Albert Einstein's diaries contain shocking details of his racism

[Freedom]

From Fox news:

Einstein diaries reveal shocking private thoughts on race

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/...is-racism.html

The diaries were written between October 1922 and March 1923. In one entry Einstein wrote that the “Chinese don’t sit on benches while eating but squat like Europeans do when they relieve themselves out in the leafy woods. All this occurs quietly and demurely. Even the children are spiritless and look obtuse.”

Speaking about the “abundance of offspring” and the “fecundity” of the Chinese, he continued: “It would be a pity if these Chinese supplant all other races. For the likes of us the mere thought is unspeakably dreary.”

Einstein also derided the people of Ceylon, which is now known as Sri Lanka. In Ceylon, he wrote, the locals “live in great filth and considerable stench at ground level,” before adding they “do little, and need little. The simple economic cycle of life.”

Einstein also gave his thoughts on Japanese people, who he viewed in a more positive light, calling them "unostentatious, decent, altogether very appealing.”

Speaking with The Guardian, the book's editor Ze'ev Rosenkranz said that Einstein's views were not intended for public consumption and provide a shock to those who read them.

“I think a lot of comments strike us as pretty unpleasant – what he says about the Chinese in particular," Rosenkranz told The Guardian. “They’re kind of in contrast to the public image of the great humanitarian icon. I think it’s quite a shock to read those and contrast them with his more public statements. They’re more off guard, he didn’t intend them for publication.”

[goti71]

It was generally a very racist society in those days so it shouldn't surprise us much.

Even scientists and the elite of the elite had very weird views of other races and countries but you wouldn't expect any better as it was mainly white people from the old continent who were doing science and spreading their culture —which I think was the key factor; so the rest were seen as lower on the racial ladder.

But what a racist bastard anyway.

PS. I can imagine a street-name stripping campaign already.

[brocktonblockbust]

I don't see anything wrong with any of those comments.

There should not ever be any laws against saying things like that.

[Freedom]

Was Einstein racist? Travel diaries reveal shocking truth about physicist’s views on Asians

In manuscripts Einstein shared his travel impressions about art, politics, science, philosophy and ultimately, racial equality. In striking contradiction with his later statements, the Nobel Prize laureate wrote down thoughts on racial stereotypes, insisting that some races not only could not equate to others, but were inferior to them.

He described the Chinese as “industrious, filthy, obtuse” and “a peculiar herd-like nation,” that, according to Einstein, posed threat to other nations. “It would be a pity if these Chinese supplant all other races,” he wrote. “For the likes of us the mere thought is unspeakably dreary.”

[Gandalf]

I don't really have an issue with people making comments like these. I hear them all the time about the Japanese over here and you hear all the the time comments about the bad English teeth, tattoo's and beer bellies. It doesn't bother me because I have nice teeth, am thin and would never get a tattoo. Get over it, move on.

[brocktonblockbust]

People should be allowed to call any human being from any race any name or any kind of animal or any sound whether it is a grunting sound a whistling sound a growling sound a singing sound a talkin or a shouting sound every animal from an aardvark all the way down to a zebra from A to Z

[DenilsonTheReturn]

From Fox news:

Einstein diaries reveal shocking private thoughts on race

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/...is-racism.html

The diaries were written between October 1922 and March 1923. In one entry Einstein wrote that the “Chinese don’t sit on benches while eating but squat like Europeans do when they relieve themselves out in the leafy woods. All this occurs quietly and demurely. Even the children are spiritless and look obtuse.”

Speaking about the “abundance of offspring” and the “fecundity” of the Chinese, he continued: “It would be a pity if these Chinese supplant all other races. For the likes of us the mere thought is unspeakably dreary.”

Einstein also derided the people of Ceylon, which is now known as Sri Lanka. In Ceylon, he wrote, the locals “live in great filth and considerable stench at ground level,” before adding they “do little, and need little. The simple economic cycle of life.”

Einstein also gave his thoughts on Japanese people, who he viewed in a more positive light, calling them "unostentatious, decent, altogether very appealing.”

Speaking with The Guardian, the book's editor Ze'ev Rosenkranz said that Einstein's views were not intended for public consumption and provide a shock to those who read them.

“I think a lot of comments strike us as pretty unpleasant – what he says about the Chinese in particular," Rosenkranz told The Guardian. “They’re kind of in contrast to the public image of the great humanitarian icon. I think it’s quite a shock to read those and contrast them with his more public statements. They’re more off guard, he didn’t intend them for publication.”

What is so shocking about a white man being racist ?

Get this through your thick fking skull

ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE RACIST

What ? Just because white supremacists have propped Einstein up as the smartest man ever. You think makes a difference ? But then again. I don't cape for anyone but black people. Because I know most Chinese are ass kisser to white supremacists and can't stand black people. Hold your own nuts wong.

[Master]

I don't cape for anyone?

[brocktonblockbust]

I don't cape for anyone?

Master doesn't have a cape I think he was talking to @Batman

[Batman]

Get this through your thick fking skull

ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE RACIST

HA I'm not racist I just don't like you

[TitoFan]

Your self-portrait on your avatar is pretty entertaining, though @DenilsonTheReturn

[brocktonblockbust]

Denilson knows deep inside, he craves Egyptian cock, the Skouser Cuck craves "cock", he knows the Egyptians get what they want from him for the past 5,000 years.

I mean DAMN look at the pyramids.

[Spicoli]

Well this was going fine, now it's circling to bowl like just another corn fed nugget.

[Fenster]

What is so shocking about a white man being racist ?

Get this through your thick fking skull

ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE RACIST

What ? Just because white supremacists have propped Einstein up as the smartest man ever. You think makes a difference ? But then again. I don't cape for anyone but black people. Because I know most Chinese are ass kisser to white supremacists and can't stand black people. Hold your own nuts wong.

Have you ever heard of Jesse Lee Peterson? You'd love him... hold up i'll grab a random vid, he'll entertain you for hours, tackles all your interests

[Fenster]

Slavery was good for black people, we should thank the white man. A fascinating insight from a good christain black man who grew up on a plantation.