This week has been declared International Blog Against Racism Week, so if you're looking for something serious and worthwhile to do with your blog, you might want to check out the many interesting things being posted, and even contribute something. Unless you post comments under the handle "Uncle Al," in which case, I'd really rather not hear your thoughts on the subject, if that's all right.
I really don't have anything to say about this at this time, but there are lots of people who don't have that problem. For example, Kate. Or Tobias Buckell, a bit early, not to mention Scalzi and his commenters.
There's lots of good stuff out there, so go read it, comment on it, write your own posts, whatever.
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I think the most foul, violent and racist people are to be found in the black poor neighbourhoods.
http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_3_black_america.html
Cheers (Uncle's little helper)
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milkshake, that would be 5(a) in "How to Suppress Discussions of Racism". Though anyone could have guessed that, thanks to your helpfully identifying yourself as a troll.
Kate,
Thanks for your thoughtfull knee-jerk response. (I will not call you any names in return, as you did). The article is well worth reading, city journal is publishing top stuff and this one is a good example, and right to the subject of the post.
I made the first comment because I am nauseous of terms like "reverse racism" - as if racism is only perpetrated by whites on blacks by definition and therefore a new term has to be coined to describe the exception from the rule. Or the concept that the only perpetrators in domestic violence or rape or sexual harassment are men.
I don't know where you stand on political corectness but I can make a guess. So please go ahead and try to lecture me about what opinions are tolerable in a genteel discussion.
I'm just back from vacation, and still generally in a good mood.
Please don't make me have to start deleting and disemvowelling comments.