“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 2
Leonard Pitts, Jr., tells a tale of a Trumpling that backfired.
The Good, the Bad, and the Privileged 0
She tried to cash her white privilege, but the check bounced.
The Silent Majority 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear reflects on the legacy America’s original sin of chattel slavery and on the silent, complicit racism of many white Americans.
He suggests that their silence and apathy in the face of racist behavior (as when police kill unarmed innocent young black men for the crime of being while black) betray their own internalized racism.
I commend his article to your attention. Here’s an excerpt:
It’s something they’d rather not think about at all. They have internalized the racist hierarchy in their minds, and so feel no need to examine their skin privilege, or even to think that such a thing exists.
Walking in Another’s Shoes 0
Peter Gray, who is not black, tries to imagine how his daily routine might change if he were. A nugget:
Follow the link for the rest.
Facebook Frolics 0
One more time, the internet is a public place.
Suffer the Children 0
Brian Greenspun marvels at the Republican Family Values of ripping the children or immigrants and asylum-seekers from the arms of their parents. A snippet:
Through the decades, though, as the nature of human interaction and the darker human instincts overruled decency and neighborliness, there has never been the slightest concern about the role of government in the fight to protect children from harm.
Until Donald Trump.
Do please read the rest.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
The Trumpling meets “An Armed Society Is a Polite Society.”
Police confirmed the shooter made the racist comments at the black man, Jerrell Douglas, who Chad Merrill was defending and possibly knew as a regular in the bar.
Disgusting details at the link.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
When life gives you lemonade, make a lemon.
Viktor Stevenson, a black man who is the owner of Gourmonade, told AJ+ in an interview that he was checking to see if the security system for his lemonade stand was working when four cops approached him. He said one of the officers had his hand on his gun.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, you can’t make this stuff up.
Aside:
Honest to Pete, is it really all that difficult to know how to behave in public?
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Badtux cuts through the sophistry about “birthright citizenship.” An excerpt:
Opposition to birthright citizenship by Republicans is often claimed to be about immigration.
It isn’t. This is good ole’ fashioned neo-Confederate pining for the return of slavery.
Follow the link to see why he says that.
“This Is Not a Dog Whistle. This Is a Bullhorn.” 0
Thom cuts to the chase.