Troubling conclusions

The firing of John Derbyshire by National Review is being commented upon by numerous writers in the blogosphere. Here is an observation by Professor Mondo: In many respects, this reminds me of the differences my mom observed about Southern and Northern varieties of racism. “In the South”, she said, “folks say they dislike a race, but are pretty likely to have friends of that race. If you ask them about it, they’ll say, ‘Oh, So-and-so is one of the “good ones”.’ In the North, folks’ll profess their belief in love and brotherhood, and talk about those terrible racist Southerners, but their lives are as white as a Klan meeting.” She (and I) found neither of these attractive. Still, I can’t help but wonder how many of the people who called for Derbyshire’s scalp live in a lily-white bubble as well. http://profmondo.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/outrageous/