What a Difference a Century Can Make
At the beginning of the 20th century, a traveler in Central Africa made mention of some strange people that he had come across. He was traveling among regular, run-of-the-mill natives…probably...
View ArticleSecure in Their Persons
The Fourth Amendment In 1980, the legal age to drink in Minnesota was 19, and I was 19. My friend–we’ll call him Mark to avoid confusion–was 17. He and I had been very good friends together in high...
View ArticleMaybe We Should Have Elected a White President After All
There is no doubt that this country is not ready for a Black President. Nor would this country ever be ready for any non-white or non-male president until we actually went ahead and elected one–ready...
View ArticleYoung Conservatives
An Atypical Nigger When I was young and impressionable, I accepted the invitation from the University of North Dakota to study psychology at their fine campus. The Financial Aid office managed to find...
View ArticleMy Journey Through Race and Racism (Part I)
When I was a kid, everyone in my neighborhood was divided into categories along three dimensions. There were color differences (light vs. dark hair and skin), there was the Catholic vs. Protestant...
View ArticleMy Journey Through Race and Racism (Part II)
… continued … We were unusual, my family. Looking back at it, I now realize that this may have been why Joey was always beating me up. I was being “uppity.” When my father started to earn more money...
View ArticleAt the Corner of Race and Class
Every once in a while, a number of discussions in my personal blogosphere converge. In this case, it’s the discussion of race and IQ that I restarted and continued, and which has attempted to take over...
View ArticleWho Do You Trust When It Comes to Your Precious Bodily Fluids?
For many topics of interest to the average person, there seem to be two utterly different and diametrically opposed worlds of information. These worlds are so different that one might be called “Normal...
View ArticleMexicans Are Cute and Funny
Today, Mexicans are, depending on your uniquely American perspective, hard working, overtaxing (of our precious resources that we rightfully stole), or in some cases, scary. But back when Adam-12 was...
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