“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom discusses how racism and racist violence have ramped up in the last few years and suggests that the unifying force on the far right is hatred.
The Dog Whistler 0
Tony Norman names the tune that Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis is whistling. A snippet:
Mr. DeSantis is a case in point. His use of the racist dog whistle was so obvious when leveled at his black opponent that even Fox News was compelled to rebuke it as “inappropriate” a few hours later.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Tampa Bay Times columnist Bill Maxwell goes on a road trip and finds himself reliving his youth.
Facebook Frolics 0
Excuse me, would you like a cup of Facebookly-brewed tea?
Aside:
We are having municipal elections this year, and the news coverage is rather lacking. My local rag is a shadow of its former self (like many local rags), and I refuse to waste my time with TV what-passes-for-news.
A friend sent a notice of a local candidates forum (the best way to get to know the candidates in my city), so I attended and left with some disorganized first impressions and a list of candidates.
Then I went looking for information on the candidates. Some of them had campaign websites–rudimentary, but still websites. For many of them, though, all I could find was Facebook pages for their campaigns and sometimes not even that–just Facebook pages–forcing me to visit Facebook and soil my browser cache with the Zuckerborg’s tracking cookies (which I promptly deleted as soon as I was done).
It was most frustrating.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
In a titanic struggle between rationality and rationalization, Thom tangles with a Confederate monument apologist.
“A Nation of Immigrants” 0
Martin W.G. King writes of the conditions inside Donald Trump’s concentration camps for immigrants and asylum seekers. Here’s a bit:
(snip)
Trump has created a climate that has encouraged the mistreatment of migrants for his own political gain, and he’s done it, mostly, with impunity.
This is institutionalized cruelty.
Words fail me.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The Austin, Texas, city council has passed a measure eliminating “fee waivers” for Confederate groups who wish to march in the Austin Veterans Day Parade. Said groups, natch, are protesting that they are being discriminated against. At the Austin Statesman, Alberta Phillips points out the ludicrousness of their plaints. Here’s a bit (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the rest.
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“It’s Everywhere” 0
Thom explains to a caller that, in the United States at least, race can’t be isolated from other issues.
All the News that Fits 0
Steven M. wonders at the delicate sensibilities of the New York Times.
Full Disclosure: At the end of the post, he notes that the article in question has been updated. Nevertheless, I submit that his post is still worth a read, because it illustrates how easy it is to fall into the trap of the “Lost Cause,” that myth constructed to get persons to forget what, exactly, was the cause that was lost.
Facebook Frolics 0
Just the kind of guy we would want guiding our children’s educational experiences.
Man, you see stuff like this and can’t help wondering, “Don’t these folks know how to behave in public?” Then you realize that “social” media purposefully lulls its “users” into forgetting that the internet is a public place.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Trumpled at the high school soccer game:
Her sister, Darcy said she also had racial slurs shouted at her.
“One person said, ‘Hey, number 20. I hope you’re embarrassed.’ I heard another one of them say, ‘Nice shot, n****,'” said Darcy.
Both girls said they brought the harassment to the attention of a referee and staff members, but nothing was done to stop it during the game.
Much more at the link.
Via Raw Story.