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“That Conversation about Race” category archive

A Consummation Devoutly To Be Wished 0

A jury gets one right

Aside:

These days, that seems to be a rarity.

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None Dare Call It Terrorism . . . 0

. . . but it is.

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If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0

Leonard Pitts, Jr., explains.

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Selective Deception, School Daze Dept. 0

Book standing on end, slightly opened, titled

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Dis Coarse Discourse, One More Time,
Boebert Is the New Gohmert Dept.
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Dis Coarse Discourse, Reprise 0

Bus Stop Guy:  I can't believe they kicked me out of the school board meeting.  Lemont:  I saw that on the news.  You were way out of line.  Bus Stop Guy:  I was a concerned paren exercising his first amendment rights.  Lemont:  You shouted that fif they let teachers teach kids about racism, you'd (censored) them, (censored) their cats and dogs, and (censored on their potted plants.  (Pause)  Bus Stop Guy:  This is America.  Parents have a right to voice their concerns passionately.  Lemont

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A Lawyer’s Tale 0

At The Roanoke Times, Bill Leighty tells the story of Oliver W. Hill.

Just read it.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Agitprop frolics.

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The Card Has Been Dealt 0

Get out of Jail free cardJoe Patrice argues that the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse bodes ill for the rule of law.

The devolution continues.

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CRT: Corrosive Racist Tactics 0

Writing at Above the Law, Chris Williams explains how the right-wing is using their made-up anguish oover “critical race theory” as a Trojan horse to fuel the culture war and recruit new adherents. Here’s a tiny bit of his piece:

Conservative activist and Manhattan Institute fellow Christopher Rufo said the quiet part out loud and openly admitted that the plan was to group any and all “cultural insanities” under the CRT umbrella back in March.

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“Snowflakes” 0

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has little patience with those who would deny history and the teaching thereof.

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The Victim 0

Boy with assault rifle to two persons on a sidewalk:  Y'all know of any riots I can defend myself from?

Via Job’s Anger.

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Both Sides Don’t 0

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Turning Point 0

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Desecration.

And, in yet more rising again . . . .

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School Daze 0

PoliticalProf.

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A Culture of Cry Babies 0

Noam Shpancer looks at dis coarse discourse and concludes that Americans need to grow the heck up.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

General Gerrymander’s charge.

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The Crack Down Cracks Apart 0

Johns Hopkins University professors Susan Sherman and Saba Rouhani examine research that shows that “zero tolerance” policing not only doesn’t reduce crime, it can actually exacerbate it.

The theory of zero-tolerance policing says that if these people not picked up for their low-level offenses, there would be public safety consequences. But our preliminary research showed that the answer was almost always that they did not.

Follow the link for their evidence.

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The Victim 0

PoliticalProf parses the perfidy.

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