Why the Religious Right is so cruel
Perhaps, in realizing what America actually is, we can earn a chance to become what we always thought we were.
Category: Civil Rights
Fake news highlights the instability of monocultures
Diversity is about more than the humane tolerance of others, it is an evolutionary imperative. We will master a world of looser, more diverse cultural ties, or fall behind those who do.
A couple of documentary recommendations
If you haven’t seen these two films I’d encourage you to make watching them a Black History Month project.
Dr. King’s last Sunday Sermon
Recalling King’s 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech has become a national liturgy on this day when we remember his life. After he died, King became America’s favorite black man, partly because his absence let us forget the rest of his prophetic legacy. Today, let’s review an excerpt from King’s …
What is Racism?
A new post at Forbes explores reasons for the apparent reluctance to settle on a definition and some of the roots of the concept of race in an American context. It also proposes a definition.
Q&A with the author of Masterless Men
Surely, at certain times and in certain places, racial superiority is all that matters to some people. But life is generally a lot more complicated than simple racial hatred. All people resent their own oppression, even when they are much “less oppressed” than other groups. Even if you finish last in the “Pain and Oppression Olympics,” you’re still in pain and oppressed.
Learning the ugly truth about America’s icons of grit
Mike Ditka took to the airwaves Monday to straighten out the all the misinformation about supposed oppression in America.
Why white people won’t talk about race
Nice people don’t talk about race. It’s a white cultural convention that rendered Republicans impotent against an onslaught of racist rhetoric from figures like Donald Trump and Roy Moore. It’s a idea that has to die before it kills us.
It’s too late to impeach Trump
No matter what Trump does, Republicans will not use their power to restore the old order if it creates even the slightest risk of loss to them. It’s over. We are on our own.
Our two-party duopoly through the eyes of black voters
Over the years, a lot of people have expressed frustration with the emphasis in my writing on black interests. This piece is a gateway to understanding why I see the fate of the black community as the lodestone for the American Dream.