04-29-2008, 12:52 AM
Strange-- I though research did seem to support differences in the way our brains are wired (across various races).
There are plenty of undeniable differences in other physiology-- skin makeup, most obviously, but we're clearly affected differently by dietary differences, have markedly different risk factors for various diseases, do different things with body fat distribution, etc.
There are also significant differences in our cultures, even in homogenous borg-like America; to suggest that (for example) black folks have the same influences as white because we all live in the same country, and thus that the influence on our development is the same is just not kosher, and I can't see how it would be possible to hold this perception without extremely limited exposure to black culture(s).
In any event, maybe Wright's comments are not "productive"-- but as he said he's not in politics and he's not running for oval office. It ws very fair of you to give a nod to the audience for which this speech was intended-- a community leader takes a different focus when working to strengthen a community internally than when representing that community externally.
There are plenty of undeniable differences in other physiology-- skin makeup, most obviously, but we're clearly affected differently by dietary differences, have markedly different risk factors for various diseases, do different things with body fat distribution, etc.
There are also significant differences in our cultures, even in homogenous borg-like America; to suggest that (for example) black folks have the same influences as white because we all live in the same country, and thus that the influence on our development is the same is just not kosher, and I can't see how it would be possible to hold this perception without extremely limited exposure to black culture(s).
In any event, maybe Wright's comments are not "productive"-- but as he said he's not in politics and he's not running for oval office. It ws very fair of you to give a nod to the audience for which this speech was intended-- a community leader takes a different focus when working to strengthen a community internally than when representing that community externally.