable to…
Nazis in North Dakota
Posted by Greg Laden on October 21, 2013 
This story is not getting the attention it probably deserves in national press. Which would be more than zero (I’ve not seen any coverage at all). Rather than rehashing what has already been summarized elsewhere I’ll just point you to some sources: The North Dakota Neo-Nazi Take-Over HAS ALREADY HAPPENED The small town of Leith,…
“The missing body of Addie Mae Collins”
Posted by Greg Laden on September 16, 2013 
Maggie Koerth-Baker has an amazing story at Boing Boing. The link is HERE. You just have to go read it. It is about what happened to the body of Addie Mae Colins, one of the people killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing by the KKK. Just go read it.