“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Establishmentarians 0
At AL.com, John Archibald looks at the behavior of those politicians who would mandate that the Ten Commandments be posted in public schools and suggests that they could use some commandments of their own. Here’s two that he suggests.
- You shall make no graven idols. Except football coaches and *Confederate Generals.
- You shall not take the lord’s name in vain. Unless you’re talking to a referee or a GD libtard.
Follow the link for the rest and for the footnote about Confederate Generals.
American Stasi 0
From the Youtube page:
Veteran NBA head coach Doc Rivers sounded off on the shooting and killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis, as well as issuing a dark warning about what the future holds under the Trump administration. Rick Strom breaks it down.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Writing at the Los Angeles Times, Gustavo Arellano considers the fear expressed by Elon Muxk, Donald Trump, and their dupes, symps, and fellow travelers that (my words, not his) DEI is somehow reverse discrimination against white men and hears a rhyme from the past:
In this time in which bigots and racists seem emboldened, I commend his entire piece to your attention.
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*Mark Twain.
American Stasi, Reprise 0
Thom takes an in-depth look at what’s happening in Minneapolis and finds a straw at which to grasp.
American Stasi 0
Methinks a strong case can be made that they are practicing cannon law.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk decodes de code:
Follow the link for context.
Suffer the Children 0
As has been well-established, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
And nothing says “Republican family values” more than detaining the father of a six-year old girl on his way to pick up their supper because he’s brown.
“The Rent Is Too Damn High”
And Republicans Are Lying about Why
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Davud debunks de bunk and, in the process, explains how lies work.
American Stasi 0
Rick Strom reports on ICE agents’ handcuffing a pastor for peacefully protesting their actions.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At AL.com, John Archibald takes issue with Donald Trump’s recent claims that white persons were badly treated after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. A snippet:
Or to believe it.
Because the Civil Rights Act – the Movement itself – didn’t just make life better for Black people. It made life better for poor white people too, no matter what the anger mongers might say. It gave them voice in elections and the tools to compete in the marketplace. It broke down walls and made America better. Particularly in places like my home.
His entire article is worth the few moments it will take you to read it.
Aside:
Trump’s remark provides another bit of evidence that Richard Nixon’s southern strategy has come full circle and consumed the Republican Party.
Foxy Shady 0
Sam and the crew delight in a Fox News interview that goes absolutely not how Fox wanted it to go.
American Stasi 0
He’s an American citizen, but he looked as if he might just possibly could be of Hispanic descent, so ICE agents rammed his car.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme. Here’s bit of the cadence:
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*Mark Twain.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
The killing of a Minneapolis woman, Renee Good, by an ICE agent this week, was a tragedy, due to a situation created by Trump as a political stunt and a show of force in a state that he lost in the last election, all aimed at getting revenge on Governor Walz, who has called Trump out as a dangerous, power-mad, corrupt and petty fascist.
While it is impossible to know what went on in the mind of the ICE agent as he fired multiple times, at close range, into Good’s car, I find Kristy Noem’s version of events hard to believe. Based upon what I saw on video of the event, I imagined my own narrative of what might possibly transpire in a similar situation. My version seems as likely as the version created and pushed by the government.