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Black Men Respond to Kanazawa's Claim that Black Women Less Attractive

Seeded on Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:20 AM EDT
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The hue and cry came swiftly and from almost every corner of the web. Black women, white women, Asian and Latino women all blasted evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa for his controversial article that claimed black women were scientifically less attractive than women of other races.

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Petitions were circulated. Anger was fomented. Even white guys in his field came out of the woodwork denouncing his flawed science. And soon Kanazawa's article, "Why Are African-American Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women?" was pulled from the 'Psychology Today' website where it was originally published, and he was fired from his blogging gig there and booted from his teaching job at the London School of Economics.

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PowerIsKnowledge

The dust has since settled and the balance of the galaxy seems to have been restored.

But there's one thing that continues to nag. As all heck was breaking loose, one group stayed largely out of the fray: Black Men.

Perhaps it's because the clearly insane and indefensibly racist report Kanazawa attempted to cloak in "science" was so ridiculous that it didn't even warrant a response en masse from the fellas. Or, in some sadly self-loathing way, black men weren't overly riled because many might harbor a deeply internalized belief that black women are indeed universally less attractive. ... And no offense to black women who prefer a weave or a relaxer to their own natural hair, but whole industries, billion dollar industries, have been built solely on providing ways for black women to appear other than their natural selves.

  • 2 votes
Reply#1 - Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:21 AM EDT
Im 4Me

Racism comes in all colors. Following is from a poster at the bottom of the seeded article:

asians are not that attractive many are funny looking.

  • 1 vote
Reply#2 - Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:00 AM EDT
PowerIsKnowledge

Im 4Me, care to comment on the topic instead of trying to derail thread.

  • 3 votes
#2.1 - Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:21 AM EDT
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English Oak

if you think ugly you see ugly

  • 3 votes
Reply#3 - Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:11 PM EDT
PowerIsKnowledge

So true, English Oak. That's why I don't like those kids shows that put toddlers in adult clothes and make-up--it's sending a bad message.--kids should not have to worry about looking better than the kid standing besides them. These toddlers are not being taught to take pride in themselves.

  • 5 votes
#3.1 - Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:41 PM EDT
English Oak

i never thought of it that way, very well put.

FR power

  • 3 votes
#3.2 - Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:02 PM EDT
Kathy-1571680

Well said!

    #3.3 - Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:42 AM EDT
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    PowerIsKnowledge

    Accepted.

    • 2 votes
    Reply#4 - Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:23 PM EDT
    English Oak

    thankyou power

    • 1 vote
    #4.1 - Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:28 PM EDT
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    take2la

    Eugenics is one of the predecessors to modern day standard practice psychiatry and is a train of thought that society (and those who view themselves as its "sculptors") can be, by the process of selecting which individuals procreate, succeed in business, build groups of people (towns, political parties, lobby-ists and so forth) molded and predestined into their vision of "better".

    Eugenics is still "taught" (in more subtle and harder to discern ways) throughout the general. bachelors and master level upper education (college and above) courses, internships, and doctorate work by tenured "professors" such as the good (NOW FORMER) "Dr" Kanazawa as evidenced by his original published work about which the above linked article discusses.

    Here's the original story from late May

    Crap Psychologist May Lose Job Over Racist Article

    and the text of Kanazawa's original article since removed from Psychology Today

    Psychology Today" posted:

    Why Are Black Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women?Why black women, but not black men?
    Published on May 15, 2011 by Satoshi Kanazawa in The Scientific Fundamentalist

    Oddly enough, this subject is THE WHOLE REASON I found the Vine after seeing an article on MSN several years ago, something to the effect of - WHY DO BLACK PEOPLE COMMIT SUICIDE MORE THAN OTHER RACES.

    Absurdly, Insultingly, Ridiculous.

    Eugenicists, and their protege modern day APOLOGISTS and SYMPATHIZERS (such as Kanazawa) are the reason eugenics is alive and well in the modern world instead of being left behind in the 1800's as the FLAWED, FAILED, hold over of the slave-owner era and mentality.

    It is alive and well in people such as Patrick McGorry from Australia who believes he can predict which child will be mentally ill in the future. And has obtained $400 MILLION from AU government to push his ideas forward.

    Australia's Reckless Experiment In Early Diagnosis "Intervention" --from Fri June 10, 2011

    The Drugging of Children - Australian Style --from Sat June 4, 2011

    It's RACIST. It's EUGENICS. And it has no place in modern society.

    • 4 votes
    Reply#5 - Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:15 PM EDT
    Kathy-1571680

    I am astonished the magazine allowed the publication of such a story. I know many people of all races and from all over the world. Their true beauty has nothing to do with the exterior housing but the wonderful everything else that they are.

    • 3 votes
    Reply#6 - Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:41 AM EDT
    English Oak

    Kathy, i work about 100 yrds from the biggest TV Studio in London, when you see the Stars without all the makeup etc. none of them are that fantastic to be honest

    • 2 votes
    #6.1 - Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:37 AM EDT
    Kathy-1571680

    I bet! Even an old boat looks better with a coat of paint!

    • 2 votes
    #6.2 - Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:20 PM EDT
    English Oak

    very true Kathy

      #6.3 - Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:33 AM EDT
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      ruthlessmoose

      black women were scientifically less attractive than women of other races

      So... why does anyone care what this guy said?..... he said THAT sentence! He clearly has no idea what he's talking about lol

      • 4 votes
      Reply#7 - Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:30 PM EDT
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