Comments on: Science Explains Why We Are Racist Against Black http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black Seriously, this could not be more beta Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:36:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dave Bry http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36625 Dave Bry Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:55:21 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36625 The world would be a better place. and such a delicious smelling one. The world would be a better place. and such a delicious smelling one.

]]> By: missdelite http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36610 missdelite Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:57:36 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36610 Truth is, everyone wants to be caramel - like fried onions. Truth is, everyone wants to be caramel – like fried onions.

]]> By: DorothyMantooth http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36557 DorothyMantooth Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:48:02 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36557 <a href="http://dorothymantooth.tumblr.com/post/237426061/adventures-in-homophonia" rel="nofollow">Full of antioxidants.</a> Full of antioxidants.

]]> By: DorothyMantooth http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36554 DorothyMantooth Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:46:08 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36554 I got it! (If only because I've been particularly obsessive about reading The Awl today.) I thought it was a rather astute observation, actually! I got it! (If only because I've been particularly obsessive about reading The Awl today.)

I thought it was a rather astute observation, actually!

]]> By: Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36526 Abe Sauer Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:08:12 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36526 It's called Scientific AMERICAN not Scientific Oriental. Anyway, everyone knows science over there is different than science over here. It's called Scientific AMERICAN not Scientific Oriental. Anyway, everyone knows science over there is different than science over here.

]]> By: HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36446 HiredGoons Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:09:56 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36446 OhmygodIbetheissohung! OhmygodIbetheissohung!

]]> By: HiredGoons http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36445 HiredGoons Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:08:56 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36445 To be fair, most of these societies (India, parts of Africa) have been the victims of colonialism for generations. In the case of India thousands of years. The Aghora, Indian cannibals, even abduct Israeli and American tourists because white people are believed to have the greatest power. To be fair, most of these societies (India, parts of Africa) have been the victims of colonialism for generations. In the case of India thousands of years. The Aghora, Indian cannibals, even abduct Israeli and American tourists because white people are believed to have the greatest power.

]]> By: Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36441 Abe Sauer Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:05:27 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36441 Sorry, This was a joke nobody seemed to get (likely because it is dumb). The above copy is directly from the previous horror chick post. so... yeah. I'm done for today. Sorry, This was a joke nobody seemed to get (likely because it is dumb). The above copy is directly from the previous horror chick post. so… yeah. I'm done for today.

]]> By: katiechasm http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36426 katiechasm Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:55:22 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36426 They should try that experiment in cultures where white represents death. They should try that experiment in cultures where white represents death.

]]> By: kneetoe http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36395 kneetoe Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:22:01 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36395 Someone hasn't read his Moby Dick recently, and that someone is me. Someone hasn't read his Moby Dick recently, and that someone is me.

]]> By: kneetoe http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36393 kneetoe Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:21:15 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36393 Mr. Clean just couldn't take your dark (dirty, disgusting) humor, I suppose. Mr. Clean just couldn't take your dark (dirty, disgusting) humor, I suppose.

]]> By: p is for pee http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36383 p is for pee Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:04:28 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36383 I wouldn't attribute this idea to Gladwell. Richard Dawkins has been talking memes for years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics I wouldn't attribute this idea to Gladwell. Richard Dawkins has been talking memes for years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics

]]> By: flossy http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36366 flossy Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:52:02 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36366 [GAS FACE] [GAS FACE]

]]> By: clarencerosario http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36363 clarencerosario Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:49:20 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36363 At least there's one point on which I think we can all agree: 3rd Bass sucks. At least there's one point on which I think we can all agree: 3rd Bass sucks.

]]> By: KarenUhOh http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36362 KarenUhOh Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:48:00 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36362 I was forced to leave town after I divorced Mr. Clean and took up with the Jolly Green Giant. I was forced to leave town after I divorced Mr. Clean and took up with the Jolly Green Giant.

]]> By: forget it i quit http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36357 forget it i quit Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:43:55 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36357 There's definitely a screwy element in their study but there have also been studies in more homogeneous societies outside the US, which showed that darker skinned people _of the same race_ made less money than lighter skinned people. Also? http://www.bestasianskinlightening.com/ Skin lightening lotions are extremely popular across Asia because in many places dark skin implies laborer. There's definitely a screwy element in their study but there have also been studies in more homogeneous societies outside the US, which showed that darker skinned people _of the same race_ made less money than lighter skinned people.

Also? http://www.bestasianskinlightening.com/ Skin lightening lotions are extremely popular across Asia because in many places dark skin implies laborer.

]]> By: Abe Sauer http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36350 Abe Sauer Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:35:13 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36350 Remember that whole Tipping Point chapter on contagious teen suicide in Micronesia or wherever? (Yes, you read it. So did I. Though I stole a friend’s copy, I swear.) It said that suicide was anathema until one popular kid did it, then gradually it became a social norm. When Gladwell isn't garroting contextual logic or jerking off on a pile of royalty checks or sprinkling pixie dust on his cauldron of marketable anecdotes, he stumbles on the occasional good point—humans implant ideas in each other’s heads, creating viral permission-chains. Remember that whole Tipping Point chapter on contagious teen suicide in Micronesia or wherever? (Yes, you read it. So did I. Though I stole a friend’s copy, I swear.) It said that suicide was anathema until one popular kid did it, then gradually it became a social norm. When Gladwell isn't garroting contextual logic or jerking off on a pile of royalty checks or sprinkling pixie dust on his cauldron of marketable anecdotes, he stumbles on the occasional good point—humans implant ideas in each other’s heads, creating viral permission-chains.

]]> By: En Vague http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36339 En Vague Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:24:19 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36339 Also, let us not forget Claude Levi-Strauss' famous anthropological conclusion: "If it ain't white, it ain't right". Also, let us not forget Claude Levi-Strauss' famous anthropological conclusion: "If it ain't white, it ain't right".

]]> By: petejayhawk http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/science-explains-why-we-are-racist-against-black#comment-36337 petejayhawk Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:23:51 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=17739#comment-36337 No one thought to wonder if the white/black good/bad correlations were a product of generations of negative racial connotations, rather than the cause of them? No one thought to wonder if the white/black good/bad correlations were a product of generations of negative racial connotations, rather than the cause of them?

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