Race Reflections

It's been almost a week and I shouldn't leave ya hanging for that long I suppose. The student government thing is in progress. I've decided to give them time to explain themselves, I just hope they will use this opportunity to do so.

In the mean time, more important issues.

Next promising topic on AD looks like a race debate.

Brief thoughts on race in America
This is a function of the usual problem, no one wants to talk about it.

When it comes to discussion of controversial topics (the very topics that benefit most from discussion) many if not most people are pretty cowardly.

My guess is because most people know they do not think through their opinions to come to reasonable conclusions. They would prefer there argument never face any critical reviews.

This is balanced by the fact that some people, usually the aggrieved are going to bring the topic up for discussion. It is the person with a problem that calls for help.

The non-aggrieved, in the case of race in America these are generally white people, on the other hand simply become defensive and deny there is any problem with the system. They instead run to another common mistake, look for the cheapest "solution."

Some people have a bad habit of blaming "black culture" for disproportionate poverty and crime. Ask most black people about this and you will see a very confused look.

This is because African-American "culture" is for all practical purposes identical to the larger American culture.

I always wonder at calls for assimilation, on my planet black people are assimilated. :P

I'll stop yammering for now.

Promises of more regular updates as usual.