“That Conversation about Race” category archive
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Eugene Robinson sees the past in the present. Here’s a bit from the beginning of the article; follow the link for the rest.
Twittering Twits 0
Dr. B. Joyce Stallworth remarks on the unintentional–nay, ignorant and oblivious–irony of this twit.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
More politeness on the byways.
“While he was sitting in the car, he looked at me and said, you n*****, ‘You probably didn’t even have insurance,’ and I said, ‘Oh be quiet,’” Muhammad said.
“Old Times There Am Not Forgotten . . . .” 0
. . . and, yes, for you young whippersnappers out there, that’s what they looked like, when they weren’t on opposite sides of the room or around a corner from each other.
Word Games 0
Bruce Lowry cuts through the double-speak. A snippet:
That’s like saying the president’s “birther” conspiracy claims toward former President Barack Obama were only “nativist,” and not intended to incite racism or stoke the race-fed rage in some “white nationalist” quarters still steaming over the election of our first black president.
Immunity Impunity
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Shorter Elie Mystal: Justice is Barred.
Republican Odyssey 0
From the Party of Lincoln to the Party of Stinkin’.
Follow the link for the cartoon, stay for the post.
The Meme Chance 0
Tony Norman comments on the recent spate of videos of white persons calling the cops on not-white persons who are minding their own business. He starts with the recent incident in which, even as the phone call is placed, you can hear the white guy’s little boy pleading with him not to do it. A snippet:
Like “Permit Patty” and “BBQ Becky,” two fellow Bay Area would-be-snitchers that preceded him in media infamy by having their calls to the cops filmed by the indignant subjects of their call, Mr. Cukor operated in a sphere of privilege so elevated that he never considered the possibility that he would have to pay a steep price for being wrong, even after Wesly Michel promised him that he would be “the next” viral video sensation.
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
