“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The Republican Party is the party of racism.
Painting Over the Past 0
And it’s not just Texas, folks.
Many more states wish truth and justice expelled from the American way.
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . where you can be labeled “disruptive” while you are fast asleep.
A Woke-Up Call 0
Rich white folks want their money back from a Catholic school because it exercised what was once known as “Christian charity.” (The plaintiffs say that they want only a return to traditional Catholic values, which, I guess in their view, do not include awareness of injustice, hate, and bigotry.)
Here’s a bit of the news story; follow the link for the rest (emphasis added).
Then, as she marked up the 45-page filing by philanthropists Anthony and Barbara Scarpo against Academy of the Holy Names in Tampa, she decided someone needed to respond.
The suit, filed June 26, alleged that her old school had “become woke” by focusing too much on diversity and equity, and had strayed from Catholic teaching. The Scarpos demanded refunds of donations and tuition. They said the academy should stop billing itself as a Catholic institution.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
Limitations of Statues (Updated) 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Billie Johnson muses on the recent removal of statues, some Confederate, some not. She concludes
Follow the link to see how she reached that conclusion.
Addendum:
The page at the link appears to have been removed without explanation. Which is a damned shame, as it was an excellent article.
Karen Karen-Like 0
A Karen phones it in.
Don’t Believe the Hype 0
Artificial intelligence is indeed artificial, but it’s not intelligent.
Cooking the Books 0
F. T. Rea remembers the whitewashing (you will pardon the expression) of Southern history.
Know-Nothings Redux 0
The editors of The Roanoke Times paired this image with a column by Leonard Pitts, Jr., who points out that
So how did it become this sudden four-alarm fire in the house of democracy? The answer is depressingly simple. It is this year’s War on Christmas. It’s sharia law, gay wedding cake, and New Black Panthers. Which is to say, it is this year’s spur by which the white right, more easily stampeded than a herd of cattle by a lightning strike, is prodded to feel resentful, frightened and besieged — and vote accordingly.
Follow the link for the rest.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Dan Patrice suggests that renting out the National Guard to the highest bidder is not a good thing. A snippet (emphasis added):
Follow the link for context.
The Slave Patrol Amendment 0
Sam, Emma, and Howard University Professor Carol Anderson discuss the true origins of the Second Amendment to the U. S. Constitution.
Aside:
When I was in college, I worked a summer job with my local health department for three years. The health department’s facility had two men’s rooms, two women’s rooms, and two water fountains. It took me a while to realize that they were legacies of Jim Crow–that, at one point, they had been labeled “White” and “Colored.”
Later on, I remember my father’s saying to me shortly before he passed away, “I’m glad those days are gone,” in a clear reference to the Jim Crow segregation that both he and I grew up in.
But those days are not gone. merely in uneasy abeyance, and there are many that would bring them back.
Do the Math 0
This doesn’t add up. The protest is in no way based on reality, but it does show how susceptible some persons are to right-wing lies and race-baiting.
We are a society of stupid.
And of the hate-full.
Misdirection Play, “Look Away, Look Away” Dept. 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Onnie Rogers discusses conservative’s current conniption over critical race theory; she argues that not talking about a problem, in this case, racism is not a way to deal it. The goes on to suggest that, at least to a degree, the conniption is a misdirection play. S snippet:
This move takes a giant step in the wrong direction.
(snip)
CRT does not teach children to be racist, nor does it teach them to hate themselves, each other, or their country. CRT meets children where they are, giving them the language and historical perspective to make sense of the racism they see today.