Meet the Press stepped way over lines that no journalist should cross without a consequence. Continue reading NBC’s new problem: Chuck Todd | #Racism in Media on Blog#42
Bernie Sanders on #Charleston: Now isn’t time to talk about #GunControl | #Respect on Blog#42
Bernie Sanders’ statement immediately following news of the Charleston Massacre: Continue reading Bernie Sanders on #Charleston: Now isn’t time to talk about #GunControl | #Respect on Blog#42
Some thoughts on Timothy Egan’s op-ed: “Apologize for Slavery” ~ NYT | Blog#42
The New York Times’ Timothy Egan’s call for President Obama to apologize for slavery surprised me. Continue reading Some thoughts on Timothy Egan’s op-ed: “Apologize for Slavery” ~ NYT | Blog#42
Jeb! just can’t call the #CharlestonMassacre a #racist hate crime | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Jeb! Bush, in an interview with the Huffington Post still doesn’t know *IF* this was a hate crime? If? Continue reading Jeb! just can’t call the #CharlestonMassacre a #racist hate crime | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Grading Hillary Clinton on Racism and Civil Rights after Charleston: C-Minus | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
UPDATE: 6/26/2015 Mrs. Clinton, in a speech given near Ferguson, Missouri, this week used the hashtag AllLivesMatter. Continue reading Grading Hillary Clinton on Racism and Civil Rights after Charleston: C-Minus | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Charleston shooter is a White Supremacist; GOP’ers saying otherwise is racist | #Davkaism on Blog#42
Republican behavior in the aftermath of the massacre in Charleston, South Carolina last night is solidifying its reputation as the party of racism. Continue reading Charleston shooter is a White Supremacist; GOP’ers saying otherwise is racist | #Davkaism on Blog#42
#Davkaism: white opposition to Black reaction to #RachelDolezal | American Davkaism on Blog#42
There is a Hebrew and Yiddish word, davka, from which a concept, davkaism was derived. Continue reading #Davkaism: white opposition to Black reaction to #RachelDolezal | American Davkaism on Blog#42
White support for #RachelDolezal is racist | #Transracial on Blog#42
If the New York Times comment section is a microcosm of America, then the reasons why a preponderance of readers who’ve made these the top comments, so far, are racist in nature: Continue reading White support for #RachelDolezal is racist | #Transracial on Blog#42
Three #BlackLivesMatter stories while we debated #RachelDolezal | Blog#42
Three important stories were told but scarcely heard today. Here are curated quotes from each: Continue reading Three #BlackLivesMatter stories while we debated #RachelDolezal | Blog#42
Passing for: trans-race and appropriation on Blog#42
The notion of passing, its feeling, is one that has been woven into the fabric of my essence since I was a toddler and I first realized that the glances directed at me had some meaning. With time, I learned what that meaning is. Continue reading Passing for: trans-race and appropriation on Blog#42