Tag Archives: People of Color
Justice Scalia slams people of color for insisting upon equal access to voting booth
TweetHow dare people of color demand free and fair access to voting! Who are they want to exercise their fundamental right to vote without threat of disenfranchisement by partisans looking to suppress Democratic votes!? That’s basically what Justice Scalia meant when he railed against Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act yesterday during oral arguments [...]
Also tagged constitution, supreme court, voter suppression, voting, voting rights act Comments closed
Breaking: Mitt Romney is still a jerk
TweetNot one to blame his big loss in the election on alienating people or color, women, and people who aren’t rich, Mitt Romney seemed to double down on his 47% comments yesterday in a conference call with donors. According to Mitt Romney he lost the election because President Obama gave “big gifts” to minorities and [...]
Also tagged election 2012, Mitt Romney, patriarchy, Politics Comments closed
White births have been outnumbered by non-white – now what?
Tweet (Spotted by my friend Karlos Gauna Schmeider from the Center for Media Justice–two headlines, backwards ideology and the new moment on race in the US) That inevitable moment that conservative Americans have been dreading is finally here. According to census data births of white babies has been surpassed by brown babies. The AP reports [...]
Also tagged census, Population, Race, Racism, statistics, white culture, white power Comments closed
It’s World Peace Day
Tweet …and Troy Davis is still scheduled to be executed tonight. He will refuse his last meal. …and 6 out of every 10 women in the world will experience physical or sexual assault in their lifetime. …and teens with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to experience violence than able-bodied teens …and civilian deaths in [...]
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