“That Conversation about Race” category archive
“Laboratories of Autocracy” 0
Sam talks with David Pepper about how Republicans craft their skills to gut out the vote.
Decoding De (Color) Code 0
Gordon Weil translates.
Plus Ca Change 0
At The Roanoke Times, Jeff E. Shapiro argues that, in Virginia, it’s 1885 all over again.
The Politics of Moral (Pseudo) Panics 0
Thom wonders, “Who are they going after next?”
Ipso Facto 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini comments on a law progresssing through the Arizona legislature to ban teaching critical race theory in schools, where it is not taught. A snippet:
Affirmation 0
At AL.com, Roy L. Johnson affirms the action.
More than once during my career I heard some form of this: “You’re really here because you’re Black.”
More than once did I respond: “And you’re really here because you’re white, so guess we’re even.”
Follow the link for the rest.
Those Who Ignore History . . . . 0
At AL.com, Auburn professor Elena Aydarova, descendant of emigrants from soviet Russia, writes of the hazards of pretending that what happened didn’t happen. Here’s bit of her article (emphasis added); follow the link for the rest.
My family bears the memory of what happens when states weaponize such types of teachings. My great grandfather was executed in the Soviet purges of the 1930s – a time when anyone who disagreed with the state dictums paid the ultimate price. Among those who lost their lives were teachers, educators, academics, and researchers. My family rarely discussed his story, but I learned one important lesson to share with the world – when governments decide to ban academic theories and concepts because they are deemed as “divisive” and “dangerous,” they undermine democracy and pave the way for authoritarianism.
Thought Police, Redux 0
Heaven forbid that students should be exposed to ideas and facts while at school.
We are a society of stupid.
Freedom of Screech 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice explains that one thing is not like the other thing. An excerpt; follow the link for more.
All That Was Old Is New Again, Reprise 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts celebrates an honest Republican. A nugget:
“We should have voting, in my opinion, in person, one day on paper, with no electronic means and hand counting that day,” he said, during a Wednesday hearing on an election bill. “We need to get back to 1958-style voting.”
Ah yes, 1958, the golden era for those of a certain hue. The good old days when we could use literacy tests and poll taxes to keep certain people (you know who you are) from having a vote.
More celebration at the link.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Will Bunch looks at the current right-wing freak-out over book learnin’. A snippet:
Image via Job’s Anger.
Racism Supreme 0
Thom discusses today’s Republican Party’s embrace of racism as it relates to the recent vacancy on the Supreme Court.
Thought Police 0
Michael in Norfolk discusses the right-wing’s war on thoughts. A snippet:
Still Rising Again . . . . 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, Andrew Straus suggests that the United States could learn from how Germany deals with the legacy of Nazism and the Holocaust.
In the course of the discussion, he gets to the nub of the current fuss in the United States over critical race theory and “divisive concepts” (emphasis added):
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
Conceptualizing Governor Trumpkin 0
Noting the Virginia’s new Republican governor wants to ban “divisive concepts” from public schools, Jim Marchman, writing at The Roanoke Times, wonders precisely what that term encompasses. For example:
Afterthought:
Of course, Marchman purposely misses the point to make his point.
As Paul Krugman pointed out (see below), a “divisive concept” is nothing more than one which makes Governor Trumpkin and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers feel uncomfortable.