2016 Postmortem
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For Candie, phrenology not only explained slavery, it justified it.
Needless to say, phrenology has now been thoroughly debunked: the idea that the shape of the skull can be used to infer mental characteristics is just plain wrong. But it was extremely popular all over the world during the 19th century, finding converts among reform-minded Bengalis in Kolkata, India, and colonial settlers in Australia. As part of my research into the global history of phrenology, I came across the real-life Calvin Candie.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2013/feb/05/django-unchained-racist-science-phrenology
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randys1
(16,286 posts)aidbo
(2,328 posts)to large truck/gun owners of DU: Its an old joke, please don't take it as an attack!
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,718 posts)I was going to post the video but it's too "hot" to start a thread.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,980 posts)And I loved it! On a day where I'm bummed over the assembly election results in my district - Calvin Candie makes me happy when he is used to make a point!
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,718 posts)Thank you in advance.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,718 posts)And Mr. Saletan had one hundred and fifty or so years of hindsight.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)He is now a beacon of light for some.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)worse with every positive poll for Hillary.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,718 posts)EOM
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,718 posts)eom
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)"It turned out I had been wrong about many things. The initial portrait of Zimmerman as a racist wasnt just exaggerated. It was completely unsubstantiated. Its a case study in how the same kind of bias that causes racism can cause unwarranted allegations of racism. Some of the people Zimmerman had reported as suspicious were black men, so he was a racist. Members of his family seemed racist, so he was a racist. Everybody knew he was a racist, so his recorded words were misheard as racial slurs, proving again that he was a racist."
Of course, Saletan was fucking wrong. http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/_george_zimmerman_goes_on_racist_and_homophobic_tirade_in_wake_of_virginia_shooting
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,718 posts)Saletan sounds like a provocateur and a creep.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)A lot of these sites seem to like keeping on a pet right-winger to be "provocative" but really, this guy would be at home on Breitbart.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,718 posts)Sorry for the obscene language.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Or that his shit is being cited as gospel on DU! Don't be sorry!