Author Archives: Jack Stephens

White by the Numbers

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Tammerie, who is pursuing a dissertation on anti-racism and Christian theology, blogs:
By the numbers, white people still hold a preponderance of the positions that count, out of proportion to our presence in the population, from which I would argue we are able to maintain white-privileging control over the systems and institutions that shape our society, […] Continue reading →

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The F-Word Blog First Women of Colour & Beauty Carnival kicks off…

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Soaring blogs:
This Carnival is intended to focus on beauty and what it means to and about women of color. In particular, I would like to see discussion go beyond a focus on the ways in which women of color can internalize self hatred to the ways in which women and communities of color recognize and […] Continue reading →

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Stuff White People Do

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Changeseeker blogs:
…last night, thanks to a comment by Professor Zero, I discovered a new blog called Stuff White People Do. The author is smart, right on the target, introspective and clever.
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…if you haven’t read Macon D. over at Stuff White People Do yet, then let me send you on over there post haste.
Just recognize that […] Continue reading →

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Poor White Folk and Poor Black Folk

Posted on June 29, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Malik blogs:
I think the analogy of the house negro and the field negro is better applied to the relationship between poor Black folks and poor white folks than to the relationship between poor Black folks and “Black conservatives”. Poor white folks are the ultimate house negros. They are only marginally better off than poor Black […] Continue reading →

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Reading Capital with David Harvey

Posted on June 28, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Bhupinder blogs:
Listening to David Harvey’s lectures on Capital Vol 1 not only gave me a feeling that I was re- reading Capital but also provided a refreshing enthusiasm that I had experienced when first reading the tome. Though the first three chapters are considered to be somewhat intimidating, these three chapters are also the […] Continue reading →

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Revolution?

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Jack Stephens

PudgyIndian blogs:
The good news is, “Americans get to keep their guns.” The bad news is, Americans point their guns at their fellow poor instead of the wealthy who are truly the ones “stealing their jobs” and creating suffering world wide so they can have more wealth. Continue reading →

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Hip hop activists attacked and arrested for daring to hold the NYPD accountable

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Jack Stephens

Jack blogs:
I’ve been wanting to blog about this since I heard about it last week, but Vivir Latino and illvox and Racewire and a bunch of other folks have gotten to it already…
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Obstruction of justice and resisting arrest should really be renamed the Activist Charges, since they seem to be what all of us are […] Continue reading →

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Carnival of Feminists No. 59

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Jack Stephens

The latest Carnival of Feminists is up at Philobiblon:
Welcome to the Carnival of Feminists, which begins with an apology, for the hiatus since the last, which was due to my disappearing under a deluge of work, from which I’m slowly extracting myself.
So there’s more than a month of nominations here, and I decided the best […] Continue reading →

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George Carlin is Dead

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Jack Stephens

PhysioProf blogs:
It is sad news that George Carlin has died. His mordant wit, disdain for bullshit, and penetrating insight into social and political wackaloonery have been an inspiration to many. Of course, he would have mocked the shit out of anyone who melodramatically mourned his passing. Continue reading →

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FISA, Tortoises, Obama

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Jack Stephens

JanInSanFran blogs on the recent FISA law passed by the House:
Trusting souls we if we look to Democrats to safeguard liberties. They won’t. At root, they don’t believe that any significant number of their base cares enough to make them uncomfortable when they go along to get along. They trust their white skins and their […] Continue reading →

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