“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Taking the Low Road 0
A century after the Tulsa riot, which destroyed a thriving black neighborhood and led to the murder of many of its residents by the white mob, Oklahoma has chosen to name a highway after Donald Trump.
The Void 0
At NJ.com, a woman describes witnessing first-hand an outburst of hatred against an aged man of Asian descent. It is quite appalling. But, in her article, I think she may have gotten to a nugget of truth:
Follow the link and read the rest.
Mulling Over Pulling Over 0
In an odd bit of synchronicity yesterday, both a columnist at AL.com and the writer of a letter to the editor of The Roanoke Times tell stories of traffic stops that occurred in their pasts.
In both cases, they wonder whether, if they had been not-white, they’d be alive to tell their tales. Follow the links for their stories.
All the History that Fits 0
Thom takes a look at the new Texas law designed to whitewash (you will pardon the expression) American history.
Rand Gestures 0
Sam and Emma discuss Rand Paul’s rejection of the concept of the common good.
They Can’t Handle the Truth . . . 0
. . . so they want to make it go away.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Sam and his guest, Dr. Michael Luo, discuss the roots and history of American bigotry against Asians in general and Chinese and Japanese in particular.
Suffer the Children 0
A sadistic shopper:
Aside:
Am I the only one to see a contradiction in the last two sentences of the excerpt.
Suffer the Children 0
There is a crisis at the southwestern border of the United States, but it’s not the one that right-wingers and Fox News portray.
The Money That Was Followed 0
In a follow-up relevant to the previous post, David and his guest, Jim Freeman, Director of the Social Movement Support Lab at the University of Denver and author of the book “Rich Thanks to Racism: How the Ultra-Wealthy Profit from Racial Injustice,” discuss how businesses and plutocrats (yes, I think that seemingly archaic term is appropriate) profit from maintaining racism.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Mother Jones follow the money.
American Taliban 0
Thom’s guest discusses the cultural similarities between American white supremacists and Muslim extremists.