“That Conversation about Race” category archive
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At the Orlando Sentinel, Ediberto Roman and Joshua Killingsworth remind us not to forget about Donald Trump’s Republican Family Values.
Immunity Impunity
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At the Des Moines Register, Reka Basu recounts tales of the enforcers. Here’s a tiny bit:
Ahlgren’s own injuries still had him in a knee brace five days later: He twisted an ankle and burst veins in his shins and right palm from falling onto concrete. . . .
“The cops were showing no mercy. They were literally chasing us on foot,” he said. “A few of us fell, and they (police) started yelling, ‘You bastards better run or you’ll get it worse!’”
Asked why he thinks he was spared arrest, Ahlgren said simply: “I’m white.”
Just read it. I guarantee it will ruin your evening.
Misdirection Play, the Cause That Was Lost Dept. 0
At the Bangor Daily News, historian and pastor the Rev. J. Mark Worth shreds the long-standing Southern propaganda effort to protray secession as somehow a noble and worthy cause. He points out that there are not statues to Benedict Arnold ans asks why we have monuments to Confederate generals.
Here’s a bit of his answer (emphasis added):
(snip)
Did Southerners also want states’ rights? Yes, when it meant their right to enslave other human beings. But they opposed states rights when Northern states didn’t want to return black people to enslavement in the South.
Doubling Down, Reprise 0
David suggests that, in the face of falling polls, Donald Trump is doubling down on racism, hate speech, and lies in what David contends is a culture war. I think is point is worth consideration.
Full Disclosure:
My two or three regular readers have likely noticed that I pay almost no attention to polls and polling data. I decided long ago not to waste these electrons on polls. It’s difficult enough to understand the past. I’m not even going to try to predict the future.
This, however, is not about prediction; it’s about how the perception of the polls is affecting what’s happening now.
Blind Eyes 0
In a timely post at Psychology Today Blogs, Melissa Burkley explores why persons can recognize racist acts in others, but not in themselves. Here’s a bit from her introduction.
Determined to find an answer to this question, my graduate student Angela Bell and I designed a series of experiments.
Follow the link to learn more about the experiments and the conclusions the researchers drew from them.
Facebook Frolics, Still Rising Again after All These Years Dept. 0
They just can’t help revealing themselves, now, can they?
Afterthought:
I concluded some years ago that, so as to legitimize slavery and their treatment of slaves and to convince themselves that they were somehow members of a noble class, American slaveholders (and their dupes, symps, and fellow travelers, plus the descendants thereof), view(ed) slaves and their descendants as less than people, perhaps even as livestock.
Plus Ca Change 0
At the Hartford Courant, Stephen Kendrick remembers a July 5th from a long time ago.
Afterthought:
If you have not read Frederick Douglass’s autobiography, I commend it to your attention. It is a short read, but a powerful one.
A Pivotal Moment on Race in America? 0
Field thinks not. Here’s a bit from his article:
Honestly, when it comes to all of these “gestures” of goodwill from corporations and organizations, I take the Missouri position. You have to show me. Talk is cheap, and it will get you to the next news cycle after America’s woke moment is over.
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