tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post4419991880011300656..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Jargon alert: "black bodies"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-46445190443342756532014-02-21T20:56:33.097-08:002014-02-21T20:56:33.097-08:00White folk (minus some diseased California-bred li...White folk (minus some diseased California-bred liberals) understand the difference between "spanking" a child and "beating" a child.<br /><br />Ever see a black mother "beat" a child? That shit is hands down abuse. Screaming and whoopin' the fuck out of them. In public. Violence is just part of their "culture" from birth to death.<br /><br />Why is it so offensive to make them pretend to be more like white folk again? Ikarinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-78156463994858681772014-02-21T20:46:35.427-08:002014-02-21T20:46:35.427-08:00What about "underserved populations." T...What about "underserved populations." That seems to be the new term used to justify blatant discrimination against whites.ATBOTLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-33471665066683120712014-02-21T19:16:35.475-08:002014-02-21T19:16:35.475-08:00This guy will really be pissed of if he ever reads...This guy will really be pissed of if he ever reads a biography of Max PlanckMr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57454020287663340922014-02-21T12:44:27.315-08:002014-02-21T12:44:27.315-08:00Actually Asian parents wallop their kids at a grea...Actually Asian parents wallop their kids at a greater rate than whites do, too.<br /><br />Can't say it makes them violent.<br /><br />Although no, they're not paddled at school...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91640434048472032542014-02-21T12:30:17.759-08:002014-02-21T12:30:17.759-08:00Anyone who claims that there are no differences be...Anyone who claims that there are no differences between the races has never tried to teach black kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-3432098641931775592014-02-21T10:20:06.790-08:002014-02-21T10:20:06.790-08:00The term "black bodies" has been very co...The term "black bodies" has been very common in modern literary criticism for 20+ years, especially within the context of anti-colonial writing.<br /><br />I think Franz Fanon was using the term in the 1950's.Camlostnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38853816742423585082014-02-20T16:55:18.026-08:002014-02-20T16:55:18.026-08:00OK, now I can think of loud rap music is black bod...<i>OK, now I can think of loud rap music is black body radiation.</i><br /><br />Sonic disruptionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17323968117542398992014-02-20T16:08:55.220-08:002014-02-20T16:08:55.220-08:00This reminds me of Eddie Murphy's old routine ...This reminds me of Eddie Murphy's old routine about his mom hitting him with her shoe. Funny stuff.Automatic_Wing https://www.blogger.com/profile/10174899673368042634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-80751393653510859332014-02-20T14:48:47.173-08:002014-02-20T14:48:47.173-08:00Thanks for bringing this up, Steve. I've been ...Thanks for bringing this up, Steve. I've been noticing that irritating phrase — "black bodies" — a lot more lately, too.<br /><br />The first time I came across it I can remember wondering if I was reading something written in a foreign language that had been run through Google Translate.<br /><br />"What the hell? Why don't they just say 'black people?'" I remember thinking.<br /><br />The way it's used, it's so ugly, clinical, and dehumanizing to black people, and I can't figure out what the point is. Usually when PC-types trot out some new language innovation, I can see immediately what they're doing, or at least what they <b>think</b> they're doing: Oh, they're trying to make some freakish weirdness sound normal. Or they're trying to call attention to the racist/sexist/oppressive nature of blah blah blah. Or they're trying to pull that old totalitarian trick of changing the language to try to make certain thoughts unthinkable.<br /><br />Or, as with "white Hispanic," they're trying to extricate themselves from an identity-politics conundrum and explain Which Side We're Supposed To Hate.<br /><br />I can't figure out what's going on with the term "black bodies," though. All it does is make the writer sound like some sort of weird robot. I can totally see some HAL-like sci-fi computer coldly referring to humans as "black bodies" and "white bodies" and whatnot.<br /><br />I suppose this might be an attempt to "call attention to society's cold calculus about the value of black lives," or some such nonsense, but the fact I have to struggle to make that metaphor work tells me it's a terrible metaphor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-1889665824192468402014-02-20T14:41:47.199-08:002014-02-20T14:41:47.199-08:00They seem to forget that Michael Dunn was convicte...<i>They seem to forget that Michael Dunn was convicted of some charges, enough that he'll probably be in prison for most of the rest of his life.</i><br /><br />"Some" charges? He was convicted of three counts of second-degree murder!ben tillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-67601064554624792362014-02-20T13:52:50.815-08:002014-02-20T13:52:50.815-08:00They seem to forget that Michael Dunn was convicte...They seem to forget that Michael Dunn was convicted of some charges, enough that he'll probably be in prison for most of the rest of his life.countenancehttp://countenance.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-12858041041857713202014-02-20T13:25:07.650-08:002014-02-20T13:25:07.650-08:00The whole meme that violence begets violence may i...The whole meme that violence begets violence may indeed have a scientific basis. <br /><br />We know that the two repeat promoter sequence called the "Warrior Gene" is much more common in people of African ancestry as well as the Maori where it was originally noticed. It seems that there may also be an epigenetic effect such that environmental violence done to the child early is needed to 'trigger' the gene's effect. Some kind of methylation I suppose.<br /><br />Personally I suspect that this whole idea is just mush headed rot, but it is a legitimate scientific speculation out their in the community.<br /><br />AlbertosaurusPat Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477950851915567863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16930466462739379102014-02-20T12:40:40.973-08:002014-02-20T12:40:40.973-08:00"Did you hear about the triple homicides in D..."Did you hear about the triple homicides in Detroit?<br /><br />Homicides in Detroit are about as common as hookers in Pattaya.<br /><br />Homicides and Sub Saharans go together like peanut butter and jelly.Jeffersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-27247651574948169052014-02-20T08:14:13.964-08:002014-02-20T08:14:13.964-08:00Detroit has raised generations without hope that w...<i>Detroit has raised generations without hope that we as a society have left to fend for themselves with no other available tools besides desperation, retaliation, and starvation. We are just as guilty as these four by our decision to drive our F150's to the ballpark and out again as fast as we can. Abandonment breeds corruption of the mind, heart and soul. This crime is only the reflex of a city skipping on survival mode. We have no one to blame but ourselves.</i><br /><br />I remember this poem back when Kipling wrote it.Marissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734624055833603768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47599682636931787232014-02-20T07:57:09.778-08:002014-02-20T07:57:09.778-08:00"And yet, their out-marriage rate is the same..."And yet, their out-marriage rate is the same as that for Asian men - who are the lowest on the masculinity totem pole."<br /><br />Ladies love the green. Ceteris paribus, the black guy has the edge over the white guy over the Asian--but ceteris isn't paribus (I'm sure one of you Latinists can do a better job), and the black guy has less money.<br /><br />Of course you can wind up paying alimony, etc., but that's for another day.SFGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-50859986643755685292014-02-20T07:54:24.985-08:002014-02-20T07:54:24.985-08:00"Roger Cohen is the class of the NYT's ed..."Roger Cohen is the class of the NYT's editorial page. At least somebody at the world's most influential publication understands the need to write about serious issues the world faces with a semblance of impartiality."<br /><br />Well, he did actually tell us to forgive the Germans at one point. SFGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-43402648979886624642014-02-20T06:44:18.133-08:002014-02-20T06:44:18.133-08:00I find it hard to believe schools actually spank a...I find it hard to believe schools actually spank anymore due to lawsuits, even if it's legal.<br /><br />Steve, you should censor the obvious trolls. It's distracting. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58263809031933023642014-02-20T04:59:54.311-08:002014-02-20T04:59:54.311-08:00"Black Men are the ultimate in masculinity&qu..."Black Men are the ultimate in masculinity"<br /><br />And yet, their out-marriage rate is the same as that for Asian men - who are the lowest on the masculinity totem pole.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65399832776536642382014-02-20T04:34:52.648-08:002014-02-20T04:34:52.648-08:00Black Bodies: low albedo...and IQ!Black Bodies: low albedo...and IQ!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-9879019388478870212014-02-20T04:30:31.712-08:002014-02-20T04:30:31.712-08:00How can the scope of a problem be 'engrained&#...How can the scope of a problem be 'engrained' or 'elusive'? The problem itself might be those things, but not its scope. And how can something thay is 'engrained' and 'expansive' also be 'elusive'? If something is engrained (pervasive) and expansive (big) then it cannot elude you; it will by definition be easy to find.<br /><br />Call me a pedant, but this sentence alone strongly suggests that the writer doesn't have even a basic idea of what the words he is using mean. Or indeed how to spell them, as Steve points out. This being the case, his argument - if it can even be called such, made up as it is of words whose meanings are not understood by their author - does not even merit a hearing, never mind a refutation.watchmakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91024237730513623372014-02-20T04:04:16.266-08:002014-02-20T04:04:16.266-08:00Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the ...Southern trees bear a strange fruit,<br />Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,<br />Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,<br />Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.<br /><br />Pastoral scene of the gallant south,<br />The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,<br />Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,<br />Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.<br /><br />Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,<br />For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,<br />For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,<br />Here is a strange and bitter crop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-56968230797991262942014-02-20T02:23:25.661-08:002014-02-20T02:23:25.661-08:00"Anonymous said...
Not too long ago I wa..."Anonymous said...<br /><br /> Not too long ago I was in a store, not in Utah, but another rather liberal state. As I was perusing items, three teens walked in. Two boys, one girl. All were African American. My daughter was also in the store browsing. She is also a teen. She is white.<br /><br /> When my daughter and I stepped into the store, no one really paid attention to us other than to say hello and to ask if they might help us find anything. But when the other three stepped in, heads turned. I could tell they were being watched closely. No one said hello to them. No one offered to help them find a thing. Tension was palpable.<br /><br /> At one point I wanted to see something high up on a shelf but could not reach it. One of the teen boys saw this and offered to help me. He was so polite and so kind. These were lovely kids. They chatted with us for a while.<br /><br /> I did not purchase anything in that store. The teens left before my daughter and me and as I left I walked up to the cashier and told her and her co-workers that they made me uncomfortable with their inequitable treatment of those kids.<br /> I am sure they thought I was a witch to say that to them, but it is time we all stand up for what is right. That includes any unfair bias we witness, be it in our town, our schools or our neighborhoods. Only then will we see change.<br /><br /> If you see what I saw and wonder what to do, ask yourself two questions; If not me, who? If not now, when?<br /> Then act.<br /><br /> 2/19/14, 9:37 PM"<br /><br />That narrative is losing it's power, sorry.<br /><br />GordoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63372454805421786512014-02-20T00:43:22.712-08:002014-02-20T00:43:22.712-08:00To me, 'black body' meant a concept in phy...To me, 'black body' meant a concept in physics. It was a perfect source of heat-induced electro-magnetic radiation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77815397772026475162014-02-20T00:42:49.258-08:002014-02-20T00:42:49.258-08:00"We are just as guilty as these four...Abando..."We are just as guilty as these four...Abandonment breeds corruption of the mind, heart and soul...We have no one to blame but ourselves."<br /><br />The people to blame are the media who have been covering the problem up for 60 years.<br /><br />You can't treat a problem if the majority of people don't know the problem exists and by people I mean the upper middle class as they dominate politics.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-20189075414872105322014-02-20T00:11:48.528-08:002014-02-20T00:11:48.528-08:00did not purchase anything in that store. The teens... did not purchase anything in that store. The teens left before my daughter and me and as I left I walked up to the cashier and told her and her co-workers that they made me uncomfortable with their inequitable treatment of those kids.<br />I am sure they thought I was a witch to say that to them, but it is time we all stand up for what is right. That includes any unfair bias we witness, be it in our town, our schools or our neighborhoods. Only then will we see change. <br /><br />If you see what I saw and wonder what to do, ask yourself two questions; If not me, who? If not now, when?<br />Then act.<br /><br />________________________<br /><br />You're hilarious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com