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Boy, talk about racial profiling. Because only racism explains white cops breaking up a typical fight at a suburban mall by comforting the white teen while cuffing the Black one… The viral video clearly shows the (bigger) white kid was the aggressor. Moreover, it shows him on top pummeling the Black kid when two white… Read more.
Graduate students use Critical Race Theory (CRT) to examine the myriad ways race and the legacy of racism affect a person’s life experiences in America, especially with respect to education, employment, housing, healthcare, and the criminal justice system. But Republican propagandists have reframed it as a liberal plot to impose the guilt of 19th century… Read more.
The prevailing view is that Whoopi Goldberg chose a Jewish stage name to curry favor with the Jews she believes hold all the power in Hollywood. But I always thought she chose it to identify with them as a fellow race of people who have been perennially oppressed by white folks. Then came this: On… Read more.
To his victims and their sympathizers, teenager Kyle Rittenhouse is a White vigilante who committed double murder. To his defenders, he’s a folk hero who lived out their gun-rights fantasies. Rittenhouse acquitted Gun violence has become such a feature of American life that no one should be surprised that a jury acquitted Rittenhouse. But the following from a CNN… Read more.
Kudos to Gerber for featuring and celebrating an adopted baby. But why dress her up to look a little Aunt Jemima? And don’t get me started on her (adoptive) parents being White! Black Gerber Baby Magnolia Earl, who recently celebrated her first birthday, just made history as the first adopted baby to be the Gerber company’s spokesbaby,… Read more.
Juneteenth and reparations for slavery Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. It stems from slaves in Galveston, Texas, not being informed of their emancipation until June 19, 1865. That was two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863. What about reparations? The US House of Representatives… Read more.
Donald Trump doesn’t have much to commend in his presidential legacy, but criminal justice reform stands out. Trump’s criminal justice reform The legislation signed by President Donald Trump on Friday makes big changes to the treatment and rehabilitation of low-level federal prisoners. The new law, called the First Step Act, retroactively applies changes Congress made to drug sentencing… Read more.
Woman on dollar bill The US government is teasing plans to put a woman on a dollar bill. Except that paper currency is falling into desuetude. That’s why the media hype surrounding this belated and misguided honor seems contrived. This celebration is like hailing the appointment of a Native American as Postmaster General of the United States Postal… Read more.
John Kerry left an open seat in the Senate when he became secretary of state. Yesterday, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) appointed his former chief-of-staff to fill it. William “Mo” Cowan Cowan will serve until a special election in June. I have mixed feelings about this. I am glad Patrick ignored Rep. Barney Frank’s… Read more.
Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pulled a “full Ginsburg” on Friday by appearing on all of the major TV networks in a futile attempt to counter the pummeling he was taking from the Obama campaign about his business practices at his investment firm, Bain Capital. Specifically, Team Obama was flooding the media with stories about… Read more.
