“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Base Desires 0
Michel in Norfolk argues that Hillary Clinton was right about the deplorables. A snippet:
Facebook Frolics 0
Devilish frolics.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Francis Wilkinson considers Donald Trump’s slogan and asks, “‘Make America great again’ for just whom, exactly?”
Follow the link for her answer.
It’s Bubblelicious 0
Thom talks with Wayne State University professor Seth D. Norrholm about the dynamics of the “cult bubble.”
What’s in a Word? 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Ellen Dohmen tries to make sense of the fuss over “woke.” A bit of her article:
Stray Thought, Still Rising Again after All These Years Dept. 0
The legacy of Richard Nixon’s odious southern strategy lives on.
In our politics, we no longer have a left-wing, a middle-of-the-road center, and a right-wing.
We have a slightly-left-of-center-wing, a characterless mush-in-the-middle that believes in nothing other than that in between is the place to be, and an unabashedly white-wing that wants to turn the clock back 160 years.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Will Bunch makes a strong case that Texas Governor Abbott is simply being mean for the sake of mean.
I think a pretty strong case can be made that, if the majority of immigrants at our Southern border were white like me, they’d not be greeted with such hostility.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire dissects the deception. Here’s how he starts his article:
Follow the link for the evidence.
Speaking of Questions . . . . 0
May it be that persons who loudly pat themselves on the back while proclaiming their patriotism, wear American flag do-rags while waving the Stars and Bars, and call for the imprisonment of those who do not look or think like them, may it be that those persons do mot fully embrace the concept expressed by the Founders that, in the phrasing of their day, “all men are created equal”?
Real Big Men 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, David Salvail is just asking a question.
Precedented 0
Al.com’s John Archibald considers the current kerfuffle over books and libraries and suggests that it’s a case of life imitating art. Here’s a bit of his article:
Trouble. With a capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for pool.
Forgive me if you don’t know the reference from “The Music Man.” It’s not just a show for the ages. Turns out it’s one for the aged.
In it the music man realizes that if he is to gain the trust of the townspeople of River City he must manufacture a threat, stoke fear and lather up loathing for a common foe. In his case, the perfect foe was a pool hall.
And today, Archibald goes on to argue, it’s libraries.
Thought Police 0
Farron discusses a Virginia pol who wants to ban children from libraries if they are not accompanied by adults. (You can learn more about this from a report in the local newspaper.)
When I was kid in elementary school, the local bookmobile would visit my school regularly. I forget now whether it was every week or two weeks or what, but, when it came, it was the highlight of my day. I would regularly check out several books because I liked to read and learn. I would check out fun books and I would check out learning books, and I would read them all before the bookmobile’s next visit.
And now comes clowns (I thought of several other terms to use, but I’ll stick with “clowns”) like this who would deny school children the opportunity to read and learn because they fear that, if children read something, they might learn something. And that, if the children learn something, they might recognize the lies they are being told.
Methinks persons who fear truth are amongst those most to be feared.
Aside:
I can’t blame Farron for getting this wrong, but it’s not “Boat-tort” County. It’s Botetourt (bot’-te-tot) County, named after Lord Botetourt.
I’m a Virginian. I know my state and its history, both the good and the bad.
The Courage of Their Conniptions 0
Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.