“That Conversation about Race” category archive
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.
The Marketplace of Ideas
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David argues that, despite Republicans’ claims, “cancel culture” is a Republican thing.
Incarceration Nation 0
At the Inky, Will Bunch uses the recent shooting (gang fight?) in Sacramento as a starting point to consider whether self-proclaimed tough-on-crime prosecutors, who tend disproportionately to target minorities and the poor (remember New York City’s “broken windows” policy?), make a difference. After crunching the numbers, he argues that they do not, despite their preening posturing and pandering to the prejudiced.
A snippet:
Seeking Refuge 0
It has been noted that persons have responded differently to different groups of refugees; a number of examples have been in the news recently.
Here in the States, for example, some want to build a wall go keep out persons from Central America fleeing violence and climate change, while welcoming persons fleeing Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. (And this is not a new phenomenon.)
In a timely post at Psychology Today Blogs, Professor Natalia Kucirkova explores the reasons for this.
I commend it to your attention.
The Disinformation Superhighway of Hate 0
One more time, “social” media isn’t.