I don't buy it. I agree with the commenter who remarked on the notion's racist overtones: associating high levels of education (even the supposedly narrow educations that nerds supposedly enjoy) with whiteness is simply another excuse to accuse those who actually want to read/study of "acting white."

Of course, one could point out the fact that Asians aren't usually considered "white" or "European-American," but that would be too freakin' easy.

Me? I think race is pretty much a cultural construct: very few people are purebred anything any more, so I wish we could stop spotlighting race in some of the very silly ways that we presently do.

But then, I'm a [classical] liberal.

Via Insty.

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