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one drop rule We didn't invent this---it developed out of racist slavery centuries ago. see<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule>

is not bigotry specifically promulgated? Actually... Leviticus 25:44-46 44 " 'Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. 45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country...

Perhaps... but you DO know that Whitman was gay...

Commodity fetishism is a favorite sandbox of second year graduate students, but former sex worker Sarah Katherine Lewis is misapplying Marx's concept here. His point was to poke fun at the notion that value resides in physical objects rather than the human effort that goes into producing said...

Notice that to "ignore someone's race as a factor" is not at all the same thing as "Not treating anyone any differently because of their race". If you treat someone of a different race no differently despite your awareness that they are of a different race, then you are not racist. If on the...

Ignoring race as a factor makes you not racist about as much as ignoring speed as a factor makes you a better driver. In order to not be racist you actually need to be aware of the realities and history of racial stereotyping in the culture that you belong to. Selective blindness isn't...

Flying fish are just about the tastiest morsels that god ever put in the ocean. If you ever visit Barbados you've just got to try it. Sushi places use flying fish roe, but this pales in comparison to the actual fish.

Interesting... I've noticed that I hardly ever bother to download anything anymore--- because the search and organization time makes paying Steve Jobs another $1 per track seem cheaper in the long run. What value do you put on your time?