Yesterday’s Washington Post contained a story, quoted in full below, which is interesting in at least two ways: first, the reliance of whites on, and the general conceptual shoddiness of, “symmetry arguments” (ones in which some right or privilege of white people is defended based upon some ostensibly symmetrical right or privilege of people […]
Recently a very impoverished set of excuses and defenses has been
offered up on Trent Lott’s behalf. According to Lott’s defenders and
apologists, his critics are “overreacting” and “hurting America”; they
“prevent Americans from focusing on important issues” and “obviously
fail to understand Southern culture” or fail to understand “the
informal context” of Lott’s racist comments.
Lott’s critics would have been […]
As reported by FOXNews.com, Trent Lott issued a statement regarding his racist commendation of Strom Thurmond’s segregationist politics:
A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embraced the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement.
That’s […]
As reported by Timothy Noah in What’s a little segregationism among friends?:
I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had of followed our lead we wouldn’t have had all these problems over all […]
From the Guardian (UK), “Wraiths and race“:
It was the same with The Phantom Menace - I had no choice. When part of your childhood is playing down the road on a big screen with surround sound and popcorn, there’s no escape. But as the wonder of discovering that there was more to New Zealand than […]
The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it would decide whether race-conscious university admissions procedures intended to promote racial and ethnic diversity illegally discriminate against white applicants — setting the stage for a historic battle at the court over access to American higher education.
At issue are claims by prospective students who say they were rejected by […]
(This resource removed at the insistence of The Associated Press.)