MeTa post: "part of American culture is to utterly...

The argument here isn't between labeling something as racist or pragmatic, or even between rage and civility. The debate is really about how useful a piece of information we should see race. AmbroseChapel thinks it is irrelevant because it is not determinative; those who disagree with him think it is relevant because it is possibly helpful--thus some of the responses (which strike me as ridiculous and naively racist) seem suddenly culturally sensitive! I think that, while AmbroseChapel's... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by kensanway at 12:02 AM on January 3, 2007

MeTa post: Hi, I'm working on a pro bono asylum case and I...

Translator sources would be great. We've tried a number of them, without much success, because the language is so rare. What do you think? Is it okay for me to ask cortex to post about this?
posted to MetaTalk by kensanway at 8:38 AM on March 6, 2006