“That Conversation about Race” category archive
A Notion of Immigrants, Reprise 0
In a larger piece discussing what is wrong with press coverage of the immigrant situation at the southwestern border, Will Bunch provides a partial answer to one of the questions I raised earlier today:
Here’s another bit of Bunch’s article (linked above), regarding what is wrong with the coverage of the current situation; I commend the rest to your attention.
The border situation is neither the first crisis facing the new administration nor close to the biggest — not with a pandemic that has killed more than 500,000 Americans and the related economic crisis leaving 10 million out of work — but it is the nation’s most visible problem that can be so easily demagogued by Republicans looking to score cheap political points against a popular president, or get lapped up by Beltway journalists eager to go back to the brunch of lazy punditry.
Aside:
It is worth remembering that much of the chaos in those countries is the direct result of Ronald Reagan’s policies.
Misdirection Play, Bogus Excuse Dept. 0
A psychology professor explains that, as far as clinical psychologists are concerned, “sex addiction” is not a thing.
Right now, there is no diagnosis of “sex addiction” in any diagnostic manual that psychologists consult when working with patients. It’s not a recognized disorder in the mental health community. This may come as a surprise to some, as many people do believe that sex can be addictive.
Follow the link to find out what is a thing.
All the News that Fits 0
Farron finds a commonality.
Culture?
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David’s guest contends that there is such a thing as “cancel culture,” but it’s not what the right is portraying it as. It is a nuanced discussion worth a listen in the current environment. From the description:
Dan Kovalik, labor and human rights attorney and author of the book “Cancel This Book: The Progressive Case Against Cancel Culture,” joins David to discuss the book and cancel culture.
Confluence 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Glenn Gerber takes a look at the recent shootings in Georgia and argues that attempts to find a single reason for them are wrong-headed and futile. He suggests that several factors contributed to them:
- America’s Gun Problem
- Systemic Racism
- Systemic Sexism (and possibly–ed.)
- Mental Health Issues
Follow the link for his detailed exploration of each one.
Cancel Culture, Republican Style 0
The slaveholders lost the war, but won the peace, and they are determined not to let go.
The Price of Denying the Past 0
Tony Norman does the math.
The Anachronism 0
I find Prince Harry and Meghan Markel’s stories of how they were treated credible. After all, it was English settlers who fostered America’s original sin of chattel slavery and created the myth of white racial superiority so as to ease their consciences (and line their wallets).
What most strikes me, though, is the downright petty nastiness of the treatment they received. Even bigots are capable of being polite.
I’m a Southern Boy. I have known in my lifetime many bigots who are capable of politeness. It doesn’t make them any less bigoted, but at least they were able to dress up their bigotry in Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.
Also, I don’t get Americans’ fascination with the British royal family. Nor that of PBS viewers with soap operas set in Edwardian England. Grump, grump, grump.
