Racism has always been an intractable part of American society, but, as portrayed in this Norman Rockwell painting, it hasn’t always been overtly celebrated by tens of millions of hateful and ignorant white people. In 2015, Donald Trump entered the …
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Racism in America
I’m afraid I have some bad news for Mr. Faulkner. Racism is proportional to ignorance, and we have a bumper crop of the latter. We don’t just dabble in ignorance, we bathe in it.
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Racism in America: Where Is This Going?
So much has changed in the last two weeks, most of it quite positive. Linked here is what Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles looked like earlier today. We have cops protesting along side (and dancing with) protesters. There are millions …
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Racism in America
In a recent talk I had with my mother, she pointed out that conservatives, both white and black, place blame on the black community for wealth inequality, and asked me to comment. I began by acknowledging that there is some …
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