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author | Chris Dyer <redpony@gmail.com> | 2013-03-18 05:14:48 -0700 |
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committer | Chris Dyer <redpony@gmail.com> | 2013-03-18 05:14:48 -0700 |
commit | 3aeab176d9068b13e3ca3394be4f9089f5952517 (patch) | |
tree | f0d458ee427a3dd3632c99ea7febe463dc571e07 /training/dtrain/examples/parallelized/refs | |
parent | 4f452c5bf5cd0ed3cb50d31012f93a50366b3aac (diff) | |
parent | a416615b81380d664246f11a8047098c59185838 (diff) |
Merge pull request #17 from pks/master
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diff --git a/training/dtrain/examples/parallelized/refs b/training/dtrain/examples/parallelized/refs new file mode 100644 index 00000000..632e27b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/training/dtrain/examples/parallelized/refs @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +europe 's divided racial house +a common feature of europe 's extreme right is its racism and use of the immigration issue as a political wedge . +the lega nord in italy , the vlaams blok in the netherlands , the supporters of le pen 's national front in france , are all examples of parties or movements formed on the common theme of aversion to immigrants and promotion of simplistic policies to control them . +while individuals like jorg haidar and jean @-@ marie le pen may come and ( never to soon ) go , the race question will not disappear from european politics anytime soon . +an aging population at home and ever more open borders imply increasing racial fragmentation in european countries . +mainstream parties of the center left and center right have confronted this prospect by hiding their heads in the ground , hoping against hope that the problem will disappear . +it will not , as america 's racial history clearly shows . +race relations in the us have been for decades - and remain - at the center of political debate , to the point that racial cleavages are as important as income , if not more , as determinants of political preferences and attitudes . +the first step to address racial politics is to understand the origin and consequences of racial animosity , even if it means uncovering unpleasant truths . +this is precisely what a large amount of research in economics , sociology , psychology and political science has done for the us . |