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Delgado said she decided to participate in the discussion to show that interracial dating isn’t binary—between just Caucasians and Blacks??but includes relationships like hers, between a Mexican-American and a Filipino...
...middle-class African-Americans—are underprivileged compared to working-class whites, she tells him, “‘as a young black male, you are underrepresented, and that is a different kind of disadvantage.’” Her assumption that blacks?? representation must match their percentage of the population strips individuals of the ability to make their own choices...
...lives and we will not be denied.”Despite being a dense and sometimes pedantic book, “Sweet Land of Liberty” successfully reveals a part of our history that many people often don’t give enough thought to: the struggle for blacks?? rights in the North. Black Americans in the North fought long and hard for their rights, Sugrue reminds us, helping motivate the rest of the black population to pressure the nation...
Further, Bolduc cites other ethnic minority groups, such as Japanese Americans, who have done better economically than blacks despite racism. He argues that their success proves there is something within black “culture” that hampers blacks?? economic achievement. This argument also has its flaws. First, the historical racism towards blacks in this country has been longer and more ingrained than that of recent minority immigrants. Second, perceptions of blacks, regardless of talent, are worse than other minority groups and whites. Studies have shown that the exact same resume results in an interview more often...
...cutting-edge research institution that is today—and many have suggested that his scientific reputation will be permanently tainted by his inflammatory statements. Watson’s assertion in the Times that “All our social policies are based on the fact that theirs [blacks??] intelligence is the same as ours—whereas the testing says not really” is clearly out of line. Interracial differences in intelligence have little basis in scientific fact and Watson’s flippant statement solely serves to exacerbate racial tension. For that matter, this...