“That Conversation about Race” category archive
A Notion of Immigrants 0
(The flags above the right-hand door are flags of South and Central American nations.)
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
It never ends . . . .
(snip)
Authorities allege in an affidavit that Pilon went to stores in Saginaw leaving nooses attached to a note that read: “An accessory to be worn with your ‘BLM’ t-shirt. Happy protesting!” The messages were found in several places, including a Goodwill parking lot, inside a beverage cooler at a 7-Eleven and in a Walmart parking lot.
He probably thought he was being witty.
He was half-right.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Warning: Short commercial at the end.
Not that racism is intertwined in American society, history, and culture or anything like that there . . . .
Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests, v. 2.0 0
Thom points out that the phrase “voter fraud” is nothing more than Republican code for “the wrong people voting.”
“Forced Busing,” Redux 0
Methinks Noz has a point.
Aside:
For those of you who don’t know that “forced busing” was, here’s a look back.
Of course, when I was growing up in the segregated South, it wasn’t “forced busing” when I was bused past the all-black school to go to the all-white school. It was just the way things were.
Those Who Ignore History . . . . 0
A people that refuses to face its past is condemned not learn from its history.
Image via Yellowdoggranny.
If the Truth Hurts . . . 0
. . . then don’t teach the truth.
Florida Man Does the Math 0
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The plantation mentality–it’s still a thing.
Cause—>Effect—>Backlash 0
At the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Maureen Downey considers recent Georgia laws hamstringing the teaching of actual factual United States history in Georgia’s schools. A snippet; follow the link for the rest.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., counsels us to stop looking away, looking away, looking away from the party of Dixieland.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk suspects Virginia’s Governor Trumpkin of having somewhat dubious motives for a recent proposal regarding the cultivation of a certain herb.
Florida Man 0
Methinks Noz has a point.
We are a society of stupid in which bigots perpetuate ignorance so as to profit from prejudice and hate.
I am less than optimistic.
Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0
. . . and they never give a straight answer to a simple question: States’ rights to do just what, exactly?
The Blame Game, Reprise 0
At Above the Law, Chris Williams reminds us that, when you point the finger at someone, you have three fingers pointing back at yourself.