There’s an interesting article on the front-page of the WSJ this morning about the mystery of Geronimo’s skull (no free link) — it seems that it may have been stolen from its gravesite some years ago, possibly by members of Yale’s Skull and Bones society. This allegation, for which there is some less-than-conclusive evidence, understandably has a few modern-day Apaches upset. But check out this graf:

“Who in the hell would do such a thing?” asks Raleigh Thompson, a former council member for the San Carlos Apache Tribe who has taken part in efforts to bring Geronimo’s remains to its Arizona reservation. “I guess it’s the way my elders used to explain to me that white people are,” he adds.

Can you imagine a newspaper printing a similar comment about non-whites — say, about black residents of New Orleans in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina? There would be a furor, and deservedly so. But this comment, aimed at America’s official oppressor race, will barely cause a yawn.