Category Archives: Race, racism and related issues

from “The Lines That Antisemitism and Racism Draw”

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Today is Shabbat Nachamu, the Sabbath of Consolation. Last year at this time, I was on a family vacation in Europe, sitting in our host’s dining room in Sweden, early in the morning while everyone else was still asleep, and … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: N-World Alternatives For White Pundits

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Ampersand

If you enjoy these cartoons, please support them on Patreon! Even a dollar pledge means a lot to me. This cartoon is lampooning two things I’ve seen right-wingers do: First, claim that it’s racist that Black people but not white … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: How is THAT Racist?

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Ampersand

If you enjoy my cartoons, please support them on Patreon! Even a pledge of $1 means a bunch to me. Transcript of Cartoon Panel 1 is a title panel, with nothing but lettering. LETTERING: White People Ask… How is THAT … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: “The Democrats Abandoned Blue Collar Voters”

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Ampersand

If you enjoy these cartoons, please support them on Patreon. This is something that I hear and read frequently, and it always annoys me: People who say “blue collar” or “working class” when what they mean is white working class … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: White Priorities

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Ampersand

If you like these cartoons, please support them on Patreon. You can also read lots and lots more cartoons there, whether you’re a supporter or not. * * * Odd trivia: Anti-racist cartoons are by far the ones that are … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: The Hunt For Voter Fraud

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Ampersand

Read the comic on Fusion! TRANSCRIPT OF COMIC Panel 1 A rather cliched-looking hunter, a white man wearing a thick vest with many pockets and a plaid cap with earflaps, is creeping through a woodsy area, holding a rifle and … Continue reading →

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New Cartoon on The Nib: “On The Thirteenth Amendment”

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Ampersand

Originally published by The Nib.

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The Electoral College Was Created To Protect Slavery

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Ampersand

The common belief that the electoral college was created to protect the interests of smaller states is a myth. Historian Paul Finkelman writes (pdf link): The implication of Hardaway’s argument is that the electoral college was created to placate the … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Who We Call Racist

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Ampersand

Please support these cartoons at Patreon. One thing that continually bugs me is the “racists are unicorns” view, which I hear usually but not exclusively from the right. Basically, in this view, almost no one is racist, and no act … Continue reading →

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I Just Learned About the Equal Justice Initiative – If You Don’t Know About It, You Should

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

In “The Lines That Antisemitism and Racism Draw,” a series of letters I composed during the summer of 2016 that were published in December of that year, I wrote about the stolpersteine, an art project started by the German artist Gunter … Continue reading →

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