Race and Racism

Adam Sandler may never be funny again: Another unending parade of half-baked, offensive stereotypes disguised as comedy

Dec 13, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, mic, Race and Racism

Published: Salon (December 13, 2015) As I watched “The Ridiculous Six,” my mind kept returning to an old episode from the popular Web series “Half in the Bag.” While reviewing the comedy “Jack and Jill,” critic Jay Bauman came up with a list of stale tropes that predictably appear in all of Adam Sandler’s movies. Nestled between entries like “general whorish product placement” and “scenes of...

Why Jews Like Me Fear Trump

Dec 3, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Jewish Experiences, Race and Racism, Republicans

Published: Salon (December 5, 2015), The Good Men Project (December 3, 2015) If you are a Jew, you should be very afraid of Donald Trump. For a while I explained this sentiment thusly: Trump may not be personally anti-Semitic, but anti-Semites sure seem to love Trump. After all, I've received countless emails attacking me for being Jewish when I've written articles criticizing the Republican...

If Donald Trump becomes president, it’ll be our fault for treating him like a celebrity

Nov 24, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Elections - Presidential (2016), Race and Racism

Published: The Good Men Project (November 24, 2015) - co-authored with Jill Di Donato Donald Trump’s ascent as a presidential frontrunner is, without question, one of the major political events of our lifetime. Even if he doesn’t ultimately win the Republican nomination next year, he has already dominated in the polls long past the time when most experts believed his star would wane. As a...

An aggressive military response is precisely what ISIS wants

Nov 20, 2015 | Foreign Policy, Immigration, mic, Race and Racism, Religion and Religious Issues, Terrorism, World Affairs

Published: Salon (November 20, 2015), The Daily Dot (November 18, 2015) As the world reels from the last Friday's terrorist attack in Paris, millions of people have taken to Twitter to share their grief and outrage... and many echoed Donald Trump's call to "bomb the shit" out of them. The desire to immediately strike back at ISIS with overwhelming force is understandable. It took under 48 hours...

Here’s why Donald Trump is hosting ‘SNL,’ as explained by Twitter

Oct 21, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Elections - Presidential (2016), Immigration, mic, Race and Racism

Published: The Daily Dot (October 21, 2015) Donald Trump is a racist blowhard who shouldn’t step foot anywhere near theWhite House—but that doesn’t mean he also shouldn’t be allowed on TV. The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda recently denounced Republicanpresidential candidate Donald Trump’s forthcoming appearance on Saturday Night Live. Referring to his “bigoted comments” about undocumented...

A prisoner was dragged 107 feet by guards and died 9 days later—where’s his hashtag?

Sep 25, 2015 | Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, mic, Race and Racism, Supreme Court and Other Judicial Issues

Published: The Daily Dot (September 25, 2015) Back in October, 59-year-old Wayne County Jail inmate Abdul Akbar suffered multiple bodily injuries—after prison guards tried to restrain him. Reports obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request claim that Akbar became violent after he overslept and missed breakfast, destroying a computer and resisting guards’ orders when they tried to...

When College Liberalism Is Wrong

Sep 24, 2015 | Civil Liberties, Education, mic, Race and Racism

Published: The Good Men Project (September 24, 2015) Once upon a time, I was a Republican. It was only a few years after the September 11th terrorist attacks and, despite my reservations about the war in Iraq, I believed that maintaining a strong national security apparatus was America’s foremost priority. Because I bought the Bush administration’s line of bull that Democrats were isolationist...

The anti-Semitism against Bernie Sanders

Sep 22, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Jewish Experiences, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Race and Racism, Religion and Religious Issues

Stop comparing Kim Davis to Rosa Parks

Sep 10, 2015 | Civil Liberties, Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, History, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Race and Racism, Religion and Religious Issues

Quick Note: ‘Reverse Racism’ Doesn’t Exist

Aug 27, 2015 | Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Gender and Sexism, History, mic, Race and Racism

Published: The Good Men Project (August 27, 2015) When people talk about "reverse racism," they are describing a phenomenon that doesn't exist. This isn't to say that yesterday's shooting of two Virginia journalists wasn't motivated by prejudice. For that matter, even if perpetrator Bryce Williams was correct in claiming that he had experienced discrimination at the hands of his employers, he...

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