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Hey, what is the best way to share your work on social media? If I want anyone to read my…
@Dianne: I guess the silver lining with Italy is that it shows that even when fascists can capture the executive…
Bush the Yunger had the advantage of opponents who weren’t good public speakers. Definitely not as good as Clinton was.…
@Jacqueline: Bush the Younger was an awful public speaker too. We did not misunderestimate him. And yet he won. Trump…
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Category Archives: Race, racism and related issues
Eight Points About The Armed Anti-Government Activists In Oregon
In a nutshell: Some armed anti-government folks – they claim to number 150, but probably the real figure is closer to a dozen – have occupied a Federal wildlife management building in Burns, Oregon (which is a long way from … Continue reading →
Now This Is a Hotel Manager Who Should Definitely Be Fired
911 Audio: Hotel Manager Reports Guest For Being Transgender – BuzzFeed News Meagan Taylor and her best friend, who are both transgender women, were traveling through Iowa on July 13 to a funeral for her best friend’s brother when they … Continue reading →
from “Pluralism and Its Discontents: The Case of Blacks and Jews,” by Cheryl Greenberg
Twenty years or so ago, not too long after I first started teaching at the college where I am still a professor, one of my colleagues–the woman who started the institution’s Jewish Studies Project–tried to start a Black-Jewish dialogue on campus. It … Continue reading →
After Suing To Gut The Voting Rights Act, Alabama Makes It Harder For Black Counties To Vote. Who Could Have Predicted That?
After passing a law requiring ID to vote, ((“…the NAACP Legal Defense Fund determined in September that at least 282 ballots in the state’s June 3 primary election were not counted because of this new law. Additionally, about 40 percent … Continue reading →
There Is No Such Thing As “The” Correct Definition of Racism
For years, I’ve been seeing the argument over the definition of racism – as in, “there is no such thing as reverse racism, by definition only White people can be racist, because racism is prejudice plus power, here look what … Continue reading →
Cartoon: We Must Discuss All Possibilities… But The Most Likely One
Remember, you can support my political cartooning on Patreon! TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON Panel 1 A close shot of a white woman in a striped dress. She is talking, although it seems a bit like lecturing. Let’s call her “Stripes.” STRIPES: … Continue reading →
Cartoon: Police Shootings, or Oh The Tragedy!
Transcript of cartoon Each panel of this cartoon shows the same white dude in an armchair, from the same angle, watching the news on TV. Small details change throughout the cartoon – his hairline recedes, his drink changes, he switches … Continue reading →
Black Unemployment and the Minimum Wage
Summary: There is a lot of racism in the history of the US minimum wage – but the most important way that racism has been expressed is through exemptions to the minimum wage law which have kept workers of color … Continue reading →
Police Racism Isn’t Disproven By Black Cops
In the National Review/Oberlin thread, RonF wrote: ((In comments, Ron objected that I was responding to an argument he hadn’t actually made, hence the cross-out.)) The anti-racist-policing movement hasn’t had much to say in Freddie Gray’s case given that of … Continue reading →
Baltimore
I really don’t have anything to say. But I can quote. Ta-Nehisi Coates, “Nonviolence as Compliance“: Now, tonight, I turn on the news and I see politicians calling for young people in Baltimore to remain peaceful and “nonviolent.” These well-intended … Continue reading →
One argument against the incumbent point: Claudia Sheinbaum was elected President of Mexico, in spite of being the handpicked successor…