Difficult Run 2015 Recap
2015 was a good year for Difficult Run, and we’re looking forward to another one in 2016.
Search Results for: immigration
The “Model Minority” Facing Discrimination
The Economist has a fascinating and potentially infuriating piece on Asian-Americans. In short, Asian-Americans find themselves being discriminated against (particularly in academia) because of their success. The history of Asian immigrants has not been a happy one: “The largest mass lynching in American history, in 1871, in which 17 Chinese were murdered; the Chinese Exclusion Act … Read more
Draft Mitt
After the most recent debate, there has been a spate of new articles about how and why Romney needs to come save the GOP. For example, Politico: It’s Time for Romney. KUTV (CBS affiliate in Utah) also got in on the action: Renewed calls for Romney to enter presidential race get louder after debate. Turns out, … Read more
Thoughts on Immigrants, Refugees, and Fear
The privileged can only make the world a better place if they are willing to face the fear of change. We should face that fear.
Some Articles about the Coming Demographic Winter
A friend gave some very high praise to The History of Fertility Transitions and the New Memeplex, and so it has been sitting amongst my Chrome browser tabs for a month or more. Last week, I read it, and it really is a very important, big-picture article. The basic idea is that memes compete via cultural transmission in … Read more
The Racist History of Disease, Africa, and Immigrants
I tend to react to the Ebola scare with the following: A recent article from The Washington Post provides further reasons to react in such a way: The long history of associating immigrants and disease in America and the problematic impact that has on attitudes toward immigrants should make us sensitive to the impact of “othering” … Read more
Case Study: Winning the Argument Through Framing
Conservatives are weird aberrations, but how did they get that way? MotherJones wants to know. So do academics.
What Would a Tea Party USA Look Like?
I wouldn’t have expected such a fair piece from Slate, but this article about a hypothetical alternate universe where the Tea Party is in charge and Rand Paul is President is really useful for understanding some of the basic beliefs and aspirations of the Tea Party. Here’s a sample: Deep divisions notwithstanding, there are a … Read more