racism
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Racism and Vandalism in Lubbock
One of them yells “Romney!” as they drive off after vandalizing the Obama signs. Then as they approach him the second time and attack him, one of them yells, “Coon!” You can hear them say “beaner” and a few other racially-charged things. And people keep saying it’s not about race… This is the full, uncut…
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Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough Anymore
When they start going through Christian churches, will you be outraged then? http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/05/1116981/-Sikh-temple-shootings-thoughts-and-prayers-aren-t-enough-any-more
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It’s time to stop blaming racism for Trayvon Martin’s death.
It’s time to stop blaming racism for Trayvon Martin’s death. People will always be xenophobic, and the only thing we can do about that is deal with it. Why do you think the talking heads keep bringing up hoodies, Skittles, and other irrelevant information? Because it’s easier than talking about gun control.
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Untruth: Republicans are racist.
Just because some Republicans target=”_blank”>are racist doesn’t mean that all (or even most) of them are. In fact, no political party is immune to racism because it is based on natural human traits that have been bred into us over millions of years. Xenophobia is one of those traits, and it sometimes serves social groups of organisms…
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An Open Letter to My Republican Friends
It is time you publicly denounced the anger and racism that’s being intentionally stoked in hopes of defeating health care reform and building GOP turnout for the 2010 elections. I know from speaking privately with GOP consultants, lobbyists and politicians that many are alarmed and even ashamed about Joe Wilson, about the death threats, about…
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Why I Miss Dave Chappelle
Dave Chappelle’s show was absolutely brilliant for the first couple seasons because he got to be open about humor with complete disregard for race. It allowed for some truly historic moments that I know they will talk about in documentaries and history books decades from now. For example, there is this skit about Clayton Bigsby.…