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Those people are already far beyond the pale, but I was referring to more benign cultural explanations. A professor was fired for his "racist" suggestion that
by yetanotherphd 13y ago
Those people are already far beyond the pale, but I was referring to more benign cultural explanations. A professor was fired for his "racist" suggestion that cultural differences could help explain the relative poor performance of Black Kenyans relative to Indian Kenyans in running local businesses.
The sad irony is that this man committed suicide over this, and that he was a committed liberal anti-racist. In this case the progressives had no compunction in sacrificing one of their own.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6705401 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6705401
http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2007/09/since-some-people-seem-to-still-think.html http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2007/09/since-s...
- aaronem 13y ago> In this case the progressives had no compunction in sacrificing one of their own. Of course not. What is a mere person, compared to the progressive ideal?