“That Conversation about Race” category archive
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.
