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
Tag Archives: Racism
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
Diane Rehm didn’t pull a “Helen Thomas” on Bernie Sanders. She pulled a McCarthy | Blog#42
* Updated: June 14, 2015 Hat tip to Hugh Kaufman on Twitter
Diane Rehm of NPR did something that many characterized as “pulling a Helen Thomas” on Bernie Sanders while she interviewed him. She pulled something, all right, but it was more a McCarthy than it was a Helen Thomas. Continue reading Diane Rehm didn’t pull a “Helen Thomas” on Bernie Sanders. She pulled a McCarthy | Blog#42
Harry Houck: an exemplar of supremacist indoctrination
A May 19th CNN panel compared the handling of the Waco, Texas biker gang by Texas police, and the media’s depiction of this weekend’s events as compared to the unrest in Baltimore, Maryland, just two weeks earlier. The panel included journalists Charles M. Blow and Sally Kohn, and former law enforcement officer Harry Houck. Later that evening, the same panelists reconvened on CNN Tonight with Don Lemon to reprise the conversation they had earlier with anchor Brooke Baldwin.
Continue reading Harry Houck: an exemplar of supremacist indoctrination
A Response to William Rivers Pitt (.@WRPitt) | The Trojan Horse President
William Rivers Pitt, Senior Editor of Truthout, wrote an op-ed in opposition to President Obama and the TPP. Fine. I’m also opposed to the TPP. I feel that as many voices as possible should rise in opposition to it, no matter how futile, given the big cave by Senate Democrats.
Continue reading A Response to William Rivers Pitt (.@WRPitt) | The Trojan Horse President
Important readings in #BlackLivesMatter | May 15, 2015 | Blog#42
This is a selection of the articles I thought were most important this week on the topic of race and race relations. Continue reading Important readings in #BlackLivesMatter | May 15, 2015 | Blog#42
#Baltimore and Race-based Residential #Segregation | Jared Bernstein | #Economy on Blog#42
While the protests and riots in Baltimore in recent days were critically triggered by yet another death of a young black man interacting with the police, there are of course many other forces at work.
Mike Fletcher, a journalist at the Washington Post, has made important contributions to the poverty/economics beat in recent years. But Fletcher has also lived in Baltimore for decades, and his perspective on recent events is particularly germane.
William Jefferson Clinton was not our first Black president, Hillary won’t be the second
To set the mood for the subject of this piece, the things we think we hear versus the things that are actually said Continue reading William Jefferson Clinton was not our first Black president, Hillary won’t be the second
The incredible offensiveness of “#thug” | #BaltimoreUprising #BlackLivesMatter
As the aggrieved part of Baltimore rises, so do the moralizing voices of local authority in their characterizations of “thug” about those they are supposed to serve. Continue reading The incredible offensiveness of “#thug” | #BaltimoreUprising #BlackLivesMatter