“That Conversation about Race” category archive
The Money That Was Followed 0
In a follow-up relevant to the previous post, David and his guest, Jim Freeman, Director of the Social Movement Support Lab at the University of Denver and author of the book “Rich Thanks to Racism: How the Ultra-Wealthy Profit from Racial Injustice,” discuss how businesses and plutocrats (yes, I think that seemingly archaic term is appropriate) profit from maintaining racism.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Mother Jones follow the money.
American Taliban 0
Thom’s guest discusses the cultural similarities between American white supremacists and Muslim extremists.
Selective Breeding 0
Elizabeth Catte discusses the history and legacy of eugenics in the United States with Sam and his crew.
This is a longer video than I usually post, but it is well worth a listen. As the discussion points out, we have a way of covering up forgetting covering up the uncomfortable parts of our history.
You can see the dynamic today in the attempts by right-wingers to ban critical race theory.
Property Values 0
A black homeowner tries a test and finds false equivalances.
“I decided to do exactly what was done in the article,” Duffy said. “I took down every photo of my family from my house. … I took every piece of ethnic artwork out, so any African artwork, I took it out. I displayed my degrees, I removed certain books.”
Duffy asked a white male friend to sit in on the home appraisal and did not declare her race in her application or communications with the appraisal company. The new appraisal came back at more than double the first two, valuing her home more than $100,000 higher.
Much disgusting more at the link.
Unmentionable 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock takes a look at “critical race theory” and right-wing efforts to ban it from school curricula. Given the recent amount of press critical race theory has received, I recommend his article for, in particular, its clear description of what critical race theory is.
Aside:
I find the right-wings’ thought process (or lack there of) fascinating. If American history teaches us anything, it’s that not talking about racism doesn’t make it go away.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite via Zoom.
The Thursday lecture was led by Alberto Martinez, a history professor who says his research shows the song has racist origins, contrary to the university’s position. There have been calls for the university to stop using the song, which made its debut at a minstrel show and is seen by some as tied to the Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Much more at the link.
Decoding De Code 0
At AL.com, the adoptive mother of three daughters of Asian descent writes of her (and of their) experience.
I’m not sure that I agree with everything she says, but I do believe her article is worth a read, particularly in the light of the recent increase of incidents of violence and hatred against persons of Asian descent. Here’s a particularly telling bit:
Octopussy’s Garden 0
Tony Norman punctures Little Ricky’s bubble of racism.
(Follow the link to understand the title of this post.)
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Louisiana Republicans want to ban history in schools, at least, that is, the parts they don’t like.