April 18, 2007

American Criminals Of Non-Color

Via Ann Althouse's blog, ["My parents are actually worried about retaliation against Asians."] I see another report of unwarranted backlash fears Brenda wrote about, which of course haven't come true.

Asian-American Journalist Association Still Shovelling

Earlier I reported that the AAJA had asked reporters "to avoid references to the race of Cho Seung-Hui, the student who killed 33 people at the Virginia Tech campus yesterday." A number of people have complained about them doing this, but they're still at it.

AAJA : News : AAJA News : Media Advisory: Continuing Coverage on Virginia Tech Shooting

White Refugees And Culture

The Today’s Letter from an Afrikaner Refugee underscores how national identity and culture must be at the center of the immigration debate.

Sailer On Virginia Tech

In general, I don't really like pontificating off unique and/or extreme events. (For example, Koreans have extremely low murder rates, so this mass murder isn't at all representative of a general pattern for them. Cho may well have doubled the Korean murder rate in America for the year, or even decade.) The sample size for these type of events is too small to determine a previously unobserved trend.

Some good news from Oklahoma

In such a grim week, it is pleasant to get some good news. Yesterday morning, an email from the proprietor of the interesting anti-Mexican-merger website Oklahoma Corridor Watch arrived. It alerted me to the victory in the Oklahoma State Senate of the patriotic forces: the bill discussed here on Saturday seriously discouraging the presence of illegal immigrants in the state passed overwhelmingly, 41-6.

A Massachusetts Reader Reminds Us Of Another Asian Gunman We'd Forgotten

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04/17/07 - A Maryland Reader Contrasts Mikulski's Weaseling Response With Her Appalling Voting Record

From: Matthew Richer

The State or the People

Obama's Misplaced Eloquence On The Shootings

Michelle Malkin heard Obama speak on the Virginia Tech shootings, [MP3] and was not impressed. She said