Comments on: Next Up: Town Halls on Race?

By: Chris Witte

Chris Witte — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:16:14 +0000

I agree that these problems are more economic than racial. My parents split up when I was 7 or 8, and the four of us kids went with Mom (natch, at the time). Because of her income, we often lived in "poor" neighborhoods, and all of the kids in the neighborhood would play together, whether they were black, white, brown, yellow, red, or lavender with lime green polka dots–we didn't see kids of different colors, we saw kids that were broke, like us.

By: Latino4Liberty

Latino4Liberty — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:19:55 +0000

AH…when someone disagrees, you put words in their mouth…Race Hustling 101. Jesse "payoff my baby's momma" Jackson has taught you well.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:58:47 +0000

Joe/Sharpton/Rev. Wright/whoever you are – you just blared your racism from a loudspeaker for the world to hear. You blared it the split second you insisted that the ONLY reason a person could know anything (let alone 'everything') was because of their race. The guy was white. You didn't say he knew anything because he was 'smart', 'hard working', 'educated' or 'industrious' or 'rich' or 'poor' or 'ambitious', etc. In short, you said nothing of his human characteristics – i.e., to you, he wasn't. Instead of judging him on the content of his character, you judged him instead by the color of his skin. And then – you blamed your racism on someone else's race. Sheesh! If tou were trying to make Martin Luther King, Jr. proud – you didn't. But then it would take sense to realize that – and that is the one thing racists are short of.

By: Devin

Devin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:32:19 +0000

So I'm assuming that this TA was an advocate of segregation? It seems like the only logical conclusion he could come to based on his beliefs…

By: Latino4Liberty

Latino4Liberty — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:18:49 +0000

Why bother with one's own shortcomings when Joe can just blame whitey?

By: wonder_all

wonder_all — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:07:12 +0000

Siarlys, I can appreciate your point. The problem, I think, comes from generalizing based on race. There are many, many millions of people in this country who are second generation or less from european countries that have never been a part of the whole "race" issue with it's segregation and it's, in my opinion, stupidity.

We look at what is happening and take no blame or feel no guilt because no one in our family ever participated in any of it and when we had the chance we fought against it. There is nothing to expunge. Do you understand?

This is true for many 1st and 2nd generation people of all so-called races. For us, this whole debate is stunningly counter-productive to any chance of civil society.

By: Individualist

Individualist — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:07:00 +0000

The history of race has no relevance to the Voxion. He would not understand why primitives obsessing over unscientific nonsense in the past should have relevance today.

He would have analyzed our DNA and would have noted that the genes controlling skin color are transient and a very small part of the total genome of our species. He would find to unbelievable any notion that any importance would be placed upon this at all.
The Voxions would know that the defining features where humans branch would be blood type which has the greatest level of genetic differences including the ability to fight diseases and cancers, process foods and personality types.

Many Voxion have informed me that I am a Blood Typist for just recognizing this truth. A da mn able lie.

By: Individualist

Individualist — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:59:58 +0000

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By: Individualist

Individualist — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:58:38 +0000

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By: kadaka

kadaka — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:53:52 +0000

Folic acid is also important. I originally saw an article about it in National Geographic a few years back, but (surprise!) can't find it online. However this article has the info. Too much UV-B kills folic acid leading to birth defects and other problems thus lower populations, but UV is what makes Vitamin D which we need for calcium absorption etc. Thus skin color has developed into a spectrum spread between the poles based on the amount and strength of sunlight, a balancing act between getting enough Vitamin D while retaining enough folic acid. Which can lead to a tiny bit of contention. Since "white" people through tanning have a great range of skin color going from basically none to dark, meaning that "in a natural setting" white people will be more successful in propagating across a wider range of latitudes, does that mean, in this one tiny way, white people really are superior?