From Boston.com’s The myth of the white minority: “For generations, ‘whites’ have been hearing that they are about to be engulfed by unassimilable foreign races, and for centuries those ‘races’ have eventually become - white! Benjamin Franklin worried mightily about the threat posed to white American culture by the influx of German immigrants. ‘Why should [...]
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A More Perfect Union
April 12, 2008 – 01:35 pm
It came to my attention that some people still haven’t seen Obama’s “A More Perfect Union” speech from a few weeks ago. I’m sure those of you who haven’t seen it have meant to see it, you just haven’t had the time or you just keep forgetting to go look for it. So, as a [...]
He wrote it himself. Think of that. He wrote it. Himself.
March 19, 2008 – 01:57 pm
From Daily Kos’s He wrote it himself. Think of that. He wrote it. Himself.: “That speech [yesterday]? The one that has pundits–from the liberal David Corn at The Nation (’This is as sophisticated a discussion of race as any American politician has sought to present to the public’) to the conservative Charles Murray, of National [...]
Why White People Like ‘Stuff White People Like’
March 18, 2008 – 11:49 am
From The New Republic’s Why White People Like ‘Stuff White People Like’: “Because if there’s one thing white people really like, it’s pretending to poke fun at themselves while actually being allowed to feel superior.”
The Ills Behind That Slur
April 17, 2007 – 10:49 am
From E. J. The Ills Behind That Slur: “I can’t help but see [the Imus controversy] as yet another example of how we are far more comfortable discussing what certain celebrities say than what we as a society do….Arguing about Imus does absolutely nothing to provide our poorest African American kids with better schools, health [...]
Definitions - The Racial Politics of Speaking Well
February 6, 2007 – 11:50 am
From Definitions - The Racial Politics of Speaking Well: “It is amazing that this still requires clarification, but here it is. Black people get a little testy when white people call them ‘articulate.’”
Supreme Court Roundup
February 21, 2006 – 07:33 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court came back with rulings on a bunch of different cases today, some of which I agree with and some of which I don’t . Let’s take a look at them, shall we?
The Good
In Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal,, the Court ruled that the a small church in [...]
