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Am I the only one who read "Beware the narcoterrorists" and thought "beware the jabberwock"?
@beth: Thank you
@Watcher If you scroll through Barry's old cartoons on leftycartoons.com, some of the old ones are about Clinton, while some…
@Watcher: Much as I would like to have Obama or Clinton or even Dubya* back rather than the current wannabe…
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Category Archives: Race, racism and related issues
Cartoon: “The Democrats Abandoned Blue Collar Voters”
If you enjoy these cartoons, please support them on Patreon. This is something that I hear and read frequently, and it always annoys me: People who say “blue collar” or “working class” when what they mean is white working class … Continue reading →
Cartoon: White Priorities
If you like these cartoons, please support them on Patreon. You can also read lots and lots more cartoons there, whether you’re a supporter or not. * * * Odd trivia: Anti-racist cartoons are by far the ones that are … Continue reading →
Cartoon: The Hunt For Voter Fraud
TRANSCRIPT OF COMIC Panel 1 A rather cliched-looking hunter, a white man wearing a thick vest with many pockets and a plaid cap with earflaps, is creeping through a woodsy area, holding a rifle and looking around. HUNTER: I know … Continue reading →
New Cartoon on The Nib: “On The Thirteenth Amendment”
Originally published by The Nib.
The Electoral College Was Created To Protect Slavery
The common belief that the electoral college was created to protect the interests of smaller states is a myth. Historian Paul Finkelman writes (pdf link): The implication of Hardaway’s argument is that the electoral college was created to placate the … Continue reading →
Cartoon: Who We Call Racist
Please support these cartoons at Patreon. One thing that continually bugs me is the “racists are unicorns” view, which I hear usually but not exclusively from the right. Basically, in this view, almost no one is racist, and no act … Continue reading →
I Just Learned About the Equal Justice Initiative – If You Don’t Know About It, You Should
In “The Lines That Antisemitism and Racism Draw,” a series of letters I composed during the summer of 2016 that were published in December of that year, I wrote about the stolpersteine, an art project started by the German artist Gunter … Continue reading →
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Quote: Jesse Williams on Critics of Black Lives Matter (plus the petition to get him fired)
From actor Jesse Williams’ award acceptance speech at the BET Awards, June 2016. And let’s get a couple things straight, just a little sidenote – the burden of the brutalized is not to comfort the bystander.That’s not our job, alright … Continue reading →
A New Essay of Mine Has Been Published: “The Lines That Racism and Antisemitism Draw: Reflections on White Jewish Intersectionality”
The piece is up at Unlikely Stories. Here’s an excerpt: I fully recognize that because of my skin color I benefit from the continued white male dominance of our society, whether I want to or not. Nonetheless, I can’t help but … Continue reading →
On Twitter, White Men With Followers Can Change Racist Behavior
This researcher programmed bots to fight racism on Twitter. It worked. – The Washington Post The Post’s headline isn’t quite accurate. For one thing, they weren’t really “bots” (which to me suggests a program operating somewhat autonomously); they were puppet … Continue reading →
I heavily criticized Obama for his drone strikes, but I do think there are legal (maybe not moral[?]) differences even…