“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
David Skorton, secretary of the Smithsonian, said in an email announcement that he had to share “deeply disturbing news” that the rope was found in an public exhibition space Wednesday afternoon. It was in the Segregation Gallery on the second floor of the history galleries.
According to the story, another noose was found at the Hirschhorn last week.
Words fail me.
The Old Normal 0
Solomon Jones wrtes about the recent killings in Portland, Oregon, in which two men were knifed to death as they tried to protect to teenagers from a ranting racist. Jones points out that there is a question forever unasked about such events in the United States:
Who radicalized him?
You can follow the link for his answer.
Mine is that (the existence of) racism and racists is so common in the U. S. that no explanation is needed.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Elie Mystal wonders why persons and the press aren’t noticing. A snippet:
Well, some white people act like that, at least. I’ve actually been asked the question “what has Trump done that’s so bad on race” (by white people, of course). Not dumb, Trump-voting, “I have a problem with Japanese people wining a race on Memorial Day” white people. But by educated whites who seem to just not notice (or care?) that the chief law enforcement officer in the country is trying to use his office to fight a race war against urban communities.
If there is a federal policy that protects minorities from people like Trump’s dad, Trump is going to try to dismantle it. I think that’s worthy of attention, regardless of whether Trump is colluding with Russia to stamp out civil rights in this country.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Racism appears to be okay again, just like it was when I was a young ‘un.
Both victims are members of the Quinault Indian Nation, which fears the deadly crime may have been racially motivated: Witnesses said the driver could be heard shouting racial slurs, the tribe contends.
Twits on Twitter 0
Afterthought:
It’s really not difficult to recognize racist behavior in oneself or others. All one must do is open one’s eyes.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
This is your country on Trump.
The Instagram postings in March targeted 11 students, all but one of whom was a person of color, as well as the girl’s basketball team’s black coach. The images showed those pictured with nooses around their necks. There were also photos of apes side-by-side with the girls.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Click to hear the New Secesh celebrate their glorious Southern heritage.
(2017-05-22 23:15 Link updated to a more thorough description of the conduct of the New Secesh.)
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
At the Guardian, Steven W Thrasher explains that it’s all about the racism. A snippet:
Read the whole thing.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
I suspect that Robert E. Lee, who knew when a cause was lost, would resent being a rallying point for the New Secesh.
The Tiki torch ceremony, which Charlottesville’s Democratic mayor, Mike Signer, likened to KKK tactics “designed to instill fear” in minorities, was staged by a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that the Charlottesville City Council recently voted to remove. More than a hundred demonstrators chanted “You will not replace us,” “Blood and soil” and “Russia is our friend.”
Via Raw Story, which reports that there are racist twits on twitter.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
That the police are far more likely to arrest Not White than white persons on drug charges, even though the rate of drug use is pretty much the same amongst the various populations, is extensively documented.
Consequently, if you don’t realize that this is all about locking up as many Not White persons as possible, then you haven’t been paying attention.
The Comeyuppance 0
In yesterday’s performance of the frog and the scorpion, who knew that James Comey would end up playing the frog?
Certainly not James Comey, for he thought that he had served his masters well.
I am no fan of James Comey, as he grossly violated the public trust and may have swung the election. Nevertheless, I am confident that whomever The Donald selects to replace him will make him look like Prunella Purity.
And, make no mistake, it’s the racism that has brought us here. I’m not going to link it up now because it’s late as I write this, but a look at my posts in this category will enable you to catch my meaning, to get my drift.
Immunity Impunity
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Leonard Pitts, Jr., remarks on the deployment of yet another Get Out of Jail Free card, this time via passivity.
Pennant Racism 0
Even if you do not follow baseball, you may have heard about the incident in Boston in which a small number of Red Sox fans hurled racial epithets and peanuts at the Baltimore Orioles’s Adam Jones. Ultimately, 34 fans were ejected and one has been banned from Fenway Park.
Alfred Doblin considers the incident’s implications. Here’s a bit of his considering.