tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post8053260239872515255..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: The Post-Racial Age of Obama in ActionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-14991517164267952952010-09-06T14:24:29.179-07:002010-09-06T14:24:29.179-07:00"Are we looking at the same pictures?"
..."Are we looking at the same pictures?"<br /><br />I don't know. How would <i>you</i> describe them?<br /><br />BTW, here's the corrected link for #7...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blackentrepreneurprofile.com/typo3temp/pics/c032bc4b44.jpg" rel="nofollow">7. Joseph B. Anderson</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-55734329629828620512010-09-06T09:34:46.761-07:002010-09-06T09:34:46.761-07:00"the founders/heads seem somewhat disproporti..."the founders/heads seem somewhat disproportionately "mulatto,"...3 obvious "mulattoes"<br /><br />Are we looking at the same pictures?Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-10705482252634470522010-09-06T06:15:03.724-07:002010-09-06T06:15:03.724-07:00Steve,
Looking at Black Enterprise magazine's...Steve,<br /><br />Looking at <i>Black Enterprise</i> magazine's <a href="http://www.blackenterprise.com/be100s-2010/industrial-service-companies/" rel="nofollow">list</a> of the largest black owned (US) firms, the founders/heads seem somewhat disproportionately "mulatto," but not strikingly so. Here are pictures of the heads of the 10 largest firms (by revenue): 3 obvious "mulattoes" and 7 whom most would probably eyeball as "just black." Not a single one that could realistically "pass."<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.stlcommercemagazine.com/archives/september2000/images/48-David%20Steward.jpg" rel="nofollow">1. David L. Steward</a><br /><a href="http://www.houston.org/bioPictures/KaseLLawal.jpg" rel="nofollow">2. Kase L. Lawal</a><br /><a href="http://www.rcalliance.com/Portals/0/Imgaes/MrHall.png" rel="nofollow">3. Ronald E. Hall, Sr.</a><br /><a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/trojan_family/summer05/AandF_files/5-1-05_Janice.jpg" rel="nofollow">4. Janice Bryant Howroyd</a><br /><a href="http://zerochaos.com/images/about/harold.jpg" rel="nofollow">5. Harold Mills</a><br /><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow">7. Joseph B. Anderson</a><br /><a href="http://www.blackentrepreneurprofile.com/uploads/pics/Thomas_Baltimore.jpg" rel="nofollow">8. Thomas Baltimore</a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hTMVuV45EB4/Sgf82SSs6gI/AAAAAAAAByA/j36IHf3I9MI/s1600-h/Ulysses-Bridgeman.jpg" rel="nofollow">9. Ulysses Bridgeman</a><br /><a href="http://www.nabhood.net/home/images/barden.jpg" rel="nofollow">10. Don Barden</a><br /><br /><br />Also, looking at pictures from Yale and Harvard's black student groups, there seem to be a lot more dark blacks than "mulattoes."<br /><br /><a href="http://blackstudentallianceyale.squarespace.com/photos/" rel="nofollow">Yale Black Student Alliance</a><br /><a href="http://www.harvardbsa.com/web/image" rel="nofollow">Harvard Black Student Association</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53352804209427032452010-09-05T22:33:19.172-07:002010-09-05T22:33:19.172-07:00I don't know where you got these photos from b...I don't know where you got these photos from but I've seen both Mayor Fenty and Vincent Gray and neither one resembles in any way a white personAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-85462490792910418022010-09-05T08:05:59.433-07:002010-09-05T08:05:59.433-07:00When Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (born 1908) was a you...<i>When Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (born 1908) was a young man (and even more so when his father Adam Sr. (born 1865) was young), revelation of part black ancestry was a career-killer or close to it in numerous fields from politics to baseball. Obviously the current President proves that the reverse is now the case, but we can't read that back into the past, when may light-skinned blacks did indeed "pass."</i><br /><br />The guy ran for office in a black area in New York City. Would passing as white have helped him? Could he have won in a white area on competence alone, given that white New York City politicians tended to have all kinds of credentials?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-66137915411171925242010-09-04T18:41:16.937-07:002010-09-04T18:41:16.937-07:00"How is it possible for a person to have four..."How is it possible for a person to have four fathers for a chees-whiz to beat?"<br /><br />The mom rotates them every two years.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-78958815991507738822010-09-04T13:52:53.418-07:002010-09-04T13:52:53.418-07:00"I find that kind of surprising. A guy like P..."I find that kind of surprising. A guy like Powell is a somewhat above average performer - for a white guy. For a black guy, he is presidential material. This is why most mixed race individuals with some black DNA identify themselves as black - affirmative action (legal and otherwise)."<br /><br />When Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (born 1908) was a young man (and even more so when his father Adam Sr. (born 1865) was young), revelation of part black ancestry was a career-killer or close to it in numerous fields from politics to baseball. Obviously the current President proves that the reverse is now the case, but we can't read that back into the past, when may light-skinned blacks did indeed "pass."James Kabalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02335302113772004687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-90008130863223285522010-09-04T08:18:12.604-07:002010-09-04T08:18:12.604-07:00"RIGHT NOW he would set up 5 chessboards, and..."RIGHT NOW he would set up 5 chessboards, and in under 20 minutes, WHIP YOU AND ALL FOUR OF YOUR DADS!"<br /><br />How? How could a kid, even a smart one, accomplish such a thing? How is it possible for a person to have four fathers for a chees-whiz to beat?Curvynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-66172274263699304222010-09-03T20:52:02.787-07:002010-09-03T20:52:02.787-07:00"the same planet as Vin Diesel's people&q...<a href="http://riddick.wikia.com/wiki/Furya" rel="nofollow">"the same planet as Vin Diesel's people"</a>Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10768655514143252049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-60147194954208732482010-09-03T20:07:08.571-07:002010-09-03T20:07:08.571-07:00The new "One Drop Rule".
How said that ...The new "One Drop Rule".<br /><br />How said that blackface and minstrelsy were not politically correct?HankSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-669085520028270962010-09-03T19:59:34.113-07:002010-09-03T19:59:34.113-07:00If I say that 95% of X have Y attributes, and you ...<i>If I say that 95% of X have Y attributes, and you show me 5% of X who actually have Z attributes, how have you refuted my statement? You haven't: you've confirmed it.</i><br /><br />Indeed.<br /><br />I'm sure we all observe this.<br /><br />That is the substance of most of my online arguments with liberal types!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39346854055607485272010-09-03T17:14:30.591-07:002010-09-03T17:14:30.591-07:00Big Bill: Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was respected an...Big Bill: <i>Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was respected and honored by black folks partially because they knew he could have passed for white, yet chose not to.<br /><br />Most black folks would pass if they could, and they are ashamed of the instinct, so when faced with a Fenty or Powell, they respect them. "Black-by-Choice", if you will.</i><br /><br />I find that kind of surprising. A guy like Powell is a somewhat above average performer - for a white guy. For a black guy, he is presidential material. This is why most mixed race individuals with some black DNA identify themselves as black - affirmative action (legal and otherwise). A lot of mixed race individuals with Asian blood tend to identify themselves as white for the same kind of reason, but in reverse, given that Asians tend to perform better than whites, on average, in non-creative roles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-60135215158979395392010-09-03T17:13:27.857-07:002010-09-03T17:13:27.857-07:00Most black folks would pass if they could, and the...<i>Most black folks would pass if they could, and they are ashamed of the instinct, so when faced with a Fenty or Powell, they respect them. "Black-by-Choice", if you will.</i><br /><br />I wouldn't think that either Adrian Fenty or Vince Gray could pass for white. Not in the United States, at least; perhaps they could in South America. While both are clearly much more European than African, both have some visible black ancestry. <br /><br />Frank Jackson, on the other hand, almost certainly could pass for white if he so chose.<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-55321256121579751522010-09-03T14:51:31.737-07:002010-09-03T14:51:31.737-07:00Most black folks would pass if they could, and the...<i>Most black folks would pass if they could, and they are ashamed of the instinct, so when faced with a Fenty or Powell, they respect them. "Black-by-Choice", if you will.</i> <br /><br />That's not true anymore among black/white mixes, due in large part to the racial spoils game and the goodies available as a black. It may still be true among hispanic/black mixtures, because "racism" seems to be more commonly expressed among them and in most cases there aren't any more goodies for being black than there are for being hisp.<br /><br />Truth knows he doesn't have a valid point, that's why he didn't bother to argue, but just gives us a drive-by link. This is similar to his little zingers that don't address substance. I thought that the link would at least be a story about the rise of dark politicians or something. As has been pointed out, the exception doesn't disprove the rule. I don't think anyone visiting this blog doubts the existence of genious Africans or world class sprinting Asians, we just know they are not very common.<br /><br />6 AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-18782145367547808012010-09-03T14:27:18.875-07:002010-09-03T14:27:18.875-07:00"and let's see just how good he is as an ..."and let's see just how good he is as an adult."<br /><br />Oh I don't know how significant that really is, but I do know that RIGHT NOW he would set up 5 chessboards, and in under 20 minutes, WHIP YOU AND ALL FOUR OF YOUR DADS!Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39184634826754755792010-09-03T14:19:56.423-07:002010-09-03T14:19:56.423-07:00Diesel didn't even get mad when I told them th...<i>Diesel didn't even get mad when I told them that I'd be a more appropriate choice to play Hannibal than him, since as a Lebanese guy I was more closely related to the Carthaginians than he was.</i><br /><br />Diesel doesn't seem to wear his ego on his sleeve, at least. Saw a clip of him once and he was basically saying he's just some chump and "I got to work with what I got" and he gave this self-effacing shrug - it was pretty funny. I think he's got a blue collar attitude about the whole thing.<br /><br />Apropos of nothing, I thought Chronicles of Riddick was a lot of fun, rampant ethnic ambiguity and all.Svigorhttp://majorityrights.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-73842822515035093662010-09-03T12:02:18.242-07:002010-09-03T12:02:18.242-07:00Are the mulatto elite good or bad for America?
Ar...Are the mulatto elite good or bad for America?<br /><br />Are blacks happy to accept such white 'blacks' as black, or would they prefer to vote for actual blacks?Simon in UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-41842079321958647672010-09-03T11:07:43.437-07:002010-09-03T11:07:43.437-07:00Let's hope Justus Williams isn't killed fo...Let's hope Justus Williams isn't killed for not "keepin' it real".helene edwardsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-68305108514179871822010-09-03T08:43:45.854-07:002010-09-03T08:43:45.854-07:00Truth:
I live in one of two small abutting towns ...Truth:<br /><br />I live in one of two small abutting towns (total of about 10K), one of which is about 40% black, the other nearly all white. I've lived here right about 40 years.<br /><br />For as long as I've lived here, there's been a core of chess die-hards, who play in several informal venues. And, for just as long, a distinctly large % of the best players have been black. And, though some of them were obviously more white than black in descent, a good number have been (or close to) black enough not to raise any doubts as to whether they were "really" black.<br /><br />I, myself, know how to play but don't play that well or know much about the game. It doesa seem to put a premium on a "somewhat different" type of thinking ability: it may be less about "maximizing" and more about "strategizing," not in the theoretical sense of "game theory" but in that of correctly assessing the potential of the opponent and being able to draw the opponent into a desired sequence for which you've got the defeating moves. (Which is somewhat typical of some athletic competiton, as well.)<br /><br />Just wanted to express that blacks are no strangers to chess--at least, not around here.Gene Bermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-42310124796094200432010-09-03T06:24:10.710-07:002010-09-03T06:24:10.710-07:00Be careful talking about the hi yalla elite ("...Be careful talking about the hi yalla elite ("light, bright, almost white", paper bag tests, etc.). <br /><br />It is a real sore spot with black folks. But they call it "colorism", not "racism". <br /><br />Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was respected and honored by black folks partially because they knew he could have passed for white, yet chose not to. <br /><br />Most black folks would pass if they could, and they are ashamed of the instinct, so when faced with a Fenty or Powell, they respect them. "Black-by-Choice", if you will. <br /><br />Hi yalla folks in the Caribbean still call the shots in their communities. In places like Barbados they call themselves (and are called) "white". The colorist/racist tension is still there. As Rihanna famously said, "I was bullied at school for being white … Now I’m in a much bigger world."Big Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-84817009162602328292010-09-03T06:06:12.610-07:002010-09-03T06:06:12.610-07:00Justus Williams is at around ELO 2140 at age 11. T...Justus Williams is at around ELO 2140 at age 11. That's very strong, and it implies a 130+ minimum IQ, but there's still very little reason to believe that he'll ever be a top-100 in the world (and therefore able to make a good living off chess alone).Camlostnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44126130861725878322010-09-03T05:39:39.331-07:002010-09-03T05:39:39.331-07:00Just to keep things straight, "mulatto" ...Just to keep things straight, "mulatto" is someone who is 1/2 black and 1/2 white.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38068269833485103722010-09-03T05:06:37.748-07:002010-09-03T05:06:37.748-07:00I grew up in Cleveland and have follow the politic...I grew up in Cleveland and have follow the politics there more closely than any other city that I don't live in. I knew of Frank Jackson going back to when he was Council President, but it was only about two years ago that I realized that he's black. <br /><br />One thing that threw me off is his craggy face, which seems to be unusual on a black guy his age.Chris Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11271663147652987977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-20458942989301309652010-09-03T01:47:23.903-07:002010-09-03T01:47:23.903-07:00-bushrod wrote
"Personally I'm thrilled ...-bushrod wrote<br /><br />"Personally I'm thrilled that there's a young black chess genius. I hope he winds up rated 3000 and the world champion. I also hope that he becomes a role model for black Americans and fathers 18 children.<br /><br />Some non-dysgenic fertility would be a nice change."<br /><br />The above may be mutually exclusive. Check out the reproductivity of top grandmasters. Chess appears to be a jealous mistress, although the Polgar sisters seem to be an exception.<br /><br />Also regarding Truth's comment about Chess players, you might check out the political views and personal lives of prominent grandmasters. Maybe they would moderate themselves if they actually held political office, but judging from Fischer and Kasparov (or even Korchnoi), the thought is pretty scary.<br /><br />-AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-43118126582981035402010-09-02T23:23:35.181-07:002010-09-02T23:23:35.181-07:00"this latest blog entry comes off as inexplic...<i>"this latest blog entry comes off as inexplicable and pretty pointless, frankly.<br /><br />And YOU, sound very cranky!"</i><br /><br />Time to take your meds, Mr. Anonymous #4. <br /><br />* * * * <br /><br />Also, how is Twoof referencing some 12 year old black chess player supposed to refute the observation about Mulatto politicians?<br /><br />If pure-breed Negros were so smart, this 12 year old black chess player should be typical, not a rare exception - and let's see just how good he is as an adult. <br /><br />Also there's little money in chess playing, except for at the very top; there's a reason why the mulattos are in politics, not chess. <br /><br />Anyway Twoof is engaging in his usual blather. One smart black kid is supposed to somehow negate all the stupid ones? If I say that 95% of X have Y attributes, and you show me 5% of X who actually have Z attributes, how have you refuted my statement? You haven't: you've confirmed it.some other anonnoreply@blogger.com