President Obama gave a nice eulogy to the Rev. and South Carolina State Senator Clementa Pinckney on Friday after he laid in state at the South Carolina State Capitol. He was the first African American to have such an honor after being gunned down by white supremacist Dylann Roof. While Rev. Pinckney was the firstContinue reading “Prominent Pinckneys in South Carolina Politics”
Tag Archives: Racism
Dissecting “Lies and The Lying Liars Who Tell Them” (From the American Family Association)
Listening to all the debate on whether Fox anchor Bill O’Reilly lied about his claims of being in a war zone in Argentina and the Falklands reminded me of how Al Franken (then a comedian now a US Senator from Minnesota) in 2003 wrote a book Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell them: AContinue reading “Dissecting “Lies and The Lying Liars Who Tell Them” (From the American Family Association)”
Testing Fairness, Outliers, and Racism
Oftentimes the importance of an issue isn’t realized until it hits home. The film Stand and Deliver tells the story of math teacher Jaime Escalante who’s students (20 in total) all passed the advanced placement (AP) Calculus test in the 1980s. The education testing service (ETS) (which administers the AP test as well as theContinue reading “Testing Fairness, Outliers, and Racism”
Political Liberalism and the Concentration of Hate Groups: A Proposed Study
The magazine Business Insider came out with a map showing the most conservative (colored red) and most liberal town (in blue) in each state. I had two posts on the hate group and ethnic profile of the US using maps which which are reproduced below. Hearing about these three related topics made me wonder ifContinue reading “Political Liberalism and the Concentration of Hate Groups: A Proposed Study”
Correlation with the Number of Hate Groups per Million, Poor Health Suggests More Hate
This is a follow up on the last post on the number of hate groups (such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Westboro Baptist Church) in each state that are being watched by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Some may not agree with the inclusion of African American separatists like the Nation of Islam. Continue reading “Correlation with the Number of Hate Groups per Million, Poor Health Suggests More Hate”
A Wave of Hate Groups in California? No in Washington, DC
The Southern Poverty Law Center has issued a report listing the total number of hate groups per state which they track. The categories followed include, the Ku Klux Klan, Neo Nazi, White Nationalist, Racist Skinhead, Christian Identity, Neo-Confederate, Black Separatist, and General Hate. California is shown to have the most hate groups followed by FloridaContinue reading “A Wave of Hate Groups in California? No in Washington, DC”