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  • I’m very skeptical of arguments that there is voter suppression of minorities based on reasoning like:

    an audit by the State of Washington found that a Black voter was 400% more likely than a white voter to have their mail-in ballot rejected.

    since there could be another variable which, once controlled for, causes this difference to disappear. This article seems to be assume the reader has no understanding of statistics.

    This is much more self-evidently indicative of voter suppression, in my opinion:

    Brian Kemp, signed SB 202 which slashed the number of drop boxes by 75% only in Black-majority counties and locked them away at night.

    But could this be explained by another variable, like higher crime rates in black-majority counties leading to a necessity for increased security? I don’t understand why this measure would cause a 90% decrease in drop-box balloting either. This article has a lot of red flags for me – it’s not actually explaining the reason for any of these measures, so it’s implying there is no reason for these measures except for voter suppression of minorities. Obviously that is not the rationale which those who implemented these measures would give publicly.










  • Yes, it can become part of one’s culture to appreciate another’s culture.

    I thought by adding “or whatever it’s called” would make it clear that I’m aware that the theory is a racist and antijewish lie, but I guess that was not enough. How should I have worded that differently?

    What would it mean to take the time and effort to learn to play the Erhu, understand its history and context, but somehow not show real respect for it? I am asking because the first two things seem very measurable and observable things one can do, but the last one sounds like something that critics can decide arbitrarily however it suits them.


  • Christianity doesn’t strike me as especially white. Not in the way that other religions strike me as being not-white. I can name some excellent musicians who are white muslims, but it’s still very unusual. In contrast, Christianity is very popular among very many races. Like, if you’re from south america, mexico, central or southern africa, china, russia, the philippines, and many other places too, you’re very likely christian. I suppose I don’t encounter many indian or arabic christians, but they aren’t terribly rare either.


  • One reason I think there might be no “white culture” per se is that things that white people invent tend to spread to other people, and become part of their cultures. Like, most people I know in real life who play classical (i.e. classical western) music on piano are asian, for instance. I’ve never once seen a white person say, “you can’t play that, because you’re not white. That’s offensive.” In contrast, I could imagine a white person playing an erhu might be told off.

    If white people were defensive of their culture, that might change. Perhaps if the great replacement theory or whatever it’s called gets taken seriously, it’d be different. (Edit: by this I mean, if those white nationalist conspiracy theorists actually think that white people are going to be erased by other cultures then they’d act in such a way. But since they don’t seem to be, it seems like it’s clear they’re not only racist but also full of shit.)