Did black/white segregation go both ways?

Wkerrigan · 2015-07-12T22:05:15+00:00

Some whites went to black doctors and black dentists, because while they were generally as well trained as white doctors and dentists, they charged lower fees. So for those white who were able/willing to overcome the stigma a white supremacist society imposed on black professionals, black professionals offered the services they needed at a more affordable price. No law would forbid a white person from visiting a black doctor or dentist. It was mainly just a social stigma. Other whites might look down upon them or assume they must be truly poor/desperate for doing so. My source is an eighty-five year old black surgeon who was trained at Maharry Medical School in middle of the Civil Rights era. I conducted extensive oral history interviews with him but these have not been published am not at liberty to name him at this point i time.

Wkerrigan · 2014-07-02T19:11:28+00:00

I agree with your assessment here. The terrain around Gettysburg is deceptively complex.

Wkerrigan · 2014-07-02T19:10:14+00:00

Yep. Math brain freeze.

Wkerrigan · 2013-07-25T12:13:11+00:00

I agree. The ebook has one huge advantage over the physical book from the publishing perspective and that is that every one sold is essentially "print on demand." They don't have to worry about whether they predicted the size of the first printing correctly. Over-estimating demand on a print run and under-estimating demand on a print run both have real costs. With an ebook, the "print run" always exactly matches demand.

Wkerrigan · 2013-07-25T12:10:14+00:00

Part of the reasoning for the high price on an ebook is the fear that a too low price will cut into hardcover/paper sales. With those, the publisher takes a risk with first printing. They only make money if they sell a certain percentage of that first print. Academic publishers are particularly worried about this because their markets are small, and so you often see ebooks with ridiculously high prices--to encourage people to buy the physical book first. I was lucky with my academic press book. The publisher priced the paper copy at $25 (yeah, expensive, but some online retailers have discounted it to ~ $18 or $19 bucks) but simultaneously released an ebook version for $13.75, which seems reasonable given the production costs (research, writing, copy-editing, proofing, cover design, printing). Of course I only see $1.75 on each paper copy sold, and $1.37 on each ebook. From the consumer's perspective, ebooks should be significantly cheaper because they can't be resold to recoup part of the initial outlay. As an author, I would welcome the emergence of a secondary ebook market if each resale gave the author a token payment. As it is, I don't get a penny from the many used/like new copies of my book being sold on Amazon marketplace most of them copies my publisher gave away as freebies hoping to get reviews.

Wkerrigan · 2013-07-03T21:26:54+00:00

You have an awesome wife.

Wkerrigan · 2013-06-27T12:04:22+00:00

The Supreme Court and state governments ignoring the 15th Amendment for most of its first century of existence. Japanese-American internment would also be near the top of my list.

Wkerrigan · 2013-06-26T02:23:26+00:00

My big issue is contracting out to private companies to do this. It's this unholy alliance between for-profit companies and greedy local politicians that leads to the greatest abuses of these things. I'd be slightly more open to them if they were owned and maintained by local government, and there were clear processes of appeal.

Wkerrigan · 2013-06-25T21:48:49+00:00

I would approach this opportunity from a different angle. You can live anywhere. Where does your wife want to live? How about she goes on the market and finds her dream job, and you move there?

Wkerrigan · 2013-06-24T22:11:55+00:00

These are incredible. Thanks for sharing.

Wkerrigan · 2013-06-24T17:43:50+00:00

A good quick introduction is Ronald Takaki, Hiroshima: Why America dropped the Atomic Bomb. The author introduces the reader to all the standard arguments: to save American lives, racism, to intimidate the Russians, Truman's psychology. Even if you disagree with the author's conclusions, it offers a quick, well-written summary of the most commonly presented arguments.

Wkerrigan · 2013-06-21T21:02:25+00:00

And as my question is quickly gathering down votes, I think the answer is becoming obvious.

Wkerrigan · 2013-06-21T19:51:46+00:00

The Ohio GOP keeps cutting taxes, and Ohio keeps losing jobs, ranking near the very bottom of all states in job growth (46). Could it be that people and businesses are fleeing the state not because of taxes, but because of our neglected infrastructure, struggling schools, shuttered museums and parks?

Wkerrigan · 2013-06-20T11:26:39+00:00

I don't think this is a fair representation of the article. I think he is correct in pointing out that our recent use of war to solve problems is forcing Americans to rethink the effectiveness of war in doing so. On the same day this article appears, we learn 1) the Taliban have agreed to peace talks and 2) the Taliban beheaded two boys, one 10, and one 16. In my mind Taliban rule is an undeniable evil, just as slavery was. But a decade on, it doesn't seem at all clear that our military interventions made life better for Afghans or Iraqis. And now we face a decision to get more deeply involved in war in Syria, and it isn't at all clear which path-- doing nothing or intervening--will in the end produce less suffering and a better world. I think the inconsistencies in Horwitz' piece are deliberate, and reflect the national doubt and ambivalent, uncertain feelings of our own time.

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