“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Discriminatory? I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
Allen, a Black student, was eating chips with friends when the AI triggered an alert. Within minutes, eight police cars arrived, officers pointed guns at Allen, handcuffed him, and searched him for weapons..
The ICEmen Cometh 0
At ProPublica, J. David McSwane and Hannah Allam make a case that the Trump maladministration is attempting to turn ICE into their own secret police. Here’s a tiny bit from their article:
Going Rogue State, Reprise 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Jim Jones, who served as Idaho Attorney-General and then on the state Supreme Court, looks at the Trump maladministration’s practice of blowing up boats because (to cut through the crapola) their crews are brown. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Mary Trump discusses how Donald Trump’s behavior has given permission to racists, bigots, and haters to act out in public.
The ICEman Cometh, Tales of the Trumping Dept. 0
TYT Sports reports on civilians who are masquerading as ICE agents so as to harass brown people.
I do not think it’s a stretch to suggest that Donald Trump and today’s Republican Party have given haters permission to hate or to suggest that haters are taking full advantage of said permission.
Republican Thought Police 0
Via Above the Law, a law professor responds to Republicans’ efforts to turn the United States into an indoctrination nation.
True Colors 0
Joe Conason looks at the racist and bigoted texts sent by Young Republicans and says, “No surprises here.” Here’s a bit from his article:
Follow the link for context.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
It appears that the Trump maladministration is getting even meaner for the sake of mean.
For some fool reason, I find myself thinking of a book I read a long time ago.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Rick Strom suggests that “Maddox” rhymes with “MAGA.”
Aside:
As Rick notes, half a century later, Jim Brown himself failed to parse the rhyme and supported Trump in 2016. The Nation’s Dave Zirin offers some thoughts as to why,
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*Mark Twain.
No Surprises Here . . . 0
. . . even though the Squeaker of the House seems to think there are.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Thom hears a rhyme echoing across the sea from nearly a century ago.
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*Mark Twain.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The evidence continues to mount that Richard Nixon’s “southern strategy” has come full circle and that today’s Republican Party is the party of the Secesh.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Charles Parrish has a question.
The Bad Bunny Hop 0
Rick Strom discusses how comedian Josh Johnson ridicules the furor over Bad Bunny at the Superbowl while also pointing out the bigotry behind it.
Courting Disaster 0
It should come as no surprise that the product of incompetents is incompetence.