June 2019
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It’s not always Racism
A list of ten reflections arguing that racism is too quickly blamed for everything, that elites may select on class and ability, and that ‘model’ minorities in the West are…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
An open thread for discussion of any topic, with other posts kept on topic.
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I am Brown, so what?
A Cambridge Graduate Union sabbatical officer reviews six months in office, then describes how, in formal committees that are polite and nominally inclusive, being the only brown person among white…
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An American twist on “joint-family” (?)
Quotes a tweet by Eliezer Yudkowsky claiming polyamory is the future because two-parent homes can no longer afford children, under a title likening it to the joint family.
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White Privilege & Protesting
The author contrasts how a white male MP who grabbed a Greenpeace protester was defended while a black female MP was punished, and argues that white and coloured activists in…
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How the RSS saved Srinagar?
A forwarded account, citing a book, claiming that RSS volunteers cleared snow from Srinagar airport overnight in wartime so that Indian troops could land and the airport stayed out of…
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A Clarion Call for Change of Culture of Politics in West Bengal
Reports a protest by Bengalis and other Indians at the Gandhi statue in Parliament Square on 19 June 2019 against alleged political violence in West Bengal, urging the Indian government…
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Launch of my theatre company
The author announces he is a co-founding trustee of a new theatre company open to anyone who self-identifies as a minority.
