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" I used to attend Clark Atlanta University which was what is called a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) or colloquially “black college”. I picked up quite early on t…

She wants mass firings of people like me and you for no other reason than our sex and the color of our skin.

He titled the post AMA. If he doesn't care to answer here, I'll email him in private.

Last March, you mentioned on twitter that you are a customer of/financially support Shanley Kane's organization, Model View Culture. Since since then (and before then too), she has…

Tell you what. You point me towards the stats and the literature (not the anecdotes!) that have led you to these conclusions and we'll explore this topic together. Send me an email…

(c) it depends how you define racist. If you define racism as exhibiting personal animosity or prejudice to people one knows of another race, due to the color of their skin, then I…

"That word `legitimate' is very sneaky. I'd say it's close to racist to assert that black on white crime is a "legitimate problem" rather than just a "social problem" or a plain ol…

Except that every example I pulled from Philadelphia, a city where I would like to live, but where I do not think I can raise a family safely, was black-on-white or black-on-asian …

" Let's completely forget the centuries long history of white on black oppression that has led to the unequal socio-economic conditions between blacks and whites. I'd, you know, cu…

" Your "legitimate grievance" adds nothing to explain the main hatred of the site, which according to the article, is anti-semitism. " Um, well you can believe what Seth (the artic…

"The Jews are to blame" aspect is NOT part of the 30% that is legitimate grievance. See my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8029096

The hateful milieu arises from the mixing of four ingredients: One part legitimate grievance. For instance, black on white crime is a huge problem that is not talked about and not …

IMO, the Stromfront-type writings consist of about 30% legitimate grievance and perhaps 70% crackpottery, all portrayed in a grossly simplified and vulgar way. Part of the fuel for…

"Why do some people feel this way?...And I can honestly offer the following answer: I have no idea." Do you actually not know? Or are you asking rhetorically? The reasons seem pret…

"then why aren't those frat boys, who did the flash-lighting, likewise?" Is that a rhetorical question or do you actually want to know the answer? If you actually want to know the …

It's hard to find someone to talk to calmly about these things. It is even harder to find people who will write politically incorrect opinions under their real name. Frankly, I wou…

No there is more to it than that.

The disparity goes back over 100 years. Even in 1914, a city such as Philadelphia had 10X the homicide rate of London. The best book I have read on the subject is Raymond Fosdick's…

Also I should note that I am not saying their is no risk in investing. Even for Sequoia there is risk. I am that the the risk that exists does not cause high returns. I am that thi…

At the time he took leave from Harvard (which was not dropping out), the company already had offers for $500k in seed money at a $10 million valuation. The chance that going full-t…

Risk has little to do with it for the top firms (like Sequoia) that have built the networks and reputation to attract the top companies. Yes, they take some risk on individual comp…

" Piketty converts the entrepreneur into the rentier. To the extent capital reaps high returns, it is by assuming risk (over the broad sweep of history real rates on T-Bills are ha…

"Spaced repitition software has significantly reduced the barrier to literacy; I read my first novel after ~10 months" That is impressive. I took two years of Chinese in college an…