Comments on: Tis the Season to Claim Black Inferiority http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2007/10/tis-the-season-to-claim-black-inferiority/ A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Juliahttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2007/10/tis-the-season-to-claim-black-inferiority/comment-page-1/#comment-1468 Julia Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:42:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=576#comment-1468 feh. Watson has been saying loony things for years. It's part of his carefully-cultivated bad-boy image. He's already tried to <a HREF="http://jackandjillpolitics.blogspot.com/2007/10/tis-season-to-claim-black-inferiority.html" REL="nofollow">walk this one back</a><br/><br/><i>"Science is no stranger to controversy and I am not one to shy away from tackling issues, however, difficult they might prove to be," he said.<br/><br/>"I have had my share of controversy, as many of you know. But I am mortified about what has happened.<br/><br/>"More importantly, I cannot understand how I could have said what I am quoted as having said. I can certainly understand why people, reading those words, have reacted in the ways they have.<br/><br/>"To all those who have drawn the inference from my words that Africa, as a continent, is somehow genetically inferior, I can only apologize unreservedly.<br/><br/>"That is not what I meant. More importantly from my point of view, there is no scientific basis for such a belief."</i><br/>although apparently he's heard from enough Fox News fans bleating about political correctness that he's trying to walk the apology back now.<br/><br/>And lo, everyone paid attention to him when he had a book coming out. Funny how that happens. feh. Watson has been saying loony things for years. It’s part of his carefully-cultivated bad-boy image. He’s already tried to walk this one back

“Science is no stranger to controversy and I am not one to shy away from tackling issues, however, difficult they might prove to be,” he said.

“I have had my share of controversy, as many of you know. But I am mortified about what has happened.

“More importantly, I cannot understand how I could have said what I am quoted as having said. I can certainly understand why people, reading those words, have reacted in the ways they have.

“To all those who have drawn the inference from my words that Africa, as a continent, is somehow genetically inferior, I can only apologize unreservedly.

“That is not what I meant. More importantly from my point of view, there is no scientific basis for such a belief.”
although apparently he’s heard from enough Fox News fans bleating about political correctness that he’s trying to walk the apology back now.

And lo, everyone paid attention to him when he had a book coming out. Funny how that happens.

]]> By: pointmanhttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2007/10/tis-the-season-to-claim-black-inferiority/comment-page-1/#comment-1465 pointman Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:49:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=576#comment-1465 "Actually, the idea that some races are superior to each-other in intelligence, has been around for a long time. In fact, some doctors believe Asians who marry Europeans, will have very intelligent children. I believe the concept stems from mixing bloodlines. Numerous people believe, marrying into the same bloodline for hundreds of years, reduces the childrens IQ. This is true in hybrid animals, so maybe that's where people get misled on the idea. I seriously doubt this is a racial issue. Why get upset at a person's idea? You can't change people's minds without them getting a brain transplant anyway." <br/><br/>Pointman in Seoul, Korea “Actually, the idea that some races are superior to each-other in intelligence, has been around for a long time. In fact, some doctors believe Asians who marry Europeans, will have very intelligent children. I believe the concept stems from mixing bloodlines. Numerous people believe, marrying into the same bloodline for hundreds of years, reduces the childrens IQ. This is true in hybrid animals, so maybe that’s where people get misled on the idea. I seriously doubt this is a racial issue. Why get upset at a person’s idea? You can’t change people’s minds without them getting a brain transplant anyway.”

Pointman in Seoul, Korea

]]> By: Ochyminghttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2007/10/tis-the-season-to-claim-black-inferiority/comment-page-1/#comment-1459 Ochyming Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:06:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=576#comment-1459 Actually this is more serious than you maybe suggest.<br/>The effect of racism, it being accepted/inhaled by the stigmatized is really dangerous.<br/><br/>I come from Africa, and there is often stated plainly that Europeans are superior, the same within Africans from Brazil, aunts of my wife for ex.<br/>and it does not only comes from discussing intelligence, but also the color of the skin, hair ...<br/><br/>For me, racists people are not the main problem with racism, but the fact that unconsciously the stigmatized end-ups in believing in it. Actually this is more serious than you maybe suggest.
The effect of racism, it being accepted/inhaled by the stigmatized is really dangerous.

I come from Africa, and there is often stated plainly that Europeans are superior, the same within Africans from Brazil, aunts of my wife for ex.
and it does not only comes from discussing intelligence, but also the color of the skin, hair …

For me, racists people are not the main problem with racism, but the fact that unconsciously the stigmatized end-ups in believing in it.

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