The browning of ScienceBlogs

Seems like I am no longer the undisputed champion of "brownest ass amongst ScienceBlogs," as Scientific Brown has joined the pack. That doesn't mean that my ass isn't still the brownest, just that it isn't a no contest situation when it was just Nick Anthis & Steinn Sigurðsson offering up their melanically challenged derrieres as tokens against the all powerful rich wood colored tone of mine own buns.

Update: Texas-born Nick Anthis isn't pasty, just for the record he has produced convincing proof on the comment boards.

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ok, data? (ie, besides personal communication)

Aww Razib, why you gotta hate on the pale ScienceBloggers?

three wordz: white skin privelege.

also,

hate + power = hating on

as a Person-of-Color i have no power, so i can't 'hate on,' as you say.

Sorry, I should have added an "unpublished data" note after my earlier statement. Regardless, though, I have your "data" right here. Unfortunately, the data was not reproducible, and this isn't necessarily a representative sample....

That's pretty much the most tan I've been in a long time, spending most of my time in the darkness of the lab, and all. It's funny that, of all places, it happened in Norway. The girl on my right is my friend Ingrid, who I went to high school with and who now attends grad school in marine biology at the University of Bergen, Norway.

Many of the Science bloggers are anonymous. Have you met them all to confirm melanin levels?

By frumious b (not verified) on 15 Aug 2006 #permalink

race is a pretty good proxy. my complexion is disjoint with that of all people of european ancestry i have met in my life. i know the race of the vast majority (yes, i know the identities of some of the anons, or, i know the race via implication due to personal communication).

hate + power = hating on

as a Person-of-Color i have no power, so i can't 'hate on,' as you say.

Almost word-for-word quote from Kevin in his "racism" argument with Eric on the first season of The Real World!

well, they are recycling stock characters now.

someone should do a season long parady of real world where they mix & match the character types. e.g., instead of

character 1 - spunky virginal blonde girl from montana
character 2 - angry black man from detroit

you have

character 1 - spunky vigrinal black man from detroit
character 2 - angry blonde girl from montana

I thought season 4 was OK (London), even 5 (Miami) was tolerable. After that (Boston) it was shit, and I never really kept up with it after that. Saw a few of the Austin one -- only 30 minutes long??? Normal, ugly people no longer allowed; ditto anyone over 25.

Ah, the early '90s. Those were the days.

Re: the update

Ha! Now, before I am charged with scientific fraud, I should restate the following: "Unfortunately, the data was not reproducible, and this isn't necessarily a representative sample."

So, whenever anyone sees any other photos that might disagree with the one above, I think I've covered my bases....

How in the world did Steve Sailer sneak into that "White Privilege" article? He's everywhere now, it's almost as if he's going mainstream.

"brownest ass amongst ScienceBlogs"

Pictures, we want pictures...