Posts tagged “race”

Google, Yahoo, and Facebook all released diversity reports using identical categories, making comparison easy. The gender gap is worst in engineering (averaging only 16% women). Racial diversity is also poor, though Yahoo's engineering staff is surprisingly majority Asian. Solid data confirming what we already knew.

The Bradley Effect is a myth. In 2006 it was undetectable, black candidates actually outperformed their polls, and even at its worst it only created a 3% gap. McCain would need a 6.5% swing. Stop worrying, and go vote.

For a brief moment during Katrina, American media actually did its job. Now CNN is running feel-good stories about white survivors while thousands of poor black people are dead. New Orleans is 63% black. The media's return to form makes me sick.

Saw Crash tonight. Great film with a lot to say about race in America, or really just one thing said many ways. Also: hoping my iPod gets fixed before my New York flight, annoyed by sudden heat, and convincing myself peanut M&Ms count as dinner.

Looked up the etymology of "racism" today. The concept of race didn't exist until around 1770, and the word "racism" wasn't coined until 1935, by the Nazis. Before that it was "racialism." Apparently discrimination was so normal it didn't need a name. Also, being a victim doesn't make you an expert.