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America’s Most Influential Thinker on Race

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by basso, Feb 21, 2015.

  1. basso

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    you just compared Thomas to Wallace? i think you've proved his point.
     
  2. NewRoxFan

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    I know such complex thoughts are a stretch for you... I clearly stated his thinking was outdated... Just like Wallace's. But please continue to represent Thomas as a forward thinker... helps maintain the conservative position regarding race.
     
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    How did this article show that he is the most influential thinker on race relations? It just says it and then describes his positions. Did I miss something in the article that wasn't pasted into the original post?
     
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    i'm not sure if you missed something. Personally for me though, I have heard countless people refer to Thomas' opinions pertaining to race in this country. it shapes our lives, not only in an average american families daily conversation, but really in our day to day actions. he does not do a ton of writing, but we all know what Thomas is thinking, it is HIGHLY influential.
     
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    'Influential' doesn't mean right, good or insightful.

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    Correct. In the past, the conservatives would have rushed Ward Connerly out as their "influential" person on race, since he was very visible in fighting affirmative action in California. He seemed to have lost favor with conservatives though... don't know if it was the result of allegations of financial misdeeds or his support of gay marriage.
     
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    " . . . . he's not like the others. . . .he's different."

    Rocket River
     
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    Too bad Thomas throughout his career and Williams in this article didn't really have a point on which to begin.
     
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    LMFAO Anything to erase the guilt felt by white Repiblicans over the last 60 years...

    Good luck with that Elbert!
     
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    I wish I could get through an academic paper that fast. I'd have gotten my PhD already.
     
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    Maybe he has...in contrast to you.
     
  13. GladiatoRowdy

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    There is an infinitesimally small percentage of people who have the ability to do so. I would bet everything I have that bigpuffery isn't one of them.
     
  14. AroundTheWorld

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    I am an extremely fast reader. Never finished my Ph.D., though. Don't care.
     
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    It couldn't be the 100 years of institutionalized disenfranchisement post abolishment of slavery where African Americans attended segregated schools that receive as little as ten percent of the funding of non-segregated schools that "destroyed" Black America... naw that's too simple of an explanation. It must be this "liberalism".
     
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    I have really enjoyed the methods series. Statistics just makes all kinds of sense to me.
     

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