“That Conversation about Race” category archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
At The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Bill Torpy tells of what happened when Doordash driver’s GPS sent him to the wrong house in an affluent Atlanta neighborhood and of the politeness that ensued thereafter.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
New Jersey pastors call out the Republican lieutenant-governor candidate for racist, bigoted remarks. Here’s what she said:
Here’s part of the pastors’ response; follow the link for the rest.
Senator Allen is not alone in using this dangerous rhetoric. She joins the ranks of elected officials and cable news pundits who have sought to offload accountability for failed efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 on migrants crossing the southern border.
It should come as no surprise that their claims have been thoroughly debunked.
Immunity Impunity
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At NJ.com, Brooke Barnett and Lauren Bonds argue that “qualified immunity” should be abolished. An excerpt:
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Qualified immunity communicates to police officers that they are above the law and tells them they can act with impunity. As recent experience tells us, it’s difficult to prevent officers from engaging in misconduct without accountability. Recent experience also tells us that there is a growing and broad consensus that police officers should face real consequences when they abuse their authority. With every new report of an abuse of civil rights or, in some cases, death, calls for change have grown.
Immunity Impunity
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More folks who just can’t seem to stop themselves.
Karen Karen-Like 0
They just can’t seem to help themselves.
Back to Basics 0
At the Orlando Sentinel, law professor Jeremy I. Lewitt cuts gets down to brass tacks on the kerfuffle about critical race theory:
Follow the link for the rest.
Limitations of Statues 0
The Roanoke Times carries a letter written to the presiding Judge in Floyd County, Virginia, regarding a Confederate monument. Remember, these monuments were erected around the beginning of the Twentieth Century to remind black persons of “their place.”
A snippet; follow the link for the rest.
All the News History that Fits
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As one who trained as an historian (focus on ante bellum U. S. Southern), who has never lost interest in it, and who has ancestors who held slaves (as the saying goes), I can attest what Hawley would pass off as America’s history is a fable, a tale told by an idiot, unmoored from fact and adrift in a sea of white supremacy. (I’ll stop now, lest I sink into profanity).
We are a society of stupid.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
If you wonder why there’s so much fuss over critical race theory, which nobody outside of academia had heard of until a couple of months ago, the answer is simple.
To paraphrase Jack Nicholson, “They can’t handle the truth,” so they want to look away, look away, look away, to Dixieland.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The Republican Party is the party of racism.
Painting Over the Past 0
And it’s not just Texas, folks.
Many more states wish truth and justice expelled from the American way.
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . where you can be labeled “disruptive” while you are fast asleep.
A Woke-Up Call 0
Rich white folks want their money back from a Catholic school because it exercised what was once known as “Christian charity.” (The plaintiffs say that they want only a return to traditional Catholic values, which, I guess in their view, do not include awareness of injustice, hate, and bigotry.)
Here’s a bit of the news story; follow the link for the rest (emphasis added).
Then, as she marked up the 45-page filing by philanthropists Anthony and Barbara Scarpo against Academy of the Holy Names in Tampa, she decided someone needed to respond.
The suit, filed June 26, alleged that her old school had “become woke” by focusing too much on diversity and equity, and had strayed from Catholic teaching. The Scarpos demanded refunds of donations and tuition. They said the academy should stop billing itself as a Catholic institution.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.