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author | Paul Baltescu <pauldb89@gmail.com> | 2013-04-24 17:18:10 +0100 |
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committer | Paul Baltescu <pauldb89@gmail.com> | 2013-04-24 17:18:10 +0100 |
commit | e8b412577b9d3fe2090b9f48443f919cd268c809 (patch) | |
tree | b46a7b51d365519dfb5170d71bac33be6d3e29b9 /training/dtrain/examples/parallelized/refs | |
parent | d189426a7ea56b71eb6e25ed02a7b0993cfb56a8 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/redpony/cdec
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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 . |