“That Conversation about Race” category archive
The Middle Finger Having Writ . . . . 0
(Open tag fixed)
William Jones, president of a small Christian* college in the midwest, tells his tale. Here’s how he begins:
They drew a chalk outline of a dead body with the words “rest in peace my friend” and “make Lindsborg white again.” They wrote messages that were disgusting and completely contrary to Bethany’s core values and intellectual identity.
A few days later, a man who is not a student at Bethany and does not even live in Lindsborg called my office at the college to say that he and four other people were the ones who had committed this despicable act. He refused to disclose who his companions were, and no others have admitted to participating. And then he said something chilling: He said that he wrote the chalk messages because Bethany College has been recruiting students of color – and because I have adopted two biracial children.
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*I’ve not heard of his school, but I must say that it sounds like a “Christian” college in the “Christian” sense of the word, rather than in the “conservative” sense of the word.
Fair Game 0
Thom and his guest, Professor D. Watkins, explore why cops and their supports are okay with killing black folks.
Gun Whites 0
Eugene Robinson notes the disparity.
Follow the link to find out why he said that.
Rotten Apples Fall from Rotten Trees 0
Shorter Alfred Doblin: Like father, like son.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Gene Nichol comments about North Carolina Republicans’ gut-out-the-vote effort; he minces no words, though he does mince Republicans’ lame justifications for racial discrimination in the franchise. A nugget:
I can attest that Republican leaders take potent umbrage at being compared to the segregationists of a half-century ago. But why is that? Is it because they seek only to disenfranchise blacks, not to hang or shoot or beat or use water cannons on them? Is the implicit suggestion that, given the treatment their grandparents got, African-Americans today ought to be grateful their government now pursues only electoral suppression?
A Deplorable, in His Own Words 0
It would seem that the new term for “white” is “European.”
Jesus.
H/T to Susie Sampson for having the tenacity to confront him.
Root Causes 0
This is America.
Of course it’s about race. Slavery is America’s original sin and race is the filter that distorts everything else.
Video via Raw Story.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
I recently had occasion to take issue with someone who, in the context of another discussion, characterized the American Civil War as a “mass uprising” against government misconduct.
As my two or three regulars readers might guess, I begged to differ. Well, maybe “begged” isn’t exactly the right word. I’m rather proud of what I said, so I’d like to share it here, with some slight editing. It’s below the fold, if you are interested (in fact, it’s below the fold even if you are not interested).
What’s in a Word? 0
Using the actions of Maine’s Governor LePage as a starting point, Christine Emba marvels that some persons seem more concerned about being called “racists” than about being racist. A snippet:
The Rendering 0
It would seem that everything gets rendered unto Caesar.
These persons worship no Jesus that I know.
When Will White Folks Stop Lying to Themselves? 0
Tony Norman points out that it was called “slave labor” for a reason.
