“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Limitations of Statues 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts remarks on the hypocrisy of Republicans who would deny America’s history of racism while honoring those who fought to preserve race-based chattel slavery. A nugget:
Follow the link for her complete article.
And, while on the topic . . . . F. T. Rea reflects on Confederate statues and the removal thereof in the estwhile capital of the Confederacy.
The Privatization Scam Redux 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire detail how the current ginned-up “controversy” on critical race theory in public schools, where it is not a thing, can be traced back to Ronald Reagan’s hostility to funding the public good. A snippet (emphasis added):
What matters, instead, is generating enough ill will to drive forward the only education policy Ronald Reagan ever cared about: privatization.
Raging against Reality 0
The phrase, “white rage,” has been bandied about lately in the wake of General Milley’s takedown of the racist fulminations of Matt Gaetz.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Rupert Nacoste offers a definition of what exactly that is. Here’s a bit (emphasis added); follow the link for the full article.
“White rage” is racial neo-diversity anxiety catching that fire. Imagine being made to feel safe by a false sense of racial superiority and then suddenly having to deal with real information that made it clear that your beliefs about “them” were false; they were stereotypes that had nothing to do with real people. Panicked distress; violent emotions; erratic, irrational (lashing out) behavior (call the police); all that occurs because of having to face the now-very-real member of that group — one of “them” standing up to you demanding respect.
Afterthought:
If all you’ve got on which to hang your identity is the color of your skin, you are poor and hollow person indeed.
Old Wine, Just a New Barrel 0
At The Roanoke Times, John Kitterman takes a long and thoughtful look at the who-shot-john around critical race theory. He points out that, for persons who pay attention to history, there is really nothing new or surprising about it, except, perhaps, its name.
He also finds nothing surprising about some of the attacks being levied against it. For example (emphasis added):
I commend the entire article to your attention.
All the News that Fits, Backlash Dept. 0
Sam and his crew discuss Tucker Carlson’s white rage.
Aside:
I wish I could write “rage against the marine,” but General Milley is not a Marine.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
A school board meeting descends into chaos because white fragility can’t handle the truth (emphasis added).
Critical race theory is an academic term that has been misappropriated by mostly white conservatives (i. e., white supremacists–ed.) in the wake of the New York Times’ Pulitzer Prize–winning 1619 Project as a stand-in for almost any educational discussion that might frame US history through a critical racial lens.
We are a society of stupid.
Need To Know 0
General Mark Milley responds to statements from Matt Gaetz regarding critical race theory.
Via Juanita Jean.
Yes, Systemic Racism Is Baked into the American Pie 0
Heck, at an Atlanta IKEA, it was even on the menu.
Facebook Frolics 0
Afterthought:
Lots of folks don’t seem to realize that the internet is a public place.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The Sons of Confederate Veterans (a group which glorifies treasonous insurrectionis–oh,never mind files suit against limitations of statues.
Signs of the Times 0
In a larger article over the (frankly, ginned up and phony) fuss over critical race theory, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Bill Torpy includes this observation, almost as an aside:
The last time I looked at the sign, perhaps a year ago, it had changed to the “War for Southern Independence.”
I suppose that’s progress.
Follow the link for the rest.
About Those Chickens 0
Sometimes they do, indeed, come home to roost.
Origins (of an) Issue 0
David Neiwert takes a long look at why, after languishing in the obscurity of academia for four decades, “critical race theory” has become the target of a crusade by right-wingers and their dupes, symps, and fellow travelers.
I commend his piece to your attention.
“If You Don’t Talk about It, It Didn’t Happen” 0
LZ Granderson ponders on the reasons for opposing the discussion of critical race theory. A snippet:
Follow the link for the rest.
Afterthought:
I’m a Southern boy.
I had ancestors who held (as the expression goes) slaves.
I don’t feel guilty about it, because I wasn’t there. But I will be damned if I will participate in excusing or exculpating or whitewashing (you will pardon the expression) their sin.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
The Orlando Sentinel’s Scott Maxwell explores how Florida’s governor managed to pander to the prejudiced and procure plaudits from right-wing media while changing practically nothing. Maxwell looks at a recently passed Florida law that purportedly requires employers to check the legal status of job applicants using the federal “E-Verify” system, except when it doesn’t. A nugget (emphasis added):
“But There’s No Other Possible Explanation” 0
In the December issue of Psychology Today, Jennifer Latson explores why smart people can believe dumb things, such as the notion that
- 5G cell towers cause COVID-19;
- the January 6 invaders of the Capitol were “Antifa crisis actors” pretending to be Trump supporters; and
- honesty about this nation’s racist history causes more racism.
A snippet; follow the link for the rest.
Follow the link for the rest.