“That Conversation about Race” category archive
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Grung_e_Gene notes that the underlying force in the Trump maladministrations war on immigrants brown people is America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the doctrine of racial superiority that was created to justify it. Here’s a tiny little bit from his article:
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Via Above the Law, Techdirt reports that
Follow the link for details.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
- Thom hears a rhyme from the American right wing
That sounds just like “make America white again.”
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*Mark Twain.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice argues that the Trump maladministration’s legal attach on Southern Poverty Law Center makes gossamer look like corduroy and offers a theory as to why the SPLC is under attack. Here’s a bit from his article (emphasis added); follow the link for context.
Why does such a flimsy a case get brought?
Well, from the president on down, the administration has clearly and, frankly, loudly proclaimed that it brought these charges for the purpose of punishing the SPLC for shining a spotlight on hate groups that Donald Trump considers valued supporters.
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As Joe Patrice reminds us at Above the Law, it’s the best catch there is.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Gustavo Arellano decodes de code.
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. . . always fighting for your right not to know.
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Los Angeles decides to shoot prosecute the messenger.
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Clarence Page decodes de code.
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Thom sees a disturbing pattern in the Trump’s attempt to change history into his story.
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ICE detains another law-abiding legal resident for being.
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Thom explains how Doanld Trump’s campaign against Haitian immigrants is rooted in racism and how the Republican-controlled Supreme Supremacist Court chose not to see the truth when it was right there in front of their faces.
America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the myth of racial superiority manufactured to legitimize it continue to exact their toll.
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Deport them if they dare to disagree.
In these Trumpled times, it seems that’s the new American way.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Angela Wilson looks at the placement of proposed AI data centers and hears a rhyme. Here’s a bit from her parsing of the poesy:
“Black communities face the highest impact from AI and data centers because they’re already disproportionately impacted by climate change, which is driven by CO2 emitted in part by the energy production involved in running data centers,” according to the Climate Justice Alliance.
Follow the link. It gets verse.
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*Mark Twain.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Apparently, the Trump maladministration plans to inensify its ethnic cleansing war against immigrants who are not from white people from South Africa.
(Broken tag fixed.)
Still Rising Again after All These Years,
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Personally, I can’t argue with her, because she is quite correct:
More at the link.
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Rebecca Watson offers a theory as to the targets of ICE’s recruiting process.
Or you can read the transcript.