Category Archives: Race, racism and related issues

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 →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Elections and politics, Race, racism and related issues | 53 Comments  

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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Quote: Jesse Williams on Critics of Black Lives Matter (plus the petition to get him fired)

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Ampersand

From actor Jesse Williams’ award acceptance speech at the BET Awards, June 2016. And let’s get a couple things straight, just a little sidenote – the burden of the brutalized is not to comfort the bystander.That’s not our job, alright … Continue reading →

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A New Essay of Mine Has Been Published: “The Lines That Racism and Antisemitism Draw: Reflections on White Jewish Intersectionality”

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

The piece is up at Unlikely Stories. Here’s an excerpt: I fully recognize that because of my skin color I benefit from the continued white male dominance of our society, whether I want to or not. Nonetheless, I can’t help but … Continue reading →

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On Twitter, White Men With Followers Can Change Racist Behavior

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Ampersand

This researcher programmed bots to fight racism on Twitter. It worked. – The Washington Post The Post’s headline isn’t quite accurate. For one thing, they weren’t really “bots” (which to me suggests a program operating somewhat autonomously); they were puppet … Continue reading →

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