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Watch out Sam Harris, Gordon Hodson and Michael A. Busseri of Brock University are giving you competition for the worst use of statistics in an original paper.

Their “Bright Minds and Dark Attitudes: Lower Cognitive Ability Predicts Greater Prejudice Through Right-Wing Ideology and Low Intergroup Contact” published in Psychological Science—headlined in the press as Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice—is a textbook example of confused data, unrecognized bias, and ignorance of statistics.

(Juan) Williams believes that the 1954 Brown school-desegregation decision and subsequent activism and legislation virtually cured the disease of racism; that heroic era was a 20th-century watershed. For him, the remedies for racism's remaining vestiges are education, self-determination and individual responsibility. Regarding political leaders in the 21st century, he prefers mavericks in the mold of Bill Cosby, whom he considers courageous enough to "call out" the predatory behavior of the black poor. On this score, Williams laments what he sees as a black underclass mesmerized by racial hucksters playing "old school" politics: corporate blackmail disguised as boycotts, naked shakedowns leveraged by rhetorical threats and the like.

Occasionally the depth of historic and contemporary institutionalized racism faced by blacks creeps into Williams's discussion, but he is more concerned with what he perceives as black apathy and self-destructive behavior.

ImUndaYourBed wrote:I don't understand the logic behind using "nigger" when what you mean is "low-life," "scumbag," "scoundrel," etc. I understand the meaning when someone makes a distinction between black people and niggers (even black people will denigrate each other with "the n word"), and by extension I understand how non-blacks can be considered niggers. But at this point I encounter this problem: I think the word "nigger" connotes blackness too much to be considered a neutral term for designating all shit heads. Personally, I think the binary of nigger/black person is dangerous precisely because the word "nigger" is always associated with black people, regardless of the speaker's intention. Why don't you just call the aforementioned shit heads "reprobates," "assholes," "fuck faces," etc.? Terms like that get to the heart of the matter without including race. After all, race allegedly has nothing to do with the designation "nigger" when it's used in the way described above.

By the way, I know that white people aren't the only ones who make this distinction. Chris Rock even has a famous bit about it (below). But like I said, I think it's a slippery and imprecise distinction.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tkZuLixZOk[/youtube]

Kazuya Mishima wrote:I'm as sensitive as the next guy, and if my generous use of the n-word has caused pain and discomfort to my fellow man then I can certainly practice the self-control necessary to refrain from its use.

From now on, I will reduce my usage of the n-word, and will instead resort to using less inflammatory terms.

These will include, but are not limited to, the following:

Jigaboo
"Mondays" (because everybody hates them)
Spear Chucker (or Chunker, as it can vary by region)
Porch Monkey
Shit Skins
Yarn Heads/Rope Heads/Snake Heads
Saucer/Boot Lips
Tar Baby
Various names that have been appropriated (read: ruined) by the black community (Marcus, Antonio, Marlon, etc)
Various made-up names that have been fabricated (read: make me laugh) by the black community (DeMarcus, D'Antonio, Shaniqua, etc)
Pavement Ape
Obama Voter
Welfare Cheat
Bluegum
Buck
Pickaninny
Spade
Burrhead
Spook

and my all-time favorite coded language

Antique Farm Equipment

Ed Zachary wrote:Come to the darkness and see how much you like them after you become immersed in the world star hip hop culture.

BucketHead wrote:

Ed Zachary wrote:Come to the darkness and see how much you like them after you become immersed in the world star hip hop culture.

EZ's world:

Blaidd Drwg wrote:This fellow does not.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYaOZVGMDfo[/youtube]

ImUndaYourBed wrote:You say only a "nigger" would do that, but wouldn't a "psycho" do that? Or a "sociopath"?

Is "nigger" preferable because it's worse? Or because the assumption is that, if that guy heard you call him that, it would hurt him more than these other terms?

For many people, race does matter, even if they don’t know it. They feel more empathy when they see white skin pierced than black. This is known as the racial empathy gap.

ImUndaYourBed wrote:You say only a "nigger" would do that, but wouldn't a "psycho" do that? Or a "sociopath"?

Is "nigger" preferable because it's worse? Or because the assumption is that, if that guy heard you call him that, it would hurt him more than these other terms?

ImUndaYourBed wrote:You say only a "nigger" would do that, but wouldn't a "psycho" do that? Or a "sociopath"?

Is "nigger" preferable because it's worse? Or because the assumption is that, if that guy heard you call him that, it would hurt him more than these other terms?

dead man walking wrote:http://www.slate.com/articles/health_an ... ingle.html

For many people, race does matter, even if they don’t know it. They feel more empathy when they see white skin pierced than black. This is known as the racial empathy gap.

good essay about pervasive racial bias with that as the starting point.

Ed Zachary wrote:LOL


It's amazing how much hate I lost once I didn't have to deal with people at their worst every fucking day.

DARTH wrote:

Ed Zachary wrote:LOL


It's amazing how much hate I lost once I didn't have to deal with people at their worst every fucking day.

God, I bet with your old job that had to be enraging!

I quit delivering pizzas on the side because I was hating up a storm because of them and it was better money than you might expect and easy as Hell. Drive around, crank tunes ect.

But I and my buddy John Browning on my hip was also in condition 1 in case of robbery and I got so sick of those types wanting change for a $20 on a &19.75 order (of coarse no tip) all the time, even the ones who lived in under a mile from the shop. (Yeah against the company rules but I was not going to be at a disadvantage because the Noid said so.)

I've had young ones about to give me at least a dollar and you'd hear some sheboon yel to them from the back " Don't give him a tip."

My last night was epic, I was a total dick to them. I made up little bags with Raman noodles and ketchup packs and gave it to the stiffers. " Here this is what poor people should eat." They were LTHAO back at the shop when they;d call and complain. " Well sir, Heywood quit just now.". That's what I put on my nametag, for Haywood Ja Blow Me?