Review: Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Masterpieces of Modern Mexico, from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Is the Nelson-Atkins going ghetto?
By J. Randolph Swope
As has previously been noted both about the KC schools and the KC Ballet, it seems that the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is also going ghetto. But before I even begin on the "Masterpieces of Modern Mexico," a few words about the Nelson in general.
The Nelson-Atkins has been in full decline for the past decade or so. The canary in the coalmine was the building of the hideous new wing to the museum. Whether the wing more resembles a cheap-looking shopping mall or a low-rent airport, I'll leave it to readers. Regardless, this Walmart aesthetic disgraces the majesty of the original structure of the museum.
Now, on to the new Cultural Marxist exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins. Yes, I use 'Cultural Marxist' because the motivation behind this exhibit is pure political correctness -- nothing more. You know, it's all about diversity.
Of course, the last thing proponents of such diversity want is real diversity -- such as the recognition of human biodiversity. Or the fact that Mexico is a dung-heap of a civilization. Countless studies show that Mexicans aren't very bright people, and the cause of this lower average Mexican IQ is probably genetic. But don't let this stop the Cultural Marxists from elevating mestizo artists alongside Michelangelo and Vermeer.
In short, such an exhibit, which appeals to Cultural Marxists, those without any class, or those with lower IQs, only demonstrates that, unfortunately, the Nelson-Atkins, once a great treasure of KC, is slowly going ghetto.
Monday, June 10, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Are blacks destroying Kansas City?
Are blacks destroying Kansas City?
By Political Analyst
So says popular blogger SBPDL. Check out his recent article: "It's Only Going to Make a lot of Black Kids Angry" -- Kansas City moves to save 'The Plaza' from... Organized Blackness
By Political Analyst
So says popular blogger SBPDL. Check out his recent article: "It's Only Going to Make a lot of Black Kids Angry" -- Kansas City moves to save 'The Plaza' from... Organized Blackness
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
What Are the Best Schools in the Kansas City Metroplex?
What Are the Best Schools in the Kansas City Metroplex?
By J. Randolph Swope
Short answer: there are none.
While Pembroke Hill was long considered the quintessential WASP school of Kansas City, it has succumbed to the pressures of Cultural Marxism. Through massive affirmative action, 23% of the student body is now minority. In short, my friends, Pembroke Hill is going ghetto. It's not worth the money.
And what about minorities? While North Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Koreans) are not a problem - in fact, they're usually great students - blacks and mestizos will inevitably bring down the quality of a school. Yes, despite all the propaganda you've heard, racial differences in IQ do exist.
As Robert Weissberg notes in Bad Students, Not Bad Schools, only a small percentage of a school has to become black before the school begins to decline academically.
It's odd that school administrators are bending over backwards to promote diversity, when the largest study ever done on diversity shows that racial diversity destroys institutions.
While many public school districts in the Kansas City area were at one time exceptional (e.g. Blue Valley, Shawnee Mission, Park Hill, Lee's Summit, etc.) all these have the same Trojan Horse: apartment complexes. These apartment complexes are now the landing pads of blacks and mestizos fleeing from the inner city, bringing multiple problems to these school districts. Not to mention that many public school educators are idiots who are more interested in promoting political correctness than knowledge. (Read the outstanding blogger EdRealist for documentation.)
There are some religious schools, but many of these are run by fundamentalist wackos who seem more interested in reducing their inclusive fitness in adopting Haitian children than quality education. Not to mention many are hostile toward Darwinism, the greatest politically incorrect discovery of our age.
What schools offer a traditional WASP curriculum? I mean a Euro-centric curriculum, High Culture, Advanced Mathematics, Science, Darwinism, Latin, German and French, et al?
The answer: Homeschool. Sadly, that may now be the best school in Kansas City.
And before you begin in the comments to call me the R-word, the only R-word I am is a realist. The British economist Martin Sewell sums it up best: "So-called racism is a perfectly natural in-group bias which has been stigmatized by the politically correct West." Time for us to think more like the Chinese.
By J. Randolph Swope
Short answer: there are none.
While Pembroke Hill was long considered the quintessential WASP school of Kansas City, it has succumbed to the pressures of Cultural Marxism. Through massive affirmative action, 23% of the student body is now minority. In short, my friends, Pembroke Hill is going ghetto. It's not worth the money.
And what about minorities? While North Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Koreans) are not a problem - in fact, they're usually great students - blacks and mestizos will inevitably bring down the quality of a school. Yes, despite all the propaganda you've heard, racial differences in IQ do exist.
As Robert Weissberg notes in Bad Students, Not Bad Schools, only a small percentage of a school has to become black before the school begins to decline academically.
It's odd that school administrators are bending over backwards to promote diversity, when the largest study ever done on diversity shows that racial diversity destroys institutions.
While many public school districts in the Kansas City area were at one time exceptional (e.g. Blue Valley, Shawnee Mission, Park Hill, Lee's Summit, etc.) all these have the same Trojan Horse: apartment complexes. These apartment complexes are now the landing pads of blacks and mestizos fleeing from the inner city, bringing multiple problems to these school districts. Not to mention that many public school educators are idiots who are more interested in promoting political correctness than knowledge. (Read the outstanding blogger EdRealist for documentation.)
There are some religious schools, but many of these are run by fundamentalist wackos who seem more interested in reducing their inclusive fitness in adopting Haitian children than quality education. Not to mention many are hostile toward Darwinism, the greatest politically incorrect discovery of our age.
What schools offer a traditional WASP curriculum? I mean a Euro-centric curriculum, High Culture, Advanced Mathematics, Science, Darwinism, Latin, German and French, et al?
The answer: Homeschool. Sadly, that may now be the best school in Kansas City.
And before you begin in the comments to call me the R-word, the only R-word I am is a realist. The British economist Martin Sewell sums it up best: "So-called racism is a perfectly natural in-group bias which has been stigmatized by the politically correct West." Time for us to think more like the Chinese.
A special thanks to Tony's Kansas City
A special thanks to Tony's Kansas City
By Edward J. "Teddy" Stanton Jr.
I'd like to thank Tony's Kansas City for his mention of the Kansas City Gazette. To show my appreciation, I'll have to take him out for a night on the town, my treat, a la Chateau Heartiste style.
By Edward J. "Teddy" Stanton Jr.
I'd like to thank Tony's Kansas City for his mention of the Kansas City Gazette. To show my appreciation, I'll have to take him out for a night on the town, my treat, a la Chateau Heartiste style.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Censored News from Kansas City
Blog Posts from Kansas City Area. Yes, we like to promote other local talent, especially those covering politically incorrect stories that the MSM censor.
Someone brought to our attention the blog Kansas Citian. Everyone should bookmark this blog; it's quite good.
Some highlights:
"Obama Determined to Re-inflate Housing Bubble"
"Emerging Majority Drives Stockton, CA into Bankruptcy"
"Demographics Explain KS Test Score Advantage"
"The [Anti-White] Racists are Coming to Kansas City"
"The Myth Amnesty will Help Republicans Among Hispanic Voters"
"The Myth America is a Nation of Immigrants"
National News:
Flaherty: Black mobs loot American cities
Kirkpatrick: "What's At Stake In The Latest Amnesty/ Immigration Surge War"
Brimelow: "Thatcher Distrusted Mexicans, And Indians Too"
Borjas: Legal and Illegal Immigration Driving Down American Wages
Cochran: "What Is Cultural Marxism?"
Now you have your reading homework. Pop quiz will be coming soon. Study up!
Someone brought to our attention the blog Kansas Citian. Everyone should bookmark this blog; it's quite good.
Some highlights:
"Obama Determined to Re-inflate Housing Bubble"
"Emerging Majority Drives Stockton, CA into Bankruptcy"
"Demographics Explain KS Test Score Advantage"
"The [Anti-White] Racists are Coming to Kansas City"
"The Myth Amnesty will Help Republicans Among Hispanic Voters"
"The Myth America is a Nation of Immigrants"
National News:
Flaherty: Black mobs loot American cities
Kirkpatrick: "What's At Stake In The Latest Amnesty/ Immigration Surge War"
Brimelow: "Thatcher Distrusted Mexicans, And Indians Too"
Borjas: Legal and Illegal Immigration Driving Down American Wages
Cochran: "What Is Cultural Marxism?"
Now you have your reading homework. Pop quiz will be coming soon. Study up!
Review: Nutcracker, the Kansas City Ballet goes Ghetto
Review: Nutcracker, the Kansas City Ballet goes Ghetto
By J. Randolph Swope
I was in Kansas City last December and saw the KC Ballet performance of the Nutcracker. I meant to write about it at the time but ended up wintering at my Switzerland residence, forgot about it, and then was reminded upon my recent return to the city of fountains and mayor with the rapper son.
Where to start....
First of all, the Kaufmann Center is ugly as sin. It's like watching a performance in a cheap-looking shopping mall crossed with a tacky airport. As someone else noted, "It's the Walmart of performing arts centers."
Second, this is hands down the worst performance of the Nutcracker I've ever seen. It was like watching some Cultural Marxist rendition of ballet, a perverted shadow of an original.
Following the protocols of political correctness, the producers / directors of this show cast a black girl to play the lead child, Clara.
Either these directors are historically illiterate, failing to realize that upper-class ethnic Russians under the Tsar were white, not black. Or the directors are so brainwashed by political correctness, they prefer to tell historical lies.
I suspect a little bit of both.
Regardless, it was a painful performance to watch. At one point it looked as if "Clara" was breaking out into a "crip walk" more than doing traditional ballet. I had to leave the performance early.
I doubt I'll be going back.
By J. Randolph Swope
I was in Kansas City last December and saw the KC Ballet performance of the Nutcracker. I meant to write about it at the time but ended up wintering at my Switzerland residence, forgot about it, and then was reminded upon my recent return to the city of fountains and mayor with the rapper son.
Where to start....
First of all, the Kaufmann Center is ugly as sin. It's like watching a performance in a cheap-looking shopping mall crossed with a tacky airport. As someone else noted, "It's the Walmart of performing arts centers."
Second, this is hands down the worst performance of the Nutcracker I've ever seen. It was like watching some Cultural Marxist rendition of ballet, a perverted shadow of an original.
Following the protocols of political correctness, the producers / directors of this show cast a black girl to play the lead child, Clara.
Either these directors are historically illiterate, failing to realize that upper-class ethnic Russians under the Tsar were white, not black. Or the directors are so brainwashed by political correctness, they prefer to tell historical lies.
I suspect a little bit of both.
Regardless, it was a painful performance to watch. At one point it looked as if "Clara" was breaking out into a "crip walk" more than doing traditional ballet. I had to leave the performance early.
I doubt I'll be going back.
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