Conservative Goldmine
The “social construction of race” is a goldmine for conservative politics, offering endless denunciation, delusions of anti-white bias, & political venom.
racism
(on Race/IQ)
In 2012. Ron Unz put my reading of Race/IQ in “The American Conservative,” asking if it is “Game Over” for Race IQ. It should have been–but it never is.
Race IQ – Game Over: It was always all about wealth
The publication of “Race, IQ, and Wealth” by Ron Unz effectively is game over for Race IQ peddlers–it was always about wealth & inequality.
Jared Diamond won’t beat Mitt Romney
The really scary part of the Diamond Romney dustup is how Romney recaps Diamond: European imperialism is accidental but societies choose to fail.
Teaching Race
Updated sources for teaching race anthropologically. Race is a social construction, but we need to understand that racism is what makes race salient.
The Headline We Should Be Reading
The headline I wish we were reading is how the nation gathered to reflect on Trouillot’s work and legacy: Anthropology Changed Everything.
Whiteness is a Project
Power and how power is projected must be understood as a process, not as a thing. Whiteness & White Privilege is an ongoing project and process.
Traditional Race Ideas
Anthropology has debunked traditional race ideas that humans come as 3-5 genetic types. But backlash & misunderstandings around social construction persist.
Race & Genetics
On race and genetics, even popular genetics bloggers acknowledge race is a social construction, something anthropologists have known for a century.
Savage Minds Guest Blogging #1
I was a guest blogger for Savage Minds in February 2012. “Taking Anthropology, Introduction” was the first post.
Gingrich wins South Carolina: Payoff for slapping down a black man
In 2012 Newt Gingrich wins a decisive victory in South Carolina. Race-baiting and anger still pay handsome dividends in U.S. politics.
Teaching: Latin America & Caribbean 2012
Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean is less about “peoples and cultures” and more about processes at work across the Americas.
Seizing the Holistic Moment
The innuendo on race and IQ is an opportunity to revisit anthropology on race and seize holistic understandings to reclaim this issue for anthropology.
Mismeasuring Gould
“The Mismeasure of Science” reassessed Gould’s “Mismeasure of Man.” In a climate of race resurgence and attacking anthropology, this was a horrible idea.
Are Perceptions of Anti-White Bias Increasing?
2011 article “Is Anti-White Bias a Problem?” revealed a delusion of perceived anti-white bias, but researchers deceptively argued it was new or increasing.
Anthropology 101 in 2011
This post on Anthropology 101 in 2011 was a call to action for introductory courses to address the big themes of Human Nature, Race, & Evolution.
Racism Reality Check
The idea of “Race Remixed” was always questionable. Census numbers didn’t show remixing, but a racism of persistent inequalities and “probationary whites.”