“That Conversation about Race” category archive
“Jackie Robinson Day” 0
Last night, I tuned into ESPN to watch the Phillies play the bad guys of the day New York Mets.
I did not know that Major League Baseball was celebrating “Jackie Robinson Day.”
Every player wore Jackie Robinson’s number, 42 (a number that is otherwise retired from Major League Baseball). In a refreshing change from the normal drivel of the play-by-play and commentary, the telecast included visits to the play booth by Jamie Foxx, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, and Mo Ne Davis, as well as a filmed tribute to her father by Sharon Robinson. In addition, the commentators discussed the contributions of Jackie Robinson to baseball, civil rights, and American society, as well as larger issues regarding the place of African-Americans in baseball and in society.
As I listened to these tributes to one of the bravest men to don a baseball uniform, I could not stem a rising tide of dismay at the overt racism of the current federal administration.
“I Was Just Following Orders” 0
Citing a column by Michel Goldberg, Mike goes off on Cancel Kirstjen and her supporters. Warning: More profanity than usual, so I put the video below the fold.
“A Notion of Immigrants” 0
Ruben Navarette sums up Donald Trump’s immigration “policy.” A snippet (emphasis added):
This was true with the English, Irish, Italians and Jews. It’s true with the Mexicans, Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans.
It’s the American story. The only difference is skin color. Unfortunately, that’s all some people see.
“What Do You Mean, ‘We’?” 0
That’s the punchline of a really terrible joke about the Lone Ranger and Tonto.
It’s also the topic of a recent column by Leonard Pitts, Jr.
You won’t be surprised to learn that, in the mouths of some, “we” is a remarkably exclusive term.
A Nation of Immigrant Haters 0
A recurring pattern in U. S. history is that some members of each generation of immigrants have tried to close the “golden door” behind them. Donald Trump, a second-generation American, is not unique in this.
He recently ludicrously claimed that “the country is full.” (Really, Donald? Have you been to say for example Montana or New Mexico?)
Field explains that the country is not full, but Donald Trump is full of it.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Gene Nichol reports on the dilution solution.