tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4503973915609760244..comments2024-03-28T06:06:55.146-05:00Comments on Althouse: "The students primed with 'educated'..."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76891121313019013412014-01-16T18:07:37.824-06:002014-01-16T18:07:37.824-06:00Given how many of these "priming"" ...Given how many of these "priming"" studies have turned out to be unrepeatable bullshit, I call "bullshit" on this one, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86369437171332313922014-01-15T20:35:39.194-06:002014-01-15T20:35:39.194-06:00I'm guessing the bias is due to genetic memory...I'm guessing the bias is due to genetic memory from our pure white alien ancestors. <br /><br />Right now my hair looks like the guy on the History Channel. Thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it.Fenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734571593963330215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32411965089910798922014-01-15T19:16:32.725-06:002014-01-15T19:16:32.725-06:00The Japanese women I've known wear driving glo...The Japanese women I've known wear driving gloves so their hands don't get tan.I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170206151454145154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10126024459239901782014-01-15T16:10:15.676-06:002014-01-15T16:10:15.676-06:00Also, having worked with SE Asian refugees (Laotia...Also, having worked with SE Asian refugees (Laotian, Vietnamese, Cambodian) I can attest that the light vs dark skin awareness, and the ideas that go with it, is present in those cultures as well.<br /><br />Maybe somebody needs to dig up some historical evidence from Europe's history showing the same biases. Didn't ladies of a certain class in England use white powder on their faces to appear really, REALLY white as opposed to the poor sods who had to work in the fields, thus getting a good tan? ALPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17902185031359525209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71895212701276325012014-01-15T15:56:36.685-06:002014-01-15T15:56:36.685-06:00"...grant-snaffling makework race hustling tw..."...grant-snaffling makework race hustling twaddle."<br /><br />LOVE THAT - it bears repeating.ALPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17902185031359525209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7472033085001626512014-01-15T15:49:50.576-06:002014-01-15T15:49:50.576-06:00Will no one rid us of the intellectual's burde...Will no one rid us of the intellectual's burden?n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87233081545705735232014-01-15T15:33:20.931-06:002014-01-15T15:33:20.931-06:00..subjects implicitly associate "ignorance&qu...<i>..subjects implicitly associate "ignorance" with dark skin tone...</i><br /><br />Well, I do tan quite nicely, thank you very much.<br />Ignorance is Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338942311894099159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27403496746294186402014-01-15T15:29:07.380-06:002014-01-15T15:29:07.380-06:00Traditional guy:
"The last black black I reme...<br />Traditional guy:<br />"The last black black I remember doing well in Politics is Thomas on the Supreme Court."<br />An educated, dark skinned black man no liberal will admit is intelligent enough to be a supreme court justice.Lewis Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01200232293505119133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36842696285702923352014-01-15T14:57:34.968-06:002014-01-15T14:57:34.968-06:00Terry: Perhaps they should do research to determi...Terry: <i>Perhaps they should do research to determine why Atlantic authors choose to write on obscure research on topics they know nothing about?</i><br /><br />No kidding. Aside from the general incoherence of the article (dude, what <i>is</i> your point here?), linking to a Lewontin paper right out of the gate is a dead giveaway that he knows no more about the topic than a good boy should.<br /><br />Which actually answers your question about why he's writing the article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43875177258090696482014-01-15T14:39:50.651-06:002014-01-15T14:39:50.651-06:00Are literacy rates in the world randomly distribut...<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/World_literacy_map_UNHD_2007_2008.png" rel="nofollow">Are literacy rates in the world randomly distributed?</a>Sorunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01024561849195222416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79737790319702441702014-01-15T14:30:26.410-06:002014-01-15T14:30:26.410-06:00Stunning research, given that everyone around the ...Stunning research, given that everyone around the world does the same thing.<br /><br />But liberals love to do studies and write articles about how awful it is to be a black American.Sorunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01024561849195222416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5031498384683307642014-01-15T14:02:04.991-06:002014-01-15T14:02:04.991-06:00What about who sunburns the fastest? Or can Africa...What about who sunburns the fastest? Or can African Americans get their redneck on?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903904675946934952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42839213872394135982014-01-15T14:00:00.629-06:002014-01-15T14:00:00.629-06:00If the students were primed with "sexy" ...If the students were primed with "sexy" I bet they would remember his skin as being darker.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341576498315327700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69157755062668914172014-01-15T13:39:16.649-06:002014-01-15T13:39:16.649-06:00Somebody call Henry Louis (Skip) Gates of the DNA ...Somebody call Henry Louis (Skip) Gates of the DNA Roots program on PBS. Being half Scottish, Skip he doesn't lose an arguement unless he loses his temper first.<br /><br />The last black black I remember doing well in Politics is Thomas on the Supreme Court. <br /><br />traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14672943096405358272014-01-15T13:25:16.743-06:002014-01-15T13:25:16.743-06:00There is just no end to this sort of grant-snaffli...There is just no end to this sort of grant-snaffling makework race hustling twaddle.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18194867861358564423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37216512890669796332014-01-15T13:02:29.738-06:002014-01-15T13:02:29.738-06:00And to confuse things even more; John Boehner'...And to confuse things even more; John Boehner's son-in-law is a black Jamaican with dreadlocks down to his waist: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2324023/The-moment-proud-father-John-Boehner-watched-daughter-say-I-Do-dreadlocked-Jamaican-born-love.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2324023/The-moment-proud-father-John-Boehner-watched-daughter-say-I-Do-dreadlocked-Jamaican-born-love.html</a>Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567899161777565306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72007454330056471892014-01-15T12:20:59.330-06:002014-01-15T12:20:59.330-06:00@Megera/
Same for Japan. Dark skinned Okinawa typ...@Megera/<br /><br />Same for Japan. Dark skinned Okinawa types are regarded as inferior to their lighter-skinned Japanese cousins and the northern-most inhabitants of northern Honshu Japan the highest class of all.virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14363975354032420292014-01-15T11:44:19.445-06:002014-01-15T11:44:19.445-06:00
What about Speaker Boehner? I hear lots of negati...<br />What about Speaker Boehner? I hear lots of negative talk, even from the POTUS, about his skin color! Hmmmmmjacksonjayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07087439032927487222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31247928269629413412014-01-15T11:41:30.448-06:002014-01-15T11:41:30.448-06:00I did not read the base article but I take it the ...I did not read the base article but I take it the writer did not choose to comment on the fact that a similar bias exists in India, one which predates colonialism, and is apart from the caste system itself. Indians culturally select for lighter skin tones, and the sale of skin lightening compounds is a large element of the cosmetic industry there. Similar bias can be demonstrated in East Asia. I assume no mention of this was made in the study. Of course.Megaerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018161469321132527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60860784695072146762014-01-15T11:17:14.195-06:002014-01-15T11:17:14.195-06:00So were these white students or black students?
B...So were these white students or black students?<br /><br />Because sure as hell lighter skin has been a marker of status and accomplishment in the black community since before the Civil War began.<br /><br />Maybe that was Clarence Thomas' problem?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424384180201600935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41867953519613005552014-01-15T11:16:12.392-06:002014-01-15T11:16:12.392-06:00The stereotype that darker skin = bad is one that ...The stereotype that darker skin = bad is one that many journalists work <i><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/05/obama-street-thug" rel="nofollow">very</a> <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/factcheckorg-did-clinton-darken-obamas-skin-84199" rel="nofollow">hard</a></i> to promote.<br /><br />That said, though, regardless of race, the traditional stereotype of the "educated" is that they are pale because they spend all their time indoors reading, unlike the uneducated, who are always out in the fields working (or hunting, shooting, and fishing, if they are toffs).Balfegorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08012196656096263507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6883494844361397432014-01-15T11:12:38.538-06:002014-01-15T11:12:38.538-06:00The trouble with prejudice isn't that it's...<i>The trouble with prejudice isn't that it's irrational.</i><br /><br />Au contraire, it seems like rational adaptive behavior that evolved for good reason.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055468613470143350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53322677127697633342014-01-15T11:10:21.503-06:002014-01-15T11:10:21.503-06:00What does the demographic data show about blacks a...What does the demographic data show about blacks and education?exhelodrvr1https://www.blogger.com/profile/15874052265934108903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19893087279761939972014-01-15T11:08:11.794-06:002014-01-15T11:08:11.794-06:00So they noticed a pattern.
You're not suppo...So they noticed a pattern. <br /><br />You're not supposed to notice patterns.Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15955102357412531862014-01-15T10:56:32.571-06:002014-01-15T10:56:32.571-06:00The very ugly truth is that black people judge the...The very ugly truth is that black people judge themselves along these same lines. There is a very strong self-segregation which affects everything from dating choices on up, that has to do with skin color, the darker being worse, the lighter being better. It's one of the greatest unspoken ironies in American culture.Scott Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459388007426664813noreply@blogger.com