Even if you don’t agree with the research it’s hardly racially insensitive is it? He may be right or wrong to accept it as a fact but how is it racially insensitive?
It is racist, not racially insensitive.
How? It does not imply any belief in the superiority of one over another.
It goes against the general consensus there is no fundamental difference in neurological function between white people and black people. You can look at all the research that has been presented to refute the racist The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray.
It says that white people are superior at logic—black people at creativity.
Engaging in racial stereotypes - maybe?
There is? I suspect that Wright is mischaracterizing Hale’s research, which appears to have examined cultural differences, not biological differences.
And neither is Hale. She’s a sociologist.
Give me that shovel right now!! I’m not going to let you dig any deeper.
It looks to me like she’s saying the differences are cultural, not physiological, but she knows more tham either one of us so neither of us is qualified to assert that it’s “bullshit,” and even if itwere, there’s nothing racist about Wright believing it.
Actually, re-reading the quote from Wright, I think he is talking about cultural differences. Throwing in the right brain/left brain stuff makes it sound biological, and I think he is out of his area of expertise in talking about that subject.
I saw some more clips of him on the news tonight. Man, Hillary couldn’t have dreamed up a better way of damaging Obama…
Please don’t - I have my roommates reading this and we’re looking forward to the next response.
Not inherently, just as a cultural artifact of different learning styles.
The one where Wright actually did the white and black voices of the different brains? I have to agree.
I fail to see how it’s racist. The research may be or may not be faulty but it’s an opinion based on research.
It’s so obviously racist it’s not even funny.
As in literally, not funny.
And, if you can’t see that, as well as see DTC’s hilarious statement that it might explain why blacks are better at music as so thoroughly to-the-bone racist it’s also not funny, at all, well, there’s no hope.
I knew that before I rejoined this place, but I’m pretty shocked at just how bad it’s gotten around here. Yeesh.
Maybe the issue would have died, maybe not. I am not sure if you watch much cable news, John, but the Reverend Wright controversy has dominated the news cycles for approximatley seven weeks now. We are talking about it on the board because it is a continuous topic in the media.
I’m still waiting for an explanation as to why it’s racist. Just declaring it to be racist, over and over again, is not a persuasive argument.
I guess a lot of white people just desperately need to feel persecuted, though, so there’s no talking to some of them.
And black people ARE better at music than white people. That’s just a fact. If it wasn’t for Black Americans, white Americans would still have nothing but their imbecillic jug music.
Hot off the press – <<drum roll>> Obama’s response to Wright’s comments from yesterday and today
http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2008/04/obama_judge_me_by_my_words_not.html
Well, as long as we’re on the subject, think of it the way Louie Armstrong referred to jazz: “If you don’t know, I can’t explain it to you.”
Really, you’re old enough to know better. Or so I thought.
Also, I’m not white.
Wright is saying that white people are superior at logical thinking and that blacks are superior at creative thinking. He is making claims about the superiority of people on the basis of racial classification.
Well, I think it is easy to get hung up on semantics. Black is used interchangeably with African American. Clearly, there is an African American ethnicity. The white American culture is a blend of multiple European ethnicities, and the greater American culture is a blend of all ethnic groups.