“That Conversation about Race” category archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The Secesh are rising again after all these years, but doing so oh so politely.
Details at the link.
Republican Family Values 0
Brian Kilmeade apologizes for letting the mask slip saying homeless persons should be executed.
Both Sides Don’t 0
Thom discusses the “both sides” scam and how false balance fuels extremism. (Warning: Commercial at about the five minute mark.)
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Yastreblyansky hears a rhyme goose-stepping down the path of history.
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*Mark Twain.
A Notion of Immigrants, Rule of Lawless Dept. 0
Der Spiegel reports on the release of Andry Romero from the El Salvadoran prison to which the Trump maladministration had renditioned him because he spoke with an accent and had innocent tattoos and notes that
The article is a painful and disheartening read, but, unfortunately, a necessary one in these Trumpled times.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Aside:
Back when I was a road warrior, I spent a lot of time in Chicago. I loved my time in Chi Town.
Chicago is a toddling town that won’t let you down.
Maybe those folks who are disparaging it should stop listening to Fox News and give it a visit
Courting Disaster 0
Chris talks with civil rights attorney Sherrilyn Ifill abour recent rulings by the Supreme Supremacist Court.
Republican Thought Police 0
The editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun finds it distressing that the Trump maladministration is coming after an honorably-discharged veteran for having the unmitigated gall to peacefully stand up to Donald Trump’s not-so-secret police. Here’s a tiny bit from their editorial:
Take note that Mavalwalla is not accused of striking officers, vandalizing vehicles or destroying property. While some other participants were arrested at the time of the protest, Mavalwalla wasn’t among them. Nor is he accused of participating in any violence or property destruction. Instead, weeks later, on the day he was moving into a new home with his girlfriend and children, the FBI arrived at dawn, shackled him in front of his family and charged him with “conspiracy to impede or injure officers.” He now faces the possibility of a $250,000 fine, up to six years in prison and an additional three years of supervised release.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Writing at the Inky, Jenice Armstrong finds herself dismayed the Trump maladministration’s attempts to retaliate against Congresswoman LaMonica McIver for trying to do her job.
No summary of excerpt can capture the scope and nuance of Armstrong’s piece. Just go read it.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Sam talks with Ari Berman about how John Roberts’s Supreme Supremacist Court has been working to gut the Voting Rights Act that, per the Encyclopedia Britannica, “aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) to the Constitution of the United States.”
America’s original sin of chattel slavery continues to take its toll.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme. Here’s a couplet:
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Via The Charlotte Observer, University of Kansas professor Robert C. Schwaller points out that today’s Confederate sympathizers are redoubling their efforts to whitewash–I use that term advisedly–the legacy of chattel slavery.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk decodes de code. A snippet:
America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the myth of racial superiority fabricated to justify it continue to take their toll.