Right on schedule, Virginia is turning into a blue state as a result of immigration: Each year the federal government prints millions of visas and distributes these admission tickets to the poorest and least-developed nations in the world… A census … Continue reading →
Here’s a really long (I confess I stopped reading it about halfway through) article called, “White people have a race ”” but everyone flips out when we talk about it.” The piece begins with a description of a course taught … Continue reading →
…by firing the police chief: Rawlings-Blake said her motivation for replacing Batts was a spike in murders during the past month and not a police union report criticizing her and Batts for the April riots after Freddie Gray was fatally … Continue reading →
Here’s the latest example of the tedious, ignorant, offensive and yet often-effective mindset of the left. Actor George Takei, a gay man who recently married his longtime partner, and who played Sulu on the original Star Trek, has said some … Continue reading →
There has been so much SCOTUS news in the past two days that it’s easy to ignore cases that ordinarily would be of enormous importance but have been overshadowed by others. One is the disparate impact case, otherwise known by … Continue reading →
As a specific controversy, the Confederate flag ruckus doesn’t much interest me, so I haven’t written about it although it seems to be the story du jour. I’m not Southern, and I have absolutely no attachment to the Confederate flag. … Continue reading →
Commenter “rickl” writes: [Dylann Roof] shot old women praying in a church while talking about “black rape”. If he was really so upset about it, then why didn’t he go after young male gangbangers in the hood? Answer: Because he … Continue reading →
Will people call for stricter drug laws as a result? I doubt it. But drugs seem to have been very important in Roof’s life: A high school classmate of Roof’s, John Mullins, told The Daily Beast that the accused white … Continue reading →
Nine worshipers, including the pastor, were murdered at a historic black Charleston SC church yesterday during a prayer meeting. The shooter, 21-year old Dylann Storm Roof, had recently been arrested by authorities on drug charges. The shooter was white and … Continue reading →
Meet Misty Copeland, a soloist at American Ballet Theater, one of the premier dance companies in America: Because the dancer’s body is her (or his) instrument, the fact that Copeland is black becomes more of an issue than it would … Continue reading →
A previous thread led to a discussion of just what the word “race” means—whether it refers to something fixed and physical, or whether it’s one of those “socially constructed” ideas. “Race” is a convenient way to refer to human variation. … Continue reading →
At least, people who have (as Rachel Dolezal falsely claimed to have) at least one biological parent who is black can actually look unequivocally white. It shows you how strange the topic of racial affiliation is, and how there’s quite … Continue reading →