“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0
. . . and they’re mailing it in.
(snip)
At least three businesses here (The Bronx–ed.) including Archie’s tap and table and Caliente’s seafood – another black owned business – were allegedly targeted.
The story goes on to say that, for all practical purposes, that particular neighborhood used to be a sundown town.
Courting Disaster 0
Robert Reich is less than impressed by the track record of Supreme Supremacist Court Chief Justice John Roberts. A nugget:
Blind Justice 0
Honest to Pete, you can’t make this stuff up.
Twits Own Twitter 0
Sam and his crew discuss the most fragile ego of them all.
Afterthought:
If Elon Musk destroys Twitter, as seems quite likely at this point, he will have quite inadvertently performed a positive public service.
People of the Book 0
At Chron.com, University of Texas at Austin Professor Eric MacDaniel examines what’s behing the emergence of “Christian nationalism” as a political force. Frankly, I do not find his findings at all surprising; it goes back to original sin–America’s original sin of chattel slavery justified by racism, that is. A snippet:
Follow the link for a detailed and thorough analysis.
Originalist Sin 0
At AL.com, Auburn University Professor Colin Gabler parses the phraseology that makes some rights seem less inalienable than others.
(Stupid writing error corrected.)
I Think I No the Answer 0
Michael in Norfolk has a question:
Follow the link for his thoughts on the matter.
Courting Disaster 2
Sam and his crew discuss the latest antics of the Supremacist Supreme Court and their inimical implications.
God Forbid That Anyone Should Ever Try To Right a Wrong 0
Supremacists gotta supremacist.
I’m a Southern Boy. I grew up under Jim Crow and went to segregated schools.
I know racists when I see them.
Courting Disaster 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of The Roanoke Times confesses that he was wrong.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., answers some mail.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk argues that Republicans have ripped off their hoods masks and shown their true colors. A snippet:
Aside:
It certainly worked for Virginia’s Governor Trumpkin.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini spells it out.
