So, Hillary Clinton, Bill deBlasio and actor Leslie Odom were in a comedy skit gone horribly wrong Saturday night. Continue reading #HillaryClinton & #BilldeBlasio’s Really Bad Judgment | #Race on Blog#42
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2 Years of Bill and #HillaryClinton Racism in 14 Videos | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Bill Clinton channeled his inner redneck today and unleashed on Black Lives Matter, Continue reading 2 Years of Bill and #HillaryClinton Racism in 14 Videos | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
On #Thugs, #WhitePrivilege and #Bias | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Mississippi’s Clarion Ledger newspaper reported on some white frat boys who were arrested Continue reading On #Thugs, #WhitePrivilege and #Bias | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
NBC’s new problem: Chuck Todd | #Racism in Media on Blog#42
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
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
An open letter to .@Common | #BlackLivesMatter
Dear Common,
I write to you today because I happened to watch your segment with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show. Continue reading An open letter to .@Common | #BlackLivesMatter
A parent’s love, a parent’s great fear thoughts on #BlackLivesMatter & disability
I will never forget the day unrelenting fear entered my life. It’s been almost nine years. I can still taste its metallic taste in my mouth. I can still hear the sounds that brought it on. I can still see the horror that unfolded that day and subsequent days. Continue reading A parent’s love, a parent’s great fear thoughts on #BlackLivesMatter & disability
“White privilege” as an irritant when talking about race…
An old friend left me a question on my post of Nick Kristof’s column on Facebook:
The question is asked by someone whom I know is well-meaning, thoughtful and truly wants to see the dialog on race get ahead, rather than continue at the standstill it is at now. Continue reading “White privilege” as an irritant when talking about race…
Postscript to my comment on: Lori Tharps: The Case for Black With a Capital B
November 19, 2014
PHILADELPHIA — I WAS sitting in my office at Temple University when I overheard an exchange between a colleague and his student. The student had come to see her professor to go over a paper, and he was patiently explaining that the abundance of grammatical mistakes detracted from her compelling content. I sympathized with my colleague as he pointed out error after error. Until he came to this one.
“Why did you capitalize black and white people?” he asked. “I thought I’d seen it written that way before,” the girl stammered. “Come on,” he said. “Why would you capitalize black or white?”
Continue reading Postscript to my comment on: Lori Tharps: The Case for Black With a Capital B