“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Decoding De Code 0
At AL.com, the adoptive mother of three daughters of Asian descent writes of her (and of their) experience.
I’m not sure that I agree with everything she says, but I do believe her article is worth a read, particularly in the light of the recent increase of incidents of violence and hatred against persons of Asian descent. Here’s a particularly telling bit:
Octopussy’s Garden 0
Tony Norman punctures Little Ricky’s bubble of racism.
(Follow the link to understand the title of this post.)
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Louisiana Republicans want to ban history in schools, at least, that is, the parts they don’t like.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom Hartmann argues Donald Trump and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers are trying to rewrite the history of the January 6 invasion of the Capitol and points out that whitewashing (I use that term advisedly) is nothing new. Here’s a bit from his article:
But what I remember most vividly about those years is the answer I got one night at dinner when I asked our kids what they learned in school that day.
“We learned about the War of Northern Aggression,” one said, explaining that the New York bankers were trying to rob people in the South and so the South had to fight back.
This is what happens when history is allowed to be re-written for over a century. And it’s happening again, today.
Follow the link for the evidence.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
At the Des Moines Register, Walter Suza takes issue with South Carolina Senator Tim Scott.
Out of the Mouths of Babes , , , , 0
In a letter to the editor of my local rag, a fourth grader nails it. Here’s a bit:
Follow the link for the entire letter (it’s the last one on the page).
Aside:
When I was in the fourth grade, I had neither the understanding nor the writing ability to–oh, never mind.
As the Twig Is Bent . . . 0
. . . and, boy! are these twigs bent.
Aside:
Back when I was a young ‘um going to school during the first years of gradual desegregation in my white high school (one black student the first year, eleven the next year, and so on), we knew better than to do stuff like this in public.
History Matters 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Tony Norman marvels at (yet more) Republicans who believe in a fairy-tale American past.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
George Santayana’s famous saying has never seemed more apt: Those who do not remember the past (or, in this case, those who would pretend the past never happened) are condemned to repeat it.
The Spate of Hate 0
Senator Mazie Hirono talks with Thom. Among the topics is the rise in hate-full acts and crimes against persons of Asian descent.
(Yet Another) Wall-Eyed Piker 0
E. J. Montini writes of local Arizona officials who called out Arizona Governor Ducey for grandstanding at the southwestern border. A snippet (emphasis added):
Sheriff David Hathaway of Santa Cruz County and Sheriff Chris Nanos of Pima County told the governor thanks, but no thanks.
Hathaway said, “We both responded saying, ‘We don’t have a migrant crisis on the border. We do not need to militarize our counties and have troops come to the border.’”
Follow the link for the rest.
(Missplet wrod fixked.)
