The man stands 12 feet tall, eyes closed in what might be pain or transcendence, chains falling off his outstretched arms, scars striped across his muscled back. Opposite him, a woman on a pedestal cradles an infant and thrusts a document into the air, her face calm and resolute. With those figures in the forefront,… Read more.
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US Veterans Marking Independence Day by Charging Trump with ‘Tre45on’
On March 18, President Trump declared America at war against Covid-19. More to the point, he took great pride in hailing himself a “wartime president.” Except that, Trump has been so incompetent on this front, Joe Biden, his Democratic challenger for the November presidential election, has had just cause to repeatedly dismiss him as follows:… Read more.
While Tearing Down Confederates Monuments, the Washington Redskins’ Slur Cannot Stand
Here in part is what I wrote nearly seven years ago in “Why Is Washington Redskins Any More Acceptable than Washington Niggers … or Washington Hymies?” October 19, 2013: ________ Can you imagine an NFL team today being called the Washington Niggers; or, given owner Daniel Snyder’s Jewish heritage, the Washington Hymies…? Despite vowing to… Read more.
To Remove Confederate Monument…and For DC Statehood, Just Vote!
In other words, there’s no need for BLM protesters to turn into lynch mobs, especially just to exact vigilante justice on Confederate monuments. It is self-evident that President Trump is fighting yet another losing battle. For reasons that can make sense only to the white racists he panders to, he’s trying to protect and preserve… Read more.
Trump Sides With Racist Again but Gets Rebuked by NASCAR … and Republicans?
Evidently Trump is still smarting – not only from the way the media mocked him for hiding in the White House bunker from George Floyd anti-racism protesters, but also from the way ex-military leaders rebuked him for using US soldiers in that infamous photo-op. He clearly hoped the latter would make him look like a… Read more.
Washington Monument, Father of all Monuments to Racists…?
Fallout from the KKK and other white supremacists rearing their ugly heads in Charlottesville last weekend is taking many forms. Most notable is the way cities across America are removing monuments to Confederate leaders as if they were suddenly emitting a deadly airborne virus. Remarkably, no less a person than President Trump is acting as… Read more.