“That Conversation about Race” category archive
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Another reminder that mean for the sake of mean is a Republican family value.
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Thom rails about “Kavanaugh stops.”
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Yet another legal law-abiding immigrant of South American heritage is snatched up by ICE and sent to a concentration camp detention center.
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This case has been mentioned in these electrons before, but Rick Strom’s commentary is well worth a listen.
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Rick Strom comments on the rule of lawless as exercised by Stephen Miller’s ICE, ada, the American Stasi.
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Michael in Norfolk:
Follow the link. Read the rest.
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John Young, in a longer article about how how we should celebrate exercising our right duty to vote, notes, almost in passing, that
I commend his entire piece to your attention.
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The only surprising thing about this story is that he’s being held to account.
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And this surprises you how (emphasis added)?
Details at the link.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
Thom argues that the arc of American conservatism is wrong, for it bends towards fascism, spurred on by America’s original sin of chattel slaver.
Watch the video for his reasoning.
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More (somewhat bizarre but very real) evidence that the Trump maladministration’s crackdown on immigrants is all about the color of their skin.
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The agents blocked his work truck with unmarked vehicles, broke its windows, and pointed guns at the passengers, according to Portillo. He said his requests for a warrant or explanation of the stop were denied.
He’s been a naturalized citizen for over a decade, has a clean record, and owns a successful small business.
But he has brown skin.
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ICE agents attacked and injured an American citizen as he was walking to his school. Here’s a snippet from the report:
(Santa Maria City Council member Gloria–ed.) Soto said it appears the student was racially profiled.
Afterthought:
I do not see how anyone who’s paying attention can take issue with Soto’s statement.
Methinks the proper spelling of ICE under the Trump maladministration has become “KKK.”