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One argument against the incumbent point: Claudia Sheinbaum was elected President of Mexico, in spite of being the handpicked successor…
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.…
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Category Archives: Race, racism and related issues
Kevin Moore On Starbucks “Race Together”
My friend Kevin Moore draws and writes: I love the expressions Kevin drew, especially in panel 4. This reminded me of the discussion in comments here, where a few posters were (rightly) concerned that Starbucks employees aren’t paid enough to … Continue reading →
Jay Smooth and Nancy Giles Discuss Starbucks and Talking Race
IF the embed won’t play, you can watch it on NBC’s site. Unfortunately, I can’t find a full transcript. There’s a lot of interesting stuff there. It’s also nice to see a show in which two Black panelists talk and … Continue reading →
…and maybe they won’t kill you
Ijeoma Oluo, in a series of tweets: Don’t play in the park with toy guns and maybe they won’t kill you. Don’t ask for help after a car accident and maybe they won’t kill you. Don’t wear a hoodie and maybe they won’t kill you. Don’t cosplay … Continue reading →
Quote: Nicer White People
Chris Rock: Here’s the thing. When we talk about race relations in America or racial progress, it’s all nonsense. There are no race relations. White people were crazy. Now they’re not as crazy. To say that black people have made … Continue reading →
Texas Kindergarden Sends Five-Year-Old Home Because He Has Awesome Hair
This story is sort of an intesectionality jackpot, combining as it does elements of racism, religious bigotry, and sexism. For five-year-old Malachi Wilson, the first day of kindergarten will always be one he remembers. As it turns out, Monday, which … Continue reading →
Must-Read Jamelle Bouie Article On The Decades-Old Context For Ferguson
Ferguson protests over Michael Brown won’t end soon: The black community’s anger is rooted in a history of racism. This longish (well, longer than a blog post) article by Jamelle Bouie, about the long history of official racism in Ferguson, … Continue reading →
A quick note on Michael Brown’s death and “plausibility”
Dorian Johnson was walking with Michael Brown when they were stopped by Officer Darren Wilson. According to Johnson’s eyewitness account: …a police car pulled up alongside Brown and him, and the officer—who has been identified as Darren Wilson—allegedly told Johnson … Continue reading →
Study Shows Enormous Sentencing Discrepancy Against Men
A study (( Starr, Sonja B., Estimating Gender Disparities in Federal Criminal Cases (August 29, 2012). University of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper, No. 12-018. Link to paper. )) by Sonja Starr, a University of Michigan law professor, shows … Continue reading →
Being Cautious of Men Versus Being Cautious of Blacks
This post originally contained embedded material from Storify.com, but apparently Storify went defunct at some point. But you can read it on the internet archive, at least up until that site goes defunct someday too. In the hope of creating … Continue reading →
Quote: Blackness’ first and most important task
Naval officer Theodore R. Johnson: This is what it feels like to be black in America. It sounds like the symphony of locking car doors as I traipse through a grocery store parking lot, armed with kale chips and turkey … Continue reading →
Mental Floss "Word Nerd" 2025 Calendar January 9: Ampersand "Yes, an ampersand is a punctuation mark, but in the 1900s,…