Author Archives: Rachel S.

September Erase Racism Carnival

Posted on September 10, 2007 by Rachel S.

This month’s Carnival will be held at Reading, Writing, and Living. The Erase Racism Carnival is a collection of blog posts dedicated to creating a world free of racism. The Carnival is published around the 20th of every month. If … Continue reading →

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Most and Least Segregated Cities for American Indians and Alaska Natives

Posted on September 6, 2007 by Rachel S.

Editor’s Note: This post is a follow-up to a series of earlier posts. If you are confused about some of the measures of segregation, you can look at this post from July 2nd where I discuss the different dimensions of … Continue reading →

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Xenophobia and Racism Affect Black School Children in Ireland

Posted on September 3, 2007 by Rachel S.

I’ve written in the past about European countries being forced to confront racism and xenophobia, which is especially the case in nations where large scale immigration is making the countries more ethnically and racially diverse. One of the latest countries … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc, International issues, Race, racism and related issues | 23 Comments

From the Department of Hypocrites–More Republican Bathroom Sex

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Rachel S.

Idaho Senator Larry Craig was arrested and pled guilty to disorderly conduct after he was caught propositioning an undercover police officer for sex in an airport bathroom.  Pam has the run down on his votes on key gay/lesbian policy issues: … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics, Homophobic zaniness/more LGBTQ issues, In the news, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues | 25 Comments

A Few Random Comments About the God's Warriors Series

Posted on August 25, 2007 by Rachel S.

I’m going to organize this as bullet points for each episode.  Gods Jewish Warriors I thought this was the best one of the series.  It was balanced in showing both the extremist settlers, and the more mainstream Jews who were … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics, Feminism, sexism, etc, Homophobic zaniness/more LGBTQ issues, International issues, Media criticism, Palestine & Israel | 4 Comments

Are you watching God's Warrior's on CNN?

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Rachel S.

CNN is airing a special on relgious fundamentalism; it is a 3 part series.  Tonight is God’s Jewish Warriors, and in the next two days they will cover God’s Christian Warriors and God’s Muslim Warriors.  If you are watching, what do … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics, Media criticism, Palestine & Israel | 6 Comments

Congestion Pricing in New York City

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Rachel S.

New York City has been debating the merits of a program that would charge drivers a $8.oo a day fee to travel into the most congested part of Manhattan during peak travel hours (For those unfamiliar with New York, we’re talking … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Edwards: Being White and Male is a Fundraising Disadvantage

Posted on August 14, 2007 by Rachel S.

In another ignorant white people moment, we have this comment from Elizabeth Edwards. As her husband trails Clinton and Obama in national polls, Elizabeth Edwards has been an outspoken critic of his opponents. Last month, she said her husband would … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Elections and politics, Race, racism and related issues | 57 Comments

Dumb Headline of the Week

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Rachel S.

This one from the AP “Whites now minority in 1 in 10 counties.” Couldn’t this headline also be “Whites majority in 9 of 10 counties”? And it is really funny given the discussion that Rory and I were having in … Continue reading →

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Whiteness=Nerdiness??

Posted on August 4, 2007 by Rachel S.

Tariq sent me this link from a NYT article, which I later read in my backlog of post vacation newspapers.  The article discusses Dr. Mary Bucholtz’s research on the connection between nerdiness and whiteness.  The article says, Nerdiness, she has … Continue reading →

Posted in Media criticism, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Race, racism and related issues | 51 Comments