“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Suffer the Children 0
In case you haven’t noticed, that’s now a Republican Family Value.
We have gone from the American Ideal to become the American Ordeal.
The Entitlement Society 0
Thomas Chatterton Williams points out that not being hate-full is not a high hurdle to surmount.
Poolside Particulars 0
Mark Anthony Neal reflects on the pool of racism as reflected in one public pool’s banning of clothing and hairstyles favored by not-white persons. A snippet (emphasis added):
There Is No Right To Be Rude 0
LawProfBlawg finds that he must explain the obvious.
Misdirection Play, the Projection Project Dept. 0
The SPLC analyzes how the right-wing blames everyone else for its violent ways. An excerpt:
The right’s refusal to acknowledge actual political violence only aids white nationalists, not only by downplaying their culpability but also by allowing white nationalists space to push the narrative that the “violent left” is the real threat. . . . Accordingly, the right wing has strategically pushed what one commenter on the neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer called “the ‘out of control, violent left’ meme.”
For a large swath of extremists on the far right, violence is the ultimate goal; it’s not a desire they try to hide. On social media and white nationalist platforms, they openly pine for the opportunity to attack and kill leftists and fantasize about a potential civil war.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Speaking of polling places, we voted in the primary today. When we were there midmorning, there were more polling stations than voters–six polling stations and two voters.
Twits on Twitter 0
(Remember that Texas was part of Mexico far longer than it has been part of the U. S. A. and these kids of whom this twit twits may have deeper roots in Texas than she.)
Facebook Frolics, Rule of Lawless Dept. 0
Will Bunch considers the Philadelphia police officers who have been outed for racist rants on the Zuckerborg and the implications of their behavior. An excerpt:
In a related item, the Philadelphia Inquirer’s editorial board points out that
That’s why the existence of these posts represents a crisis in this city and elsewhere.
It’s not just in Philly, folks.
“Hick Hop” 0
The Sacramento Bee’s Marcos Breton explores the new musical trendlet.