Slog

News & Arts

The Stranger Suggests

Critics' Best Bets
Music Arts & Food

Line Out

Music & the City
at Night

  |  

Friday, October 7, 2011

History For Brendan Kiley

Posted by on Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:36 AM

From Stephen J. Gould's The Mismeasure of Man:

[A] certain English professor toured United States during the late 19th century, offering the unsolicited advice that we might solve our racial problems if every Irishman killed a Negro and got hanged for it...

 

Comments (3) RSS

Oldest First Unregistered On Registered On Add a comment
1
Low-hanging strange fruit. I'm surprised no one has bitten yet.
Posted by capicola on October 7, 2011 at 10:53 AM
Max Solomon 2
"I can hire one-half of the working class to kill the other half." - Jay Gould
Posted by Max Solomon on October 7, 2011 at 11:09 AM
3
The thing I most appreciate about this whole post is that @1's comment came out first...
Posted by Approaching 40 in LA on October 7, 2011 at 11:55 AM

Add a comment

Advertisement
 

All contents © Index Newspapers, LLC
1535 11th Ave (Third Floor), Seattle, WA 98122
Contact Info | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Takedown Policy