For anybody interested, I highly recommend Angela Saini's book 'Superior' on this very issue.
― rb (soda), Monday, 17 February 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link
that’s where these ideas always end up leading. Why else would there be so much effort at repeatedly reviving and funding them time and time again?
They are not leading there. They have arrived there and are teaching at Harvard, publishing in the NYT, and advising the British PM. How do you think we should respond?
― With considerable charm, you still have made a choice (Sund4r), Monday, 17 February 2020 22:07 (four years ago) link
I’ve already said upthread and you seem determined that that’s not a good enough answer.
― hyds (gyac), Monday, 17 February 2020 22:09 (four years ago) link
Admittedly, I'm somewhat heated and posting quickly but, no, it wasn't obvious to me. The main thing I was getting from your posts was that rational scientific arguments and education won't work and play into the hands of racists. Did you mean that your favoured response is to ignore these people, avoid giving platforms where we can, and continuing to stress the moral wrong of racism?
― With considerable charm, you still have made a choice (Sund4r), Monday, 17 February 2020 22:23 (four years ago) link
Yes, that’s why I said those things across several posts.
― hyds (gyac), Monday, 17 February 2020 22:27 (four years ago) link