Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Culture, Immigration, Law & Justice, Mexico, Racism on Oct 22nd, 2009
The whole Latino story needs to be told facing honestly the not so pretty chapter of illegal immigration. It’s a story some Hispanics would like to sweep under the rug and only present the shiny varnished version. You saw portrayed the primal drive of survival that drives people to risk their very lives to come [...]
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Culture, Economics, Education, History, Law & Justice, Racism on Oct 1st, 2009
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Business, Economics, Uncategorized on Sep 10th, 2009
September is Latino heritage month. CNN is launching Latino in America with editorial content similar to the series, Black in America. I may not have the eight most popular last name of, “Garcia” but I qualify to tell you what it’s like to be Latino.
Posted in Advertising, Anglo-European Primacy, Business, Economics, Immigration, Struggles on Aug 20th, 2009
“Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.”
Bertrand Russell
Ellen is a passionate activist for a large disenfranchised demographic being discriminated by those in power.
The Wall Street bubble bust created a financial tsunami that was felt the worst [...]
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy on May 22nd, 2009
A friend found this postcard in an abandoned house a few miles west of our liberal little town. It is circa 1964 when Mr Jones was recruited to rejuvenate the moribund NC klan, which he did with apparent success. In researching him I found a white supremacist site which led to a series of [...]
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Culture, Education, Immigration, Media, Politics, Racism on Apr 22nd, 2009
Okay, I agree. The title of this post is a terrible pun. But what can you do but laugh at the ignorance exhibited by Texas Republican official Betty Brown? The problem isn’t her confusion over the transliteration of Chinese names. The problem is that she refers to Chinese Americans as “your citizens” when speaking to [...]
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Economics, Politics on Apr 20th, 2009
I wander around the Internet like a child in a candy store. So much to look at, so little time. I end up in places without any idea how I got there and wonder if I could get there again. In many ways, the Internet feels like a wilderness back country where you blaze your [...]
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Business, Economics, Equity, Immigration, Uncategorized on Apr 9th, 2009
“……. Northern Europeans are a superior subspecies of the white race. The Nordics were superior to the Alpines, who in turn were superior to the Mediterraneans, and all of them were superior to the Jews and the Asians.” This is how Rice University professor Stephen Klineberg described the racist immigration laws in the United States prior to [...]
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Business, History, Labor, Law & Justice, Uncategorized on Apr 9th, 2009
Many of the tributes to John Hope Franklin included his statements on the need for apologies and reparations. I think its time for some gratitude because the only uniquely American contribution to world culture is the blues and her many children.
It is said that Louis Armstrong singlehandedly created the instrumental improvised solo and the world [...]
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Racism on Apr 6th, 2009
Ambivalent - uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
Elwin Wilson, described as “a sad, sickly man, haunted by time,” feels ambivalent about his life spent hating black people. At the age of 72, in poor health, Elwin faces mortality and doesn’t want to go to hell.
“All I can say is that it [...]
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