On Race Relations: Color Me Confused by Larry Elder (TownHall.com) (May 10, 2001)
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Category: Blog, Commentary and Articles
A section containing all blog entries, articles and commentaries. Many of these entries were imported from my earlier Blogspot, MovableType and WordPress blogs. In addition, political commentary, articles and essays written for publication and coursework can be found here. Much of the commentary in this section was published in The Multiracial Activist, The Abolitionist Examiner, The Good Men Project and Interracial Voice. Many essays in this section were written for coursework at the American Military University.
Tampa Tribune – Drop racial categories
Drop racial categories from census (The Tampa Tribune) (May 15, 2001)
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Racial Categorization VI
From a discussion group I participate in: Race will always be a descriptive term in my opinion. I see no problem with recognizing that you are white and you recognizing […]
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Racial Categorization V
From a discussion group I participate in: I think it is premature because a rose by any other name is still a rose. Let’s look at an analogy. We use […]
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Racial Categorization IV
From a discussion group I participate in: I think scrapping the racial categories is a bit premature. I think we have a lot of educating to do before this happens. […]
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Racial Categorization III
From a discussion group I participate in: Why do you feel that the government’s position will change the hearts and minds of people in this society. For instance, the government […]
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Racial Categorization II
From a discussion group I participate in: While I agree with you wholeheartedly on the fact that race is a social construct and not a biological one, I also am […]
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“Race” Relations vs. Human Relations
I am not interested in Race Relations as I don’t believe in the concept of “race.” For me to delve into “race” relations would require me to believe in “race.” […]
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Racial Categorization
From a discussion group I participate in: I think the true definition of a “racist” is one who believes there are fundamental differences among the races. According to this definition, […]
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Navy Joke
In the mid 60’s a US Navy cruiser put in to port in Mississippi for a week’s shore leave. The first evening, the Captain was more than a little surprised […]
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