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Talk:Africa

2007-06-05T21:15:55Z

Jpark:

==Come On People==

Africa is South-EAST of Asia? That's been in this entry since November of last year? This does not make me think highly of this site.

'''Trring to justify colonialism'''

I have a hard time understanding why contributors to this page a trying to put a pretty face on the colonial episode - thrying to paint abusive labor practices as thouh they gave "idle Africans" something to do and a wage, when none of the proceeds went to the benefit of the people whose land it was before the Euros pushed them off it. Colonialism was and remains evil and went against basic conservative ideas like freedom of ownership, control of one's own property and controlling one's own economic destiny. -Sevenstring

==Garden of Eden location?==

I heard Eden was in Iraq, probably.... claim is in Ethiopia seems false [[User:ChineseChristian|ChineseChristian]] 03:39, 15 May 2007 (EDT)
:Yes, most claims about the location of [[Eden]] base it in the Iraq/Iran/Eastern Turkey area. Still, The claim should stand if it was made by some authoritative person or body, rather than by (eg) the Ethiopian Tourism department!

==Pre-colonial History Omitted==
This entry manifests the racist idea that no relevant history occurred in Africa prior to European colonization of the continent.

Talk:Africa

2007-06-05T21:15:23Z

Jpark:

==Come On People==

Africa is South-EAST of Asia? That's been in this entry since November of last year? This does not make me think highly of this site.

'''Trring to justify colonialism'''

I have a hard time understanding why contributors to this page a trying to put a pretty face on the colonial episode - thrying to paint abusive labor practices as thouh they gave "idle Africans" something to do and a wage, when none of the proceeds went to the benefit of the people whose land it was before the Euros pushed them off it. Colonialism was and remains evil and went against basic conservative ideas like freedom of ownership, control of one's own property and controlling one's own economic destiny. -Sevenstring

==Garden of Eden location?==

I heard Eden was in Iraq, probably.... claim is in Ethiopia seems false [[User:ChineseChristian|ChineseChristian]] 03:39, 15 May 2007 (EDT)
:Yes, most claims about the location of [[Eden]] base it in the Iraq/Iran/Eastern Turkey area. Still, The claim should stand if it was made by some authoritative person or body, rather than by (eg) the Ethiopian Tourism department!

This entry manifests the racist idea that no relevant history occurred in Africa prior to European colonization of the continent.

Talk:Harriet Tubman

2007-06-05T21:12:19Z

Jpark: New page: If this entry is by the new Sysop, why isn't it comprehensive enough to reference the scores of other enslaved African Americans that Tubman freed? At present it only mentions family memb...

If this entry is by the new Sysop, why isn't it comprehensive enough to reference the scores of other enslaved African Americans that Tubman freed? At present it only mentions family members.

Racism

2007-06-05T21:09:36Z

Jpark:

'''Racism''' is [[prejudice]] and [[discrimination]] based on [[race]]. The term has both attitudinal/ideational as well as structural/material aspects.

An example is notions of black inferiority being manifested in the form of [[Jim Crow]] laws. As of recent, racism has come to mean the hatred of another person because of the color of his or her skin, or perceived difference in origin. The doctrine of [[substantive due process]] in United States constitutional law can be used to invalidate racist laws. Alternately, the [[equal protection]] clause of the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] can be used to do the same. ''See e.g.'' Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).
[[category:psychology]]

Abolitionism

2007-06-05T20:40:43Z

Jpark:

'''Abolitionism''' was a movement that sought to end the institution of [[slavery]]. It originated with the [[Enlightenment]] in [[Europe]] and eventually spread to other areas, including the northern [[United States]]. Some of its adherents murdered white slave owners and openly encouraged violent slave rebellions in the South. This led to tense situations preceding the American [[Civil War]].

The origination of this movement in Enlightment Europe must be questioned, given that the British abolition of the slave trade was preceded by the Haitian Revolution, which brought an end to racial slavery in that former French colony.

Notable abolitionists included [[William Wilberforce]] and [[John Brown]].
[[category:politics]]

Affirmative Action

2007-06-05T20:34:43Z

Jpark:

'''Affirmative action''' is a remedy for the historical effects of race discrimination, which has immediate and visible effects, as well as continuing discrimination among employers, universities and other institutions (compare [[gradualism]]).
There are many such policies, programs, and laws intended to boost ethnic [[Minority|minorities]] in the [[United States]] in the government, schools and large companies. However, in implementation, affirmative action is an area in which government policy is contradictory.

The law of the United States is non-discrimination: the concept that race, sex, ethnicity, skin color, or country of national origin are not criteria which should be used in job selection, education opportunities, etc. The original concept of affirmative action was that it is desirable to not merely act on non-discrimination passively (i.e., saying "this job is open to any applicant", but then making no efforts to find minority applicants), but should also be done ''affirmatively'', by taking definite actions to find applicants from minorities. This would be, in its way, admirable.

However, in current use, affirmative action goes beyond this, often mandating the use of quotas for setting aside jobs or a portion of college entrance positions for each minority (including also some "minorities" which are actually majorities). In effect, this means selecting applicants by the color of their skin, precisely what the original concept of non-discrimination forbids. This is sometimes called "reverse discrimination," although this term is rather contradictory-- discrimination remains discrimination.

Regents v. Bakke effectively outlawed this "sometimes called 'reverse discrimination.'"

[[Dinesh D'Souza]] wrote:
:Many whites have become increasingly scornful of black demands, and vehemently reject racial preferences. Most blacks, by contrast, support affirmative action as indispensable to fighting the enduring effects of white racism. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/endofrac.htm]

==External links==
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/endofrac.htm The End of Racism: The White Man's Burden] - Dinesh D'Souza

[[Category:Politics]]
[[Category:United States law]]