Conversations with Students About Racism, An Introduction
Teachers have tremendous power in shaping a child’s vision for his or her own future and for how he or she perceives the world around them. Of these visions few are as important as shaping a child’s...
View ArticleThe Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr
In following with Captaindoctor’s contribution to Migrations, it is only fitting that we take a moment to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., by linking to perhaps his greatest speech.
View ArticleHate-Speech Troll
In case passersby of Migrations haven’t noticed, we’ve gone and gotten ourselves a hate-speech troll to comment on Captaindoctor’s post Conversations with students about racism. Here are some of the...
View ArticleAre There Human Races?
In light of recent discussions on race, I came across a reading passage that I thought worthy of quoting. You see, I’ve been reading What Evolution Is lately, written by one of the great biologists of...
View ArticleWhy Can’t A White Person Say This
Why Can’t Well-meaning White People Criticize African Americans Without Being Accused of and Feeling Like A Racist? On May 17, 2004 for the 50 year anniversary of the signing of Brown versus the Board...
View ArticleDarwin and Racism
One thing that keeps popping its head up with creationists and religionists in general is the misunderstanding that natural selection implies racism. Heck, even some evolutionists think that the...
View ArticleGreg Laden: “You’re a Racist, Dan”
This is off the usual pattern of the blog (I have posted on “Race” before though), and I don’t have the readership to go up against the great almighty Greg Laden, but I couldn’t resist. The story:...
View ArticleQuote of the Day
“The chief reasons why so many people are loath to admit the genetic variability of socially and culturally significant traits are two. First, human equality is stubbornly confused with identity, and...
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