Tag Archives: post-racial America
“I’m not racist or sexist but…”
TweetGee, I’m glad that I live in a post-racial, post-sexist society! Via Colorlines, here are two of the most brilliant–and most depressing–new tumblrs on the internet. “I’m not racist but…” and its sister site “I’m not sexist but…” are curated by a couple college students who simply search public Facebook posts for those respective phrases [...]
It’s hard out here for whitey: a reality-free idea of racism
TweetImagine a world where the legacy of U.S. racism against black people – the middle passage, slave labor, the rape of black women to reproduce a workforce, Jim Crow laws, the KKK, lynching, workplace discrimination, the massive over-incarceration of black folks – was erased. Where the legacy of racism against other groups – the genocide [...]
What is wrong with people? Hate speech edition
Tweet*Trigger warning* Some news days seriously make me question my faith in humanity. Last week Chloe posted about just such a day, and again today there are just too many stories about people being hateful and heartless. First, there’s the inhuman responses from some to the devastating tsunami and now nuclear disaster in Japan. A [...]
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America Is So Post-Racial, We Don’t Even Need Black People in Our Senate
Tweet Florida Senate candidate Kendrick Meek, who lost in yesterday’s election. By now, many of you have heard the bad news that yesterday’s elections didn’t go so well for Democrats. Though they were able to hold onto control of the Senate, Republicans took the House and expanded their presence in the Senate. While zillions of [...]
Also tagged African Americans, midterm elections, Politics Comments closed
Obama Racism Watch: GOP Rep says associating with him is like touching a “tar baby”