“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
This is your country on Trump.
“Oh, my god, it’s me being lynched,” Aina Adewunmi told CBSLA. “Looking at an image of yourself like that hurts.”
Aina is new to Palisades, having just transferred to the charter school back in January. She said she’s mostly felt welcomed and accepted by students there, but three boys in particular started to use racial slurs.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Real Big Men.
In a note to parents, Hosford Middle School Principal Kristyn Westphal said the boy, who is a person of color, was “accosted” at a bus stop near Southeast Division Street and 28th Place.
Other students witnessed the incident, Westphal wrote, and a police report was filed soon after.
The story goes on to report that racist posters had been posted in the neighborhood earlier in the day.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
The SPLC reports the noose:
Follow the link for the round-up.
“Strange Fruit” 0
Warning: Graphic images from the past America pretends did not exist..
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
LeBron James’s home gets tagged with the n-word:
Several hours after the episode was disclosed, James discussed it at what became a frank and emotional news conference in Oakland at Oracle Arena, the home of the Warriors. James said the vandalism illustrated the difficulties black people faced in America.
It does not matter to the racist how accomplished a Not White person becomes. The racist will always feel superior.
Feeling superior when you got nothing to feel superior about is at the heart of racism.
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.)
