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I disagree. I do think there are ways that men are hurt by sexism that have no equivalent in your…
Speaking as a man I would never join an organisation that focuses on men's issues. To do so would be…
Why are there no dedicated left orgs like that? In the UK there's the Men and Boys Coalition. In the…
I’ll address the final part of your comment separately. Before I do that, I have some more data to bring…
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Category Archives: Race, racism and related issues
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 →
Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Education, Race, racism and related issues
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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 →
Births For Unmarried Black Women Have Been Dropping For Decades
[Published on Alas, TADA, and on Family Scholars Blog.] The Heritage Foundation thinks that births to unmarried Black women is a problem that just keeps getting worse: [The out-of-wedlock birth rate] remained relatively low until the onset of Lyndon Johnson’s … Continue reading →
Fragments of Evolving Manhood: When Witches Stole Penises 2
Part 1 ended with the following paragraph: And so on and so on, until the fundamental difference between the Jew and the woman. Neither believe in themselves; but the woman believes in others, in her husband, her lover, or her … Continue reading →
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Body, Men and masculinity, Race, racism and related issues, Sex
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Still Not Satisfied
It was 47 years ago today… There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, “When will you be satisfied?” We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of … Continue reading →
Killing Rage
I should be planning my classes. School starts in a couple of weeks and I am in the middle of setting up a long and complex assignment for the technical writing class I will teach starting in September. On top … Continue reading →
The Anti-Defamation League Should Be Ashamed of Itself
I first read about the ADL’s statement supporting those who would stop the building of Cordoba House, a Muslim community center modeled on the YM/YWHA’s and CA’s you can find all over New York City over at The Debate Link. … Continue reading →
I don’t think it’s good for feminism that ending sexism is seen as something without direct benefits for men, when…