“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Issues or Identity? 0
Thom wonders whether the United States can survive as a multi-racial, ethnic, religious democracy.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Richard Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” has come full circle.
The Republican Party has become the party of racism.
The Cowardice of Their Convictions 0
The Des Moines Register’s Reka Basu calls out Republicans’ efforts to ban “critical race theory” and, along with that, honest discussion of American history. A snippet:
It’s too guilt-inducing, they say.
Aside:
Methinks it induces guilt because the guilt is deserved, and they can’t face that.
Or perhaps they feel no guilt and don’t want others to do so.
Borderline Insanity 0
The Arizona Republic’s Elvira Diaz is fed up with right-wingers’ faux outrage over Vice President Harris’s decision to skip a meaningless photo op and, instead, do something substantive.
Ignorance /= Bliss 0
At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Antonio French derides the duplicity of those (mostly Republican) politicians who have embarked on a crusade against “critical race theory.” Here’s an excerpt; follow the link for the rest.
But, of course, willful ignorance is never the answer.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The Seattle Times’s Naomi Ishisaka explains.
Being While Black 0
In more news of the vile, a black business owner was assaulted for being:
“Black b-word, n-word, talked about my hair, ‘You black women with your weaves,’ ” she said.
And it got worse from there.
Critical of Critical Critics 0
At The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia’s 2017 Teacher of the Year is taken aback at the movement to forbid the teaching of “critical race theory” in public schools (where, as a matter of fact, it generally is not taught, being largely a topic in academia). Here’s tiny bit from her article (emphasis added):
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
The Unwelcoming 0
At the Kansas City Star, Toriano Porter tells the story of the behavior that greeted a black family when they moved into a new town seeking better schools.
Spoiler Alert: It’s not pretty.
They Must Be High on Something . . . 0
. . . but, whatever it is, it won’t be Coke.
The ban passed during a Board of Commissioners meeting on May 17 with a 3-2 vote as a direct response to Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey’s comments calling the voting law “unacceptable” and “a step backwards.”
More news of the petty racist stupidity at the link.
