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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
Stop Touching Her Hair, White People!
Transcript: Panel 1 There are two women in this panel, a white woman and a black woman. Both are smiling. CAPTION: MONDAY White woman: Your hair is so beautiful! Can I touch it? Black woman: Thanks, but no. Panel 2 … Continue reading →
From “Am I Alive Today Because I’m White?”—An essay in progress
I am at work on an essay about white privilege that I am tentatively calling “Am I Alive Today Because I Am White?” It’s actually something I started trying to write about a year ago, after Michael Brown was shot and killed … Continue reading →
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It’s a Frightening Thing That Someone in the 21st Century Would Seriously Make the Argument that Jeffrey Lord Makes in This Video
I did not see the full exchange, and I hope Lord did not get the last word, as he does in this video excerpt, which I found in a piece in The New York Times by James Poniewozik. It’s worth reading the whole thing. Here … Continue reading →
These Vindictive Responses To Students Saying Awful Things Are Disproportionate And Wrong
Six white seniors at Desert Vista High School in Arizona took a photo of themselves wearing shirts that spelled “ni**er.” ((In this post, I’ve blurred the faces and omitted the names of the people I’m talking about; but that’s not … Continue reading →
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 →
I heavily criticized Obama for his drone strikes, but I do think there are legal (maybe not moral[?]) differences even…