From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Thu Sep 05 2002 - 13:55:46 MDT
In a message dated 9/5/2002 1:31:10 PM Central Standard Time,
mail@HarveyNewstrom.com writes: There is no reason that this should be
discussed here as if it were an extropian topic. Dividing people by race is
not necessary for transhumanism, and seems less and less relevant as
technology advances.
Harvey,
For back ground let me say that I regard the columnist Thomas Sowell
as one of the smarter people in America. I don't always agree with him and
he is often onto something I find uninteresting but he is sharp.
I had always believed the party line that you wrote. It is the
prevalent position of most commentators as far as I can tell.
Then one year just before Christmas I read a column where Thomas
Sowell to my surprise recommended The Bell Curve saying specifically that it
was not racist. That surprised me as the gentleman is black.
In any case I read the book and totally reject any notion that it is
racist in any way. But I read carefully enough to believe I know what is
distasteful to many readers. If you read his predictions of the consequences
of what he found -- I think it even scared the authors. But it ain't racial
in nature.
Ron h.
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