Posted in Education on May 6th, 2009
Without even a comment, Ray Winbush sent me the link to Jay Smooth’s most recent illdoctrine vlog post, “How To Tell People They Sound Racist.” Oh, my: It’s a thing of beauty. No, scratch that: It’s almost a piece of counter-racist science.
Posted in Racism on May 5th, 2009
It is always of interest to me to see how social media is used to justify racism.
It is also always of interest to me that, for the most part, white people can look HOWEVER much of a hot mess they want and STILL have the audacity to justify using racist terms.
Posted in Race, Uncategorized on May 5th, 2009
A recent NY Times article described interviews with a number of largely male black professionals who said that their relationships with white co-workers had improved since Obama’s election. The subtext of most accounts was white people are being nicer to us(my words). What a concept. So I decided to do a survey. Before you read [...]
Which one are you? The one who gets his own hide to safety and comfort first and foremost, or the one who risks himself and all that he’s achieved to help a weaker person get there too? Now I see the importance of history Why my people be in the mess that they be Many [...]
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