Dec 14, 2022Liked by Dr. Joel Brown FRSA, Adam B. Coleman
A very thoughtful and thought-provoking essay. Thank you very much for this. Interestingly, I've had a couple of articles on standardized tests published recently which ended with this: "Racial categories have external validity only to the extent that each group is monolithic, culturally and genetically homogeneous, and distinct from all other groups. However, none of these assumptions are true." I'm wondering for how long people are going to see the world through these very simplistic models. Thank you again.
This is a great article. Makes so much sense to me and eloquently explains some of my own thoughts that I have questioned because the points seem so obvious yet so many people are buying into them and creating so much divisiveness. It's really sad and unnecessary. Thanks for speaking so much truth!
This is such a profound comment on the nature of mental slavery.
“One of the most grievous things you can do to a victim of misfortune and unfair treatment is to make them believe they are powerless to overcome those setbacks primarily by their own self-determination; that their destiny was and is to be oppressed due to certain inherited factors. It makes them slaves to history itself.”
A very thoughtful and thought-provoking essay. Thank you very much for this. Interestingly, I've had a couple of articles on standardized tests published recently which ended with this: "Racial categories have external validity only to the extent that each group is monolithic, culturally and genetically homogeneous, and distinct from all other groups. However, none of these assumptions are true." I'm wondering for how long people are going to see the world through these very simplistic models. Thank you again.
Thank you, good Doctor, for a very compassionate and sober article. Thought you might be interested in my essay from a year or so ago, Systemic Racism -- the DNA of the Democratic Party -- on Jeff Einstein 2.0 at https://open.substack.com/pub/jeffeinstein/p/systemic-racism?r=7hc45&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web.
I look forward to reading more of your work...
This is a great article. Makes so much sense to me and eloquently explains some of my own thoughts that I have questioned because the points seem so obvious yet so many people are buying into them and creating so much divisiveness. It's really sad and unnecessary. Thanks for speaking so much truth!
This is such a profound comment on the nature of mental slavery.
“One of the most grievous things you can do to a victim of misfortune and unfair treatment is to make them believe they are powerless to overcome those setbacks primarily by their own self-determination; that their destiny was and is to be oppressed due to certain inherited factors. It makes them slaves to history itself.”
Dr. Brown...I thoroughly enjoyed your article. Very insightful.
Doing something "majorly" is like doing it "bigly".. Yes, of course I know what you mean, but it's still not a word in our language.