“That Conversation about Race” category archive
The Unwelcome Mat 0
Sam and the crew discuss how Trump’s hate-full behavior is turning tourists, especially Canadian tourists, away from the United States.
Republican Thought Police 0
Heaven forbid that school students should be equipped to deal with America’s racism problems.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At Above the Law, Chris Williams points out that, under the Trump maladministration, you can be found guilty without being charged, let alone tried and convicted.
Along the same lines, Robert Reich warns that, if it could happen to members of a “them,” it could easily happen to members of an “us.”
The Unwelcome Mat 0
Per truthout, foreign governments are responding to Donald Trump’s regime of mean for the sake of mean. A snippet:
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Texas A&M professor Andrew Dessler dissects the misdirection play.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
David decodes de code. (Warning: Short promo at the six-minute mark.)
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Writing at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Andrew Sillen tells of hearing a most disturbing rhyme echoing from time spent teaching in apartheid South Africa. A nugget:
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*Mark Twain.
The Panderer 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini, discussing an injunction against the Trump maladministration’s crusade against trans persons in the military, sums up the strategy succinctly:
Follow the link for context.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
As he looks at the Trump maladministration’s attempts to move the clock back to the 1950s–if not, indeed, the 1850s– Carlton Winfrey hears many rhymes.
Link to the NPR story via Atrios.
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*Mark Twain.
How Republicans Support the Troops, One More Time 0
Republicans erase more veterans, apparently because they weren’t white enough.
Still Rising Again after All These Years, Cancel Culture Dept. 0
Have you noticed that the persons who complain about “cancel culture” are the ones doing the cancelling?
Republican Family Values, Meet a Notion of Immigrants 0
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports:
This Wisconsin man voted for Trump. Now his wife sits in an ICE detention center.
Follow the link to learn more about how much Republicans value families.
No Question of Identity 0
Veronika Tait argues that, when persons tell you who they are, you would do well to take them at their word.
How Republicans Support the Troops, Reprise 0
Today’s Republican Party honors the troops by erasing memories of them . . . .
Cemetery officials confirmed to Task & Purpose that the pages were “unpublished” to meet recent orders by President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth targeting race and gender-related language and policies in the military.
Via Driftglass.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom decodes de code.
Republican Family Values, Meet a Notion of Immigrants 0
Natch, the result of the meeting is more mean for the sake of mean.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
David dissects Elon Musk’s lies, at least, the ones he told in this interview. (Warning: Short promo at the end.)
Afterthought:
The sad–and frightening–thing is, I think Musk believes his lies, because he wants them to be truths, just as some persons believe the Confederacy was a noble cause and slaveholders were indeed the “Southern gentlemen” they fancied themselves to be.