The Guardian
Tulsa shootings: Facebook posts suggest racial revenge motive
Suspect in shootings of five people appears to have left angry messages online about his father's killing by a black man
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/09/tulsa-shootings-facebook-racial-revenge
National Review writer ignites firestorm over 'disgusting rant' on race
Conservative columnist writes piece urging parents of 'nonblack' children to shield kids from contact with black Americans
The conservative columnist and author John Derbyshire has prompted outrage after penning an article in which he urges white and Asian parents to tell their children to avoid contact with black Americans they do not know.
In the piece, which Derbyshire wrote for Taki's Magazine, a self-styled "libertarian fanzine" run by controversial right-wing Greek socialite Taki Theodoracopulos, he suggests the outline of a "talk" that all such parents should give their children.
He suggests that they do not attend events where black Americans may be present in large numbers, avoid black neighbourhoods and do not be a "good Samaritan" to black people who appear in distress.
Derbyshire added: "If accosted by a strange black in the street, smile and say something polite but keep moving." He also suggested not living in an area run by black politicians. "If you are white or Asian and have kids, you owe it to them to give them some version of the talk. It will save them a lot of time and trouble spent figuring things out for themselves. It may save their lives," he concluded.
The piece, a response to a number of articles written in the wake of the Trayvon Martin case about "the talk" that black parents give to their children on how to survive racism in America, unsurprisingly prompted fury.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-news-blog/2012/apr/06/john-derbyshire-firestorm-race-column
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