“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Facebook Frolics, Still Rising Again after All These Years Dept. 0
They just can’t help revealing themselves, now, can they?
Afterthought:
I concluded some years ago that, so as to legitimize slavery and their treatment of slaves and to convince themselves that they were somehow members of a noble class, American slaveholders (and their dupes, symps, and fellow travelers, plus the descendants thereof), view(ed) slaves and their descendants as less than people, perhaps even as livestock.
Plus Ca Change 0
At the Hartford Courant, Stephen Kendrick remembers a July 5th from a long time ago.
Afterthought:
If you have not read Frederick Douglass’s autobiography, I commend it to your attention. It is a short read, but a powerful one.
A Pivotal Moment on Race in America? 0
Field thinks not. Here’s a bit from his article:
Honestly, when it comes to all of these “gestures” of goodwill from corporations and organizations, I take the Missouri position. You have to show me. Talk is cheap, and it will get you to the next news cycle after America’s woke moment is over.
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Doubling Down 0
Scott Lemieux decodes de code.
The Whitewashing 0
It’s still going on, just like it was when I was in school.
