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The Great Silence (On Race & Culture) Part X 19 Feb 2013 | 01:58 am
We close this discussion on race and racism, with the question: given what we know about the limits of human nature,what should be done to ensure peace in an increasingly diverse America ? During a d...
The Great Silence (On Race & Culture) Part IX 11 Feb 2013 | 11:02 pm
Gazing Into The Future of the United States There is nothing I love more than travelling. What makes new countries so interesting are their distinct characteristics. When we first visit a new place, ...
The Great Silence (On Race & Culture) Part VIII 28 Jan 2013 | 05:33 am
One of the most essential tools in understanding the nature and dynamics of population groups is the normal distribution, which is popularly referred to as a bell curve. When the statistical distribut...
The Great Silence (On Race & Culture) Part VII 23 Jan 2013 | 12:52 pm
In our previous post, we explored the paradox of how on an individual level, culture can be positive, while still leading to negative political and economic outcomes on a group level. Culture clashes ...
The Great Silence (On Race & Culture) Part VI 22 Jan 2013 | 10:14 am
Sometimes American Individualism Limits Our View of the World America Culture has been noted by its admirers and detractors alike to be one of the most individualistic in the world. Since it's incept...
The Great Silence (On Race & Culture) Part V 21 Jan 2013 | 09:55 am
Before we continue our discussion, we must briefly highlight the difference between explicit culture and implicit culture. Explicit culture are the stated beliefs and values that predominate in a nati...
The Great Silence (On Race & Culture) Part IV 14 Jan 2013 | 02:42 pm
What is most striking about the narratives that elevate racism and discrimination to the primary explanations of the racial achievement gaps is that the majority are extremely macro-social and abstrac...
The Great Silence (On Race & Culture) Part III 8 Jan 2013 | 01:00 am
Chimps and Humans: Hardwired For Xenophobia? One key point that we must advance in our discussion of racism and culture is the difference between past and present critiques of the phenomenon of diver...
The Great Silence (On Race & Culture) Part I 31 Dec 2012 | 10:36 pm
When Eric Holder declared that the United States was "a nation of cowards" on matters of race, because "we, as average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about race," he was largely ...
The Great Silence (On Race & Culture) Part II 31 Dec 2012 | 02:00 pm
In our previous post, we discussed the increasingly evident flaws in the official narrative of race and culture in America, which have led a great silence, an unwillingness or inability of most Americ...
