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26 Mar 08

Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | Sam Graham-Felsen's Blog: "A More Perfect Union"

  • As such, Reverend Wright’s comments were not only wrong but divisive, divisive at a time when we need unity; racially charged at a time when we need to come together to solve a set of monumental problems – two wars, a terrorist threat, a falling economy, a chronic health care crisis and potentially devastating climate change; problems that are neither black or white or Latino or Asian, but rather problems that confront us all.

Why Can't Environmentalism Be Colorblind? | Orion magazine

  • The terms environmentalist and minority conjure two distinct images in most people’s minds—a false dichotomy that seriously threatens any chance of pulling the planet out of its current ecological tailspin.
  • Nobody benefits from the perception that enjoying and caring for the environment is an exclusively white lifestyle.
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02 Jun 07

KURT JACOBSEN -- THE MYSTIQUE OF GENETIC CORRECTNESS -- LOGOS 6.1-2 WINTER-SPRING 2007

  • Scientists, despite what fables say, usually conform to the
    reigning values in the comfy milieus in which they usually
    grow up.
  • So the greatest
    care is needed when wielding tentative scientific findings and
    one is well-advised to err on the side of generosity when it
    comes to rushing to verdicts about human development because
    these judgments are self-fulfilling in their consequences.
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21 Jun 06

RACE - A SCHOLARS' PREVIEW - HOME

  • Race is a powerful concept...

    ... that shapes how one sees others and is seen by others, yet the public poorly understands what race is and inherent assumptions and misconceptions about race affect scientific and scholarly research. To clarify what race is and what race isn’t, the American Anthropological Association (AAA), with its sections, members and other science and humanities organizations, is developing an integrated, comprehensive and learner-focused, interactive educational program on Understanding Race and Human Variation.

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