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OP/ED When the Suffrage Movement Sold Out to White Supremacy
A committed egalitarian, [Frances E. W. Harper] balked when suffragists embraced a definition of “women” that included only the educated and the affluent. In a now famous speechgiven in New York, Harper told the audience that fates of black and… Continue reading
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The Myth of Welfare Queens and the Reality of Racism
Fiscal conservative politicians including some Democrats like Bill Clinton have presided over a massive and systematic redistribution of wealth into the 1 percent since the 1980s. For African-Americans this means that we lost over half of our collective and meager… Continue reading
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Whatever You Do, You MUST Mask the Suffering of the White Poor
Poverty has become a suburban phenomenon. That should not be a great surprise if you have been paying attention over the last forty years. But there is the rub: most are not paying attention. Even as professionals become poorer and… Continue reading
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“You look like a cocaine dealer” | YouTube
Bill O’Reilly to Prof. Marc Lamont Hill… egads. At least Dr. Hill gets O’Reilly to admit to being a coke head. 🙂 Related articles The Sad Reality of White-on-White Violence (keithwaynebrown.com) Racial Profiling, Racial Stereotypes, and the Irrationality Of White Supremacy… Continue reading
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George Zimmerman, Propriety, and Losing Way
Got up this morning and began looking through the reactions about the George Zimmerman acquittal. As usual, Charles P. Pierce over at Esquire magazine’s Politics Blog caught my eye… Thought experiments are useless now. Of course, if the races of… Continue reading
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