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Entry: Two New Myth-Busting Books Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/two_new_myth_busting_books#4916 Post contents: John Ball, with laudable arguments and goals, makes the following statement: "The reason why America has such a 'racial' mess today is precisely because of a continuing belief in 'race' as something categorically definable...." It seems to me that to believe that "race [is] something categorically definable" is not the same thing as to be or become "racist." Or perhaps we should define the words "categorically." Then, there is this statement: "if we ever totally jettisoned the very concept of “race”, then it would pull the rug out from under opportunistic hacks of the Left AND Right...." But race exists, not only as a biological fact but in reality and in our everyday lives. It seems to me that a better approach is to: (1) recognize the existence of race, and that races will reflect, in fine, differing characteristics; (2) that throughout most of history ethnic groups have tended to associate with others of their ilk; and (3) that this, per se, is not necessarily "racist," that is, that pride in one's ethnic group does not have to be necessarily scorn and hatred for another's group. I don't see this as inconsistent with traditional Christian theology. Sent at: 2008 05 16