“That Conversation about Race” category archive
“If We Don’t Talk about It, It Didn’t Happen” 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., gets to the core of the sudden wave of opposition to critical race theory. Here’s the gist; follow the link for the rest.
Strike None! 0
At Above the Law, Elizabeth Dye argues that courts will bawk at Trumpettes’ attempt to sue Major League Baseball for moving the All-Star Game out of Georgia in response to the Georgia legislature’s voting suppression efforts.
Misdirection Play(s), Florida Man Dept. 0
The Orlando Sentinel’s Scott Maxwell takes a look at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s practice of building windmills just so he can tilt at them, with a focus on DeSantis’s latest shibboleth, Critical Race Theory. Here’s a bit; much more at the ink.
The declaration scored the governor the headlines he craved. (Washington Times: “Ron DeSantis vows action on critical race theory that teaches children to ‘hate their country’“)
Except for two key points:
1) That’s not what Critical Race Theory actually does.
2) No local school districts actually teach this theory as part of their curriculums.
Taking the Low Road 0
A century after the Tulsa riot, which destroyed a thriving black neighborhood and led to the murder of many of its residents by the white mob, Oklahoma has chosen to name a highway after Donald Trump.
The Void 0
At NJ.com, a woman describes witnessing first-hand an outburst of hatred against an aged man of Asian descent. It is quite appalling. But, in her article, I think she may have gotten to a nugget of truth:
Follow the link and read the rest.
Mulling Over Pulling Over 0
In an odd bit of synchronicity yesterday, both a columnist at AL.com and the writer of a letter to the editor of The Roanoke Times tell stories of traffic stops that occurred in their pasts.
In both cases, they wonder whether, if they had been not-white, they’d be alive to tell their tales. Follow the links for their stories.
All the History that Fits 0
Thom takes a look at the new Texas law designed to whitewash (you will pardon the expression) American history.
Rand Gestures 0
Sam and Emma discuss Rand Paul’s rejection of the concept of the common good.
They Can’t Handle the Truth . . . 0
. . . so they want to make it go away.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Sam and his guest, Dr. Michael Luo, discuss the roots and history of American bigotry against Asians in general and Chinese and Japanese in particular.
Suffer the Children 0
A sadistic shopper:
Aside:
Am I the only one to see a contradiction in the last two sentences of the excerpt.
Suffer the Children 0
There is a crisis at the southwestern border of the United States, but it’s not the one that right-wingers and Fox News portray.