“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
No surprises here:
In a post on his Truth Social account, Trump repeatedly referred to Haley, the daughter of immigrants from India, as “Nimbra.” Haley, the former South Carolina governor, was born in Bamberg, South Carolina, as Nimarata Nikki Randhawa. She has always gone by her middle name, “Nikki.” She took the surname “Haley” upon her marriage in 1996.
Trump, himself the son, grandson and twice the husband of immigrants, called Haley “Nimbra” three times in the post and said she “doesn’t have what it takes.”
Much more at the link.
Afterthought:
Ii seems relevant to note that, when Donald Trump’s ancestors arrived in the U. S., the family’s name was “Drumpf.”
Suffer the Children 0
We are again reminded that that is not a quotation from scripture. This is a Republican Family Value.
Today’s Republican Party has become the party of mean for the sake of mean.
“A God among Men” 0
Afterthought:
If Elon Musk, just to pick one rather obvious example, has demonstrated anything, it’s that our society really needs to stop equating bank balances to IQ points.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
Establishmentarians 0
At the Kansas City Star, professors Victoria Johnson and Karen Piper take a look at the unholy alliance between right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians and today’s Republican Party. Here’s a brief bit of their piece:
Fundamentalists within many religions believe their interpretations are the absolute truth, and that those who oppose their claims to speak for God are characterized as evil and must be converted or destroyed. Such religious beliefs are used to maintain authoritarian political control today in theocracies such as Iran and Afghanistan, and supported the legitimacy of past monarchies in France and Great Britain through the “divine right of kings” — which is one reason America’s Founding Fathers were adamant about the separation of church and state.
“A Notion of Immigrants” Meets “Republican Family Values” 0
it would seem that one of the cardinal Republican Family Values is mean for the sake of mean.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The Republican effort to normalize sedition continues apace.
Still Rising Again after All These Years, Reprise 0
Thom dissects a racist fund raising email he received from Donald Trump’s campaign and the troubling implications of news media’s failure to call out racism, whether it be subtle or blatant.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Derefe Kimarley Chevannes sees a pattern repeating itself:
Yet, America seems intent on repeating its noxious history of Black oppression.
Follow the link for the evidence.
Fright-Wing Politics 0
Thom discusses Donald Trump’s resort to stochastic terrorism so as to protect his assets.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Diane Roberts serves up the story of the Civil War, Southern style.
No excerpt or paraphrase will do her piece justice. Just go read it.
A Notion of Immgrants 0
Methinks Atrios pretty much nails it.
Aside:
Today’s Republican Party understands buy-partisan. Indeed, it is a treasured Republican Family Value.
In contrast, it finds the concept of bipartisan repelling.
None Dare Call It (Domestic) Terrorism . . . 0
. . . but, according to the Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini, it most certainly is.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Patrick Henry once said
It appears that the New Secesh beg to differ. It appears that they are choosing to secede again, only, this time, without bothering to put it in writing.
