Re: Race and the Invisible Hand

Then... good for you and us, Mr. JAH!

[moderator's note: Irie, irie bro. Weh ya say, I and I speaka
truth. - JAH]

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 01:09:22 +0000 (UTC), James Michael Howard
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 17:33:13 +0000 (UTC), Tim Tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Publisher's review and description of the book:
>>
>>"Race and the Invisible Hand"
>>
>> - http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9439.html
>>
>>The book is subtitled:
>>
>>``How White Networks Exclude Black Men from Blue-Collar Jobs''
>>
>>It apparently concludes that the biggest difference responsible for lower
>>black earnings and status has to do with an existing network of white
>>social contacts that stands between the black men and their potential
>>jobs.
>>
>>The existence of racism as a widespread biological phenomenon raises
>>interesting questions about the power of percieved group membership to
>>influence reproductive success.  Hopefully a good understanding the basis
>>of the phenomenon will help to deal with some of the conflicts it causes.
>
>
>I wonder... would the moderator of this group have allowed a book review had the
>authors concluded that there really exists difference between the races
>responsible for lower black earnings?
>
>[moderator's note: Yes, with the same pained grimace, and I am wondering
>what you are implying, sir. Clearly, this newsgroup is not the best for
>any aspect of human evolution in particular, since this should fall into
>the sci.anthropology or .sociology hierarchies, but it is at least 
>tangentially related to our topic as a whole, so I allow it as long 
>as the threads do not devolve into mere vituperation. - JAH]
>