Trio of professors win Nobel economics prize for work on post-colonial wealth
Trio of professors win Nobel economics prize for work on post-colonial wealth
British-born Simon Johnson and James A Robinson and Turkish-American Daron Acemoğlu share £810,000 prize
Alt title: 3 Old White Men Discover Colonialsm Bad
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It's pretty racist to judge people by their names. He's Turkish-American from an academic family, so make of that what you will. Whether or not Turkey is a Western nation is a long debate and I absolutely welcome your take on it.
Excuse me?
How am I judging him?
And do tell me what person of any real importance considers Turkey to be a Western country.
You're the one telling me all about who he is and his background based on his name.
And again, you tell me whether or not Turkey's a Western nation. That debate's been around since before Turkey was Turkey--remember when the Ottoman Empire was the "Sick Man of Europe"?--and will probably go one for a lot longer.
You’re the one telling me all about who he is and his background based on his name.
That is not an explanation of how I am judging him or how I am a racist.
And I did tell you that Turkey is not a Western country by asking you to tell me what person of any person of any real importance considers it so. Because it isn't a Western country and no person of any real importance considers it so.
You have already violated our civility rule by calling me a racist. I'm beginning to think you're just a troll... unless, of course, you explain how I was racist and judging him.
Maybe you didn't mean it this way but asking if a US citizen's name "sounds Western" is a charged thing to do in the current political climate.
"Maybe you didn't mean it this way" is neither an explanation for how I judged him nor how I am a racist.
You have one more chance before you take a break for trolling a moderator. I was willing to overlook you calling me a racist at first, but you've decided to keep doubling down.
I'll just leave the conversation if it's at that point. I sincerely wish you a good day.
You were given one last chance to explain your accusation and you blew it.