Racism
Where Russiagate meets Identity Politics
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 03/25/2018 - 6:55pmYou probably knew that you were a Putin Puppet, but did you know that you were a Nazi too?
I didn't know that I was a Nazi until recently. It was a surprise to me because a large branch of my family was executed in the Holocaust by actual Nazis.
How did I become an anti-Semite? I used the term "globalist".
Classism is a bigger problem than racism in our justice system
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 02/04/2018 - 11:54pmI don't believe that there is any place in society today where racism is more prevalent than in our criminal justice system.
And yet, how the unfortunate people that fall into the clutches of the police, courts, and prisons are treated is determined more by the color green, than by black or white.
This may be hard for some people to accept, so I have two studies to back up this claim.
Ray McGovern speaks truth to power
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 01/28/2018 - 3:40pmPlease excuse the short post. I was afraid this would be buried and unseen as a comment, and I found this speech on foreign policy and racism insightful. (17 min)
Clear and Present Danger
Submitted by Big Al on Fri, 01/12/2018 - 11:00pmThere's been a lot of talk from the farther left that Trump is a symptom and not the disease. That he is simply the next step in this unfortunate reality we face, an in your face representation of what this country has devolved into and that we should not focus on him like the democratic party is doing but on the bigger picture.
Why is moving the Overton Window not mentioned in 2016 election autopsies?
Submitted by Tony Wikrent on Wed, 11/22/2017 - 9:47amSo, there is another major essay trying to understand and explain Trump's victory. In case you haven't seen mention of it yet, I am referring to The Nationalist's Delusion, by The Atlantic's senior political editor, Adam Serwer. It is an excellent, though lengthy read, which reaches the usual conclusion: white Americans are bigoted.
Open Thread on Racism and Propaganda II: Racial Justice Becomes Digestible
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 08/30/2017 - 5:07amThis was quoted in gjohnsit's recent diary on the new McCarthyism: "Is This the New Russia?"
I think this article comes right in time - Chris Hedges nails it
Submitted by mimi on Mon, 08/28/2017 - 4:14amHow ‘Antifa’ Mirrors the ‘Alt-Right’
I can only say that I have a lot of respect of Chris Hedges as a writer and intellectual. Honest to the bones, imo.
Is this the new Russia?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 08/27/2017 - 3:01pmI took a look at TOP this morning and saw this on the front page:
From Charlottesville to Netroots Nation: white supremacy is everywhere—even in progressive spaces
The word that caught my attention was "everywhere". It reminded me of debates I've had on TOP that too often ended with statements of "All white people are racist!"
It's an effective way of ending a debate, but that's the only thing that statement does.
Britain's Suddenly Vanishing Racists
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 07/03/2017 - 9:28pmDo you recall how just last year Britain was being overwhelmed by racism?
The mainstream news media, particularly the center-left leaning media, insisted that just one thing, and only one thing, could explain the Brexit vote.