The ethical corollary of “sex is a basic human need” is that rape is justified.
(Trigger Warning: This post discusses rapist logic and rape.) Some men argue that when women “withhold sex” from men, we are depriving men of their basic needs: A sense of entitlement? That’s what you...
View ArticleSome scientists criticize the field of evolutionary psychology.
In The evolution of rape?, PZ Myers writes: There are days when I simply cannot bear the entire field of evolutionary psychology: it’s so deeply tainted with bad research and a lack of rigor. And that...
View ArticleWhite people empathize with animals over people of colour.
During an interview with The Guardian Weekend, Morrissey, a white vegetarian and animal rights activist, stated: “Did you see the thing on the news about their treatment of animals and animal welfare?...
View ArticleAsians are not all rich.
There is a ridiculous post at 8asians titled Asian Men Have The Highest Salary that was linked from Racialicious for some reason. The author, Tim, writes: If you were looking for another reason to date...
View ArticleScience is not anti-feminist.
Jill Psmith of I Blame The Patriarchy writes (bold emphasis mine): The argument has been made that intuition is superior to science because it is somehow free of the oppressive misogynist entanglements...
View ArticleMale IT geeks tend to think they are “low status” males.
Why are male IT geeks less successful in attracting women than other males, on average? Why are there few women in IT? Among male geeks, a popular explanation for both these phenomena is that women...
View ArticleWhite people think they know all about you from reading a book.
Sometimes a white person says something about people of colour that is untrue, and when you correct her, the white person will insist that she is right because she read it in a book. You know that it...
View ArticleHow does racism hurt white people?
Question: How does racism hurt white people? Answers: Racism sharply reduces white people’s chance opportunities in life to acquire new knowledge or new perspectives from intelligent or wise people.*...
View ArticleWhite people dismiss non-white knowledge before they can question it.
If a white person takes what a person of colour says seriously, it does not imply that the white person does not question the claims of the person of colour. If a white person takes what a person of...
View ArticleEvolutionary psychologists invent narratives based on faulty assumptions.
In Why Do We Rape, Kill and Sleep Around? The fault, dear Darwin, lies not in our ancestors, but in ourselves., Sharon Begley (Newsweek) writes: These have not been easy days for evolutionary...
View ArticleLibertarianism is rational for rich white people only.
Libertarianism is a political philosophy that is fiscally conservative, but socially liberal—except when it concerns social issues that involve money or property. Stereotypically, libertarianism is...
View ArticleUnderstanding racism requires recognizing faulty logic.
Truth is fundamental to justice, and the ability to reason is critical to discovering truth. One (white) anti-racist, Macon D, has severe deficits in the fundamentals of reasoning, and consequently, he...
View ArticleAn anti-gay political group distorts psychology research.
Psychologist says group distorting her same-sex research: Nov. 12–A national group that advocates “treatment” of homosexuality is being criticized for allegedly distorting a Utah researcher’s work to...
View ArticleCommon White Fallacy #6: Unfalsifiable belief systems about race
A common fallacy of white people is to have a belief system about a non-white racial or ethnic group that cannot be falsified. Wikipedia defines falsifiability as follows: Falsifiability (or...
View ArticleWho has the right to speak about racism?
There have been two recent, thought-provoking posts on Racialicious about who is allowed to speak about racism. In May I Be Offended on Your Behalf? Tami of What Tami Said, who is black, recalls some...
View ArticleCommon White Fallacies when Dealing with People of Colour
A white person needs to listen to the personal experiences of people of colour when they are under discussion. On the other hand, it is dangerous, and usually racist, to generalize from one or a...
View ArticleAfricentric education is not black segregation.
Toronto’s Africentric school is open for everyone, not just black students. This is not racial segregation. Everyone needs an Africentric education. The Africentric grade school will seek to hire a...
View ArticleCan hate speech be free speech?
Hate speech may stifle free speech by monopolizing the marketplace of ideas. Some types of arguments hinder rather than contribute to productive discussion (such as logical fallacies), and some hate...
View ArticleUnited Nations is racially colorblind, and thinks that Canadian term “visible...
Apparently, the United Nations thinks that recognizing race is racist. Here is an article from last year, March 08, 2007: UNITED NATIONS – Canada’s use of the term “visible minorities” to identify...
View ArticleFallacy: Making moral judgements about ethnic minorities based on the actions...
If you condemn people of ethnicity P who live in your country based on the actions of foreigners of ethnicity P living in a different country, your reasoning is illogical. At a basic level, this is...
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