Posted in seeker, tagged donor, race on April 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
From Why are racially and ethnically diverse donors urgently needed?
For a successful transplant, the tissue type of a bone marrow donor or a cord blood unit needs to match the patient’s as closely as possible. Tissue types are inherited, so patients are more likely to match someone who shares their racial or ethnic heritage. And [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged gender, race on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
From here:
On this day in 1980 the Archbishop of San Salvador following several years of tension where he denounced the right wing death squads within the context of defending the rights of workers in El Salvador, while celebrating mass he was shot through the heart. The irony was lost on few.
A friend just sent a [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged race on March 18, 2008 | No Comments »
In these two videos, Winter Soldier Mike Prysner talks about racism in the Iraq War, about American soldiers versus “Hadjis.” This is very, very powerful testimony. It’s not long. Watch it. I do not mean to diminish what Prysner says; I only wish to clarify it.
He’s actually talking about nationalism and class, which he makes [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged gender, Obama, race on March 16, 2008 | 14 Comments »
This is a hard time for antiracists. The most popular candidate in the US is black. Geraldine Ferraro said that gave him an advantage, and she was forced to resign from Clinton’s advisory board. Smart liberal capitalists like Keith Olbermann are saying it’s racist to say that the US would really like to have a [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged race on March 13, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Dear tribe, is there an easy way to correct for class in racial statistics that cut across the classes? I was puzzling over this, from Quarter of U.S. teen girls have sex-related disease:
Forty-eight percent of black teen-age girls were infected, compared to 20 percent of whites and 20 percent of Mexican American girls. The report [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged martin luther king, my tribe, race on March 10, 2008 | No Comments »
James Reeb was killed on this day in 1965. In the eulogy for the Rev. James Reeb, Martin Luther King asked, “Who killed James Reeb?” and answered,
James Reeb was murdered by the indifference of every minister of the gospel who has remained silent behind the safe security of stained glass windows. He was murdered by [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged gender, race on March 7, 2008 | 19 Comments »
Sometimes I’m told many silly things that I think class matters, but gender and race do not. The quick clarification:
1. Do racism and sexism exist?
Yes.
2. Are racism and sexism institutional?
Depends on the institution.
3. Does racism, sexism, or class matter more?
Given that there are twice as many whites as blacks living in poverty in the USA, [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged race on February 27, 2008 | 9 Comments »
From William F. Buckley, dead:
“The central question that emerges…is whether the White community in the South is entitled to take such measures as are necessary to prevail, politically and culturally, in areas where it does not predominate numerically? The sobering answer is Yes—the White community is so entitled because, for the time being, it is [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged race on February 26, 2008 | 9 Comments »
White like us reveals that Stuff White People Like is written by Christian Lander, a Canadian hipster in Los Angeles. Lander and I both love The Wire, but apparently, Lander thinks The Wire is only about race. The article is written by Gregory Rodriguez, who, based on the people described in Stuff White People Like, [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged race, vegetarianism on February 24, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Percentage of vegetarians within each of the US’s largest racial groups, from How Many Adults Are Vegetarian?
6% White (excluding Hispanic)
7% Black (excluding Hispanic)
8% Hispanic
Yes, I note this because of a post about vegetarians at Stuff White People Like, a blog that uses “white” as code for “rich.”
I became a vegetarian in Minneapolis because a [...]
