“That Conversation about Race” category archive
“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.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
David Atkins looks behind Donald Trump’s “nationalism” and sees America’s original sin. An excerpt:
“An Armed Society” Meets “Tales of the Trumpling” 0
Politeness in the time of Trump:
WSB reports that Banks was Facetiming with his girlfriend when he knocked on the wrong door.
He then walked away and was confronted by 32-year-old Darryl Bynes out on the balcony.
Police said not long after, he shot the teen.
“I heard him say, ‘Sorry, I’m at the wrong house.’ Then the man said, ‘No you’re not. N****, you at the right house.’ And he shot two more times,” Banks’ girlfriend told WSB in an interview.
WSB reports that Bynes initially claimed he shot Banks in self-defense, but officers said he shot the teen from his balcony as Banks was coming down the stairs and trying to get away.
Facebook Frolics 0
HUD has filed a lawsuit accusing Facebook of facilitating housing discrimination through the tools it gives to advertisers. Here’s a bit from the report:
HUD also alleges Facebook allowed advertisers certain tools on their advertising platform that could exclude people who were classified as “non-American-born,” “non-Christian” or “interested in Hispanic culture,” among other things. It also said advertisers could exclude people based on ZIP code, essentially “drawing a red line around those neighborhoods on a map.”
The story goes on to report that Facebook is claiming that it has been working in good faith with HUD to deal with these issues.
Disaster Belief 0
David wonders whether Donald Trump fully comprehends that Puerto Ricans are American citizens.
Sins of Omission Omission of Sins
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Bob Gibson suggests that Virginia should teach all of its history.
Afterthought:
When I was a young ‘un in public school in Virginia, 1619 was taught as the “Red Letter Year.”
Just sayin’.
Missing the Message 0
Jamelle Bouie visits the Oklahoma City National Memorial, which commemorates the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 and suggests that it ignores context.