Tag Archives: Race

The Dubious Logic of Black Female Resentment

Posted on March 14, 2026 by JC

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Power by Ijeoma Oluo, Basic Books, December 1st, 2020 For some reason, I don’t remember how I found out about this book but when I heard about it, I immediately checked if the … Continue reading →

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Seeing Black America – Part 2

Posted on June 24, 2021 by JC

I wrote Part 1 last month and this will be the second and final part. Before I get into this part, there are a couple of asides I want to add for context. My early upbringing was in rural Australia … Continue reading →

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Seeing Black America – Part 1

Posted on May 31, 2021 by JC

The last two years have been especially turbulent with regards to race relations in the United States. I have written a couple of posts on aspects of this but never really anything much directly on the topic. What I write … Continue reading →

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Racism & Bigotry

Posted on September 24, 2017 by JC

We are taught that in the past everybody was racist, that they held prejudice against other races and cultures. The white race and/or European cultures are usually the focus of this teaching. In a way, this isn’t really wrong and … Continue reading →

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Your Situation & Everybody’s Situation

Posted on November 27, 2016 by JC

Vox Day recently made a post titled “It’s not about you” where he discusses the irrelevance of ones personal situation to the truth. I’ll quote him in his endearing frankness here: Communism is either correct or incorrect. It doesn’t matter if it … Continue reading →

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Immigration & Absolutes

Posted on October 8, 2016 by JC

I would argue (and I don’t think I’d get much disagreement), that if you were to bring 1,000,000 Anglo-Celtic Australians into Japan, you would get an increase in violent crime, theft and public drunkenness. I’ve said this before and may have … Continue reading →

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Addressing Racism & Terrorism

Posted on April 17, 2016 by JC

It is common and not at all unreasonable to talk of racism being largely a result of resentment and personal failures. We’ve been cultured, (again not unreasonably) to see racists as lower-class, poorly educated and with the resulting poor life … Continue reading →

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