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@Megalodon: They've made it clear that their first target is trans Americans. They'll get to that mass deportation stuff when…
And now the Republicans want the same for the Capitol restrooms. After Delaware elected the first ever openly transgender member…
@Dianne I suspect all three of those are true for different Trump voters.
It’s strange that even imaginary “undecided voters” would give Trump a total pass for repeatedly defaming entire classes of people…
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Category Archives: Racism
Cartoon: We Could Let In More Immigrants
Immigration is great for the U.S.. It’s great for the economy. It’s great for our culture. Compared to those of us born here, immigrants are disproportionately of working age, disproportionately working, and disproportionately law-abiding. Immigrants are more likely to work … Continue reading
Cartoon: What I Said CAN’T Be Racist Because…
This cartoon is drawn by my most frequent collaborator, Becky Hawkins. Becky writes: Coming up with 8 different character designs is one of the treats and challenges of drawing a cartoon like this. It’s either a fun exercise, or it … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Racism
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Cancel Culture, Mimi, Jimmy, and Cowards At The University of Tennessee
This story is dispiriting and ugly. (Alternate link). When she was in the ninth grade, Mimi (who is white) sent a friend a three-second video in which Mimi used the N-word. Ms. Groves had originally sent the video, in which … Continue reading
Posted in Media criticism, norms of discourse, Racism, Society & Culture
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Reading Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen”
From page 49: “Not long ago you are in a room where someone asks the philosopher Judith Butler what makes language hurtful…Our very being exposes us to the address of others, she answers. We suffer from the condition of being … Continue reading
Posted in anti-racism, Anti-Semitism, Race, Racism
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@bcb: Sometimes I think the whole election was an elaborate murder-suicide plot that the entire country is carrying out.