“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At my local rag, Margaret Edds discusses Virginia Governor Trumpkin’s apparent reluctance to allow schools to teach history that actually happened. Here’s a tiny bit of her article:
Such developments must not signal a retreat from a long-overdue, more truthful telling of Virginia history.
Afterthought:
She says “they must not,” but I got a dollar to a doughnut that they do, at least as long as the party of the New Secesh holds power.
Forced Bussing 0
I’m so old that I can remember when racist bigots were against forced bussing.
If at First You Don’t Secede, Try, Try Again 0
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
Aside:
I agree with Farron that these persons are, indeed, bonkers.
They are also dangerous.
Where is HUAC when we need them? Because it doesn’t get much more unAmerican than this.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
We are a society of stupid. And venal.
The Profilers 0
B-B-B-But he fit their profile.
Facebook Frolics 0
The Zuckerborg is a soulless monster.
And, in further proof that “social” media isn’t, there’s Florida Woman.
A Notion of Immigrants, Reprise 0
Stephen discusses Governor DeSantis’s human trafficking of immigrants, plus a couple of other matters.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
As near as I can tell, the single underlying core value of today’s Republican Party is mean for the sake of mean.
PoliticalProf has a thought on this same issue.
Misdirection Play, CRT Dept. 0
At Crooks and Liars, Newshound Ellen follows the money.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Solomon Jones is fed up with the rule of flaw.
Deja Vu All Over Again 0
As Mark Twain once said, “History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”
Nor Any Drop To Drink 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., explores the reasons underlying the failure of Jackson, Mississippi’s water system.
Afterthought:
No surprises here.