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Category: Religion
Plymouth, Minnesota plays a fairly important role in my life. It is a big suburb to the west of Minneapolis, a mainly liberal or progressive middle class bedroom community linked to first ring extra-urban commercial development based mainly on corn. Kellogs, Cargill, Mosaic, other companies...
Posted by Greg Laden at 9:58 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Race and Racism
... we should admit right away that cannibalism can be a rather touchy subject. As the subject of food so often is.
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Category: Race and Racism
At about this time in 1931, a black family moved into an all white neighborhood. The resident whites tried to stop it from the beginning, even offering to buy the house at a price over that paid by Army vet Arthur Lee and Edith Lee....
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:29 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Anthropology
Behaviors are not caused by genes. There is not a gene that causes you to be good, or to be bad, or to be smart, or good at accounting, or to like bananas. There are, however, drives. "Drives" is a nicely vague term that we...
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:13 AM • 35 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Race and Racism
Two pieces of sad news, some useful information, and a personal note (well, more of a political note). First, the useful information. For those of you affected or busy passing information to those who are, the City of Minneapolis has set up this web page...
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Category: teabagginig morons
Tea party clarifies its position on race and racism. Not current, but increasingly relevant:...
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Category: Race and Racism
Hateful people. Stupid people. The "I don't even care if you think I'm crazy any more" kind of person. OMFG. I am sorry, fellow humans, who happen to be Muslim. Reminds me of this....
Posted by Greg Laden at 4:12 PM • 31 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: teabagginig morons
Wanna know what tabagging racism sounds like? Go to about 2 minutes, listen through 4 minutes or so. Back story at Think Progress...
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Category: Race and Racism
The local station ran a "good question" piece (where they address some question they deem as good) to ask: "Is it OK to edit a classic" but they really were speaking of "is it OK to take the N-word out of The Adventures of Huckleberry...
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Category: recount
"American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon."
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