![]() ![]() Once the settlers got, uh, settled, they quickly set about banning black people from living, working, voting, or owning property in Oregon. ![]() Henry Anslinger, the first head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, led the charge to make cannabis "marijuana" again, with statements like: Through the magic of synergy, racists and party-haters both discovered that the foreign-sounding term "marijuana" was the perfect new word to strike fear into the hearts of the American public - both of immigrants and of the drug itself. do not have a great track record of keeping their cool when a bunch of new people show up. This was also the time of the Mexican Revolution and its accompanying refugee crisis. Then, in the early 20th century, anti-drug crusaders started looking for a new way to brand the drug, because America could not withstand a cookie shortage during the Great War. Although "marijuana" is one of the Spanish words for the plant, Spanish-speaking countries also use the term more commonly used in Britain and Canada, "cannabis." It worked just fine in the United States for a while, too. The problem is the word "marijuana" itself. No, there's no such thing as a racist plant. ![]() It's taken us decades to begin discarding standardized tests altogether, but Kaplan has to make its money somehow. Brigham later recanted his views on inherent intelligence, and like a Pinocchio made out of hate instead of wood, he became a real scientist. Brigham's whole design backfired, as many Jews and other nonwhite kids officially passed the test, more or less guaranteeing themselves admission. Stanley Kaplan helped Jewish kids from New York do precisely that, and then built an empire on it. But the celebration was short-lived, because it didn't take long for Jewish students to figure out how to crack the test. The traditional student body could now go back to the things they liked best - polo, touching each other's butts with plungers, and writing Hitler's music - unmolested by the thought of a kid down the hall wearing a yarmulke. As a Columbia Dean once celebrated, "We have honestly attempted to eliminate the lowest grade of applicant, and it turns out that a good many of the low grade men are New York City Jews." What a coincidence! In fact, he developed the entire SAT around them. Turning to racist science (which is like real science, except it's not science), Carl set out to create a college entrance exam using IQ tests which favored Anglo students. ![]()
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