From Fulham Reactionary, via The Sage King.
I am no scientist, I have no idea how much of this is true, but what hacks me off here, is that there seems to be no shame in saying that Chinese* or Hindu children do better at school than 'White British'**, and nobody has ever been pilloried for perpetuating the general perception that Afro-Caribbeans do really well at athletics, basketball and boxing***. So if it is OK to generalise and say that certain non-White groups are better at certain things, is it so terrible to suggest that certain non-White groups are perhaps worse at certain things?
* In my narrow experience, the Chinese are really clever and really funny. But they have very small hands and short legs. I am not impressed with Hindus' intelligence but they are nice enough. As against Sikhs who are clever and nice.
** Scum of the earth, obviously.
*** Can't find a link. Sod it.
Wednesday, 17 October 2007
Definitely not goodthinkful
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The West Briton newspaper referred to "the brilliant black violinist George Bridgetower"; if they had described him as "the dreadful black violinist George Bridgetower", would that have been racist?
In today's topsy-turvy world, probably yes!
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