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Thanks for the links, Richard. I read some of "These Things Are True" after you linked it in your newsletter,…
I thought I'd share some links to articles, newsletters, etc., often but not always written by Iranians: * The Factory…
That wasn't on purpose, but now that you mention it, I see it too. Neat.
Since you don't mention it in the chicken fat list it must be just pareidolia that makes me see the…
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Category Archives: Race, racism and related issues
From “My Adventures as a Social Poet,” by Langston Hughes
Mark Nowak’s post on Harriet, “Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of…”: On Wisconsin, Michigan, and the most famous question in the USA,” which is well worth reading in its own right, makes reference to the … Continue reading →
Right Speech vs. White Privilege:
ETA: My curiosity took me to the Wikipedia page for Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, and it turns out that O’Brien’s comparison is even less apt than I initially thought: The village’s long name cannot be considered an authentic Welsh-language toponym. It was artificially … Continue reading →
This is Hatred–Shameful, Disgraceful, Unnerving, Frightening, Racist, Xenophobic, Islamophobic Hatred
Apologies for posting twice in such quick succession, but I saw this video on Facebook and I just had to post it. It speaks for itself, though I especially appreciated the woman who calls out, “One nation under God, not … Continue reading →
Teaching Cornelius Eady’s “Brutal Imagination”
One of the projects I have set myself for this tenth year after the September 11 attacks on New York City and Washington DC is to read all the books of poems I own that were published in 2001. I … Continue reading →
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Quote: Make It More Ethnic
I have been on sets before when a director says ‘can you make it more ethnic?’ I always say ‘can you demonstrate to me how you want it done?’ That usually ends it. –Yvette Nicole Brown Reading this article by … Continue reading →
Microaggressions
My wife pointed me to an excellent, if infuriating, blog last night, and I was up until 2 AM reading through it. Microaggressions is a blog about the little daily fuck-yous that populate the world if your race, gender, ethnicity, … Continue reading →
Identity, Class Politics, and the Burgis
Originally posted on my blog The Mustard Seed. My lifelong friend (since 1st grade ya’ll!) and activists and organizer in the Filipino American community, Carlo, recently posted a piece on his blog on Asian American Studies (specifically at San Francisco … Continue reading →
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Cupcakes With a Side of Racism!
Uh…Duncan Hines? Really, Duncan Hines? Yeah, they pulled the ad. But seriously, nobody looking at this thought, “Jesus Chrimbus, are those cupcakes wearing blackface?” Yep, we’re a post-racial America, all right.
Why Barack Won't Get Angry
One of the truly annoying memes among my fellow lefties has been the recurring demand that Barack Obama get angry. “Why won’t he fight the right?” goes the mantra, as if Obama pushing through a health care plan and massive, … Continue reading →
Oscar Grant's Life Is Worth Two Years
Johannes Mehserle, the white transit cop who accidentally drew his gun rather than his taser (completely different weight and placement on his body), and then accidentally turned off his gun’s safety, and then accidentally shot Oscar Grant, a young black … Continue reading →
Watcher: I can’t really subscribe to the school of thought that intervention is obviously, tautologically, evidently wrong but I also…