The Racism Monster Eats Its Young 2The first article in this series noted an abrupt and seminal shift in how the mainstream media report racial politics. The NAACP, which both blesses and promotes black discrimination against whites, approved when the Secretary of Agriculture fired a lo... |
Jul 28, 10 |
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The Racism Monster Eats Its Young 1By now, most Scragged readers know of the controversy involving Shirley Sherrod and her speech at a NAACP meeting. To summarize:
* Ms. Sherrod is a black 62-year-old who worked for the USDA in rural Georgia.
* She gave an address at a NAACP ... |
Jul 26, 10 |
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Is Hiring Prejudice Racism? Or Common Sense?The New York Times is wringing its hands about the disproportionate effect of the Obama Recession on blacks. Their teaser for "In Job Hunt, College Degree Can't Close Racial Gap" said:
There is ample evidence that race remains a significant obstacle ... |
Dec 9, 09 |
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Affirmative Action Holds Blacks DownJust as we thought there couldn't possibly be any more accusations of racism floating around the public square, a black scholar had to come along and rip the lid off once again.
In "Rich, Black, Flunking," the East Bay Express reports on the research ... |
Oct 9, 09 |
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White Men Can't JudgeFor anyone who has been watching Judge Sotomayor's confirmation hearings and who watched the hearings twenty years ago for Judge Robert Bork who was nominated by Ronald Reagan in 1987, it's hard to believe that the process for the two is technically the ... |
Jul 21, 09 |
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President Obama Kills Dr. King's Dream Scragged has often quoted Dr. Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech:
But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And s... |
Jul 15, 09 |
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When Fairness Trumps Diversity, We Lose BothThere are two contradictory themes echoing through today's Western society. We're supposed to celebrate diversity, but we're also supposed to value equality and fairness. "Diversity" means "unlikeness;" celebrating diversity means respecting and valuin... |
Nov 21, 08 |
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Joe the Plumber and the Myth of Fairness"It's not fair!" is a common refrain I hear from my children. My favorite response has been "No, it isn't fair. Life isn't fair. Life will never be fair. Get over it." They don't like that response, but I figure it's my responsibility to teach them s... |
Oct 20, 08 |
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News Flash: Chinese are BlackOn June 18, 2008, BBC News reported that Chinese citizens of South Africa have "become black."
Although readers of the American national media might be forgiven for thinking that government-mandated race-based programs such as affirmative action are s... |
Jul 11, 08 |
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The Definition of a Gaffe It's been said that a political gaffe is when a politician accidentally tells the truth. Never have we seen a clearer illustration of a classic gaffe than in Jesse Jackson's recent remarks on FOX News. He intended his remarks to be private, but his wo... |
Jul 10, 08 |
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Affirmative Action at the CrossroadsSome time back, Scragged predicted that affirmative action might become a Presidential issue this year. In pointing out that Michelle Obama's feelings had been badly hurt by affirmative action at Princeton University, we speculated that, as Mr. Nixon wa... |
Jul 4, 08 |
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Tilting at BureaucratsWe stand corrected. A friend who's spent a lifetime in the US Government bureaucracy and rose to a very senior position explained that it is possible to discipline an errant government employee. Back when he was an up-and-coming middle manager, one of ... |
Jun 5, 08 |
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Two Views of Race RelationsRegardless of how the election turns out, Americans owe Mr. Obama a sincere vote of thanks for triggering a meaningful discussion of race relations in America.
In his Philadelphia speech, Mr. Obama said:
But the remarks [of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright... |
May 6, 08 |
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Research Funding and the Confucian CycleAmerican prosperity owes much to technical research. As technology increased agricultural productivity, fewer and fewer farmers were needed to feed our population. As people were able to move off the farm, labor was available for occupations such as ma... |
May 1, 08 |
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Michelle Obama, Victim of Affirmative ActionThe blogsphere has been discussing Mrs. Obama's senior thesis from Princeton university. The article Michelle Obama thesis was on racial divide has links to the full text, and quotes her:
"My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of m... |
Feb 26, 08 |
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King ObamaAs we come to that time of year in which the American establishment honors the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it's always interesting to observe the doings of his putative heirs. This year, we see an especially interesting phenomenon: the viab... |
Jan 21, 08 |
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Voices of unity, voices of disunity A nation has to be unified enough that people want to share a
government. Historically, immigrants came to America to find a better
life. They realized that the American system was designed to give them maximum
opportunity to improve th... |
Nov 13, 07 |
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