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Patriotism and Idiocy

Letter to the Editor

Ron Unz • The New Republic (Letters) • November 26, 2001

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Given the all-encompassing focus of TNR and every other major media outlet on the very real Terrorism War, I suppose I should be grateful that a recent column of mine on our initiative campaign to dismantle bilingual education in Massachusetts at least drew mention in your "Idiocy Watch" section. My piece, entitled "Rocks Falling Upward,"... Read More

Race-Norming in Sri Lanka

Letter to the Editor

Ron Unz • The New Republic (Letters) • July 12, 1993

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It is astonishing that William McGowan's article on the roots of the bloody civil war in Sri Lanka ("Mythconceptions," June 7) nowhere mentions the words "affirmative action." Yet government "set-asides" to Sinhalese businessman, preferential promotions of Sinhalese in the government bureaucracy and the "race-norming" of test scores for university admissions between the "underrepresented" Sinhalese and... Read More

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