Paradox of Modern Racism
By Their Strange Fruit, Ask just about anyone: “Are you racist?” The answer will be no. No one judges others based on skin color. No one sees other peoples race. Everyone is colorblind. Most people believe that they harbor no prejudice. White folks in particular are apt to assert that there is no advantage to [...]
On election night, Bill O’Reilly attributed the re-election of Barack Obama, at least in part, to voters who “want stuff,” and that his supporters are “people [who] feel that they are entitled to things.” The day after the election, Rush Limbaugh used his program to make a similar claim, calling Obama “Santa Claus,” and saying [...]
Continue reading …“I See A Country Divided, This is Probably the Most Divided This Country Has Ever Been.” — Hardly
November 20, 2012 Comments Off
A pigeon-toed Indian pontificates about the 2012 Elections with Dennis Farina’s (on left) Doggelganger I think airport conversations, waiting for your flight, are the most interesting conversations you can have. The reason why? Who knows? Could it be that the possibility of dying within the next few hours from a drunken pilot using his beer [...]
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By Timothy Dwight Smith, It was quite the disheartening day when I realized that I, son of a preacher, descendant of the subjugated race here in America, was simply a mere creation and byproduct of the worst forms of American imperialism and religious bigotry the world has ever seen. The most troubling part was that [...]
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The way we think about the Internet is stuck in 1994. We need to evolve beyond that. “Racial Internet Literacy” from JessieNYC on Vimeo.
Continue reading …Class and Race as Competing Self Interests or Whiteness as Symbolic Politics, Part 2
June 28, 2012 Comments OffRead part 1 Research conducted by Kinder and Winter (2001) suggests that there is a huge difference in public opinion between Whites and Blacks on policy issues related to race. They maintain that the racial divide over such policy issues as school integration and affirmative action is mostly a story of political principles and social [...]
Continue reading …Class and Race as Competing Self Interests or Whiteness as Symbolic Politics, Part. 1
June 27, 2012 Comments OffIn the heart, where empathy and compassion reside, who cares more profoundly about the welfare of the poor, the working class and the middle class in America—Barack Obama or Mitt Romney? Which of these men is more connected, emotionally and intellectually, to the struggles that millions of Americans face every day as they reach for [...]
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By Dominique Godreche, from our friends at Indian Country Today, Eleven Native artists went to Paris late last year for an art show titled Oklahoma Painters, which was part of the sixth annual Art en Capital event at the massive Grand Palais. The exhibit was set up by curator Russell Tall Chief, Osage, director of arts & exhibitions [...]
Continue reading …A month after his passing, Trayvon Martin’s untimely death at age 17 continues to saturate national headlines. By now the familiar details are familiar but remain haunting. Walking home from a convenience store in Sanford, FL on February 26th carrying a bag of Skittles and an iced tea, the Black teenager was followed, confronted, and [...]
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