Race and Racism
A Few Thoughts on Racist Tweets
Aug 18, 2015 | Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Gender and Sexism, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Race and Racism, Religion and Religious Issues
“Cuckservatives” and Other Disgraces to Masculinity
Aug 11, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Trump’s 2016 Legacy
Aug 10, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Published: Question of the Day (August 10, 2015) Should Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy be taken seriously? In terms of whether or not he can get elected: Absolutely not. Even though polls currently show him in the lead against his fellow Republicans, his advantage is nowhere near large enough to be insurmountable. The most recent polls give him a lead of between 21 percent and 26 percent....
How American taxpayers are spending billions to keep innocent men behind bars
Jul 14, 2015 | Class Issues, Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, Race and Racism
Published: Daily Dot (July 14, 2015) As talk show host John Oliver explained in a segment last month, America’s bail bond system discriminates against low-income Americans who can’t afford to make bail. “Jail can do for your actual life what being in a marching band can do for your social life,” Oliver quipped. “Even if you're just in for a little while, it can destroy you.” After going viral,...
Honor and the KKK
Jul 14, 2015 | Extremism, General Advice, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism
Published: Good Men Project (July 14, 2015) Let’s discuss the concept of honor. More specifically, let’s explore the version of that term as it was once described by Socrates: “The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.” Bearing this definition in mind, it’s important to understand the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in our news cycle (more on that in a...
The ‘Paranoid Style’ of Alex Jones: Why the right-wing ‘Jade Helm’ insanity won’t go away – and why that’s extremely scary
Jul 8, 2015 | Conservativism, Conspiracy Theories, Extremism, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies, President Obama, Race and Racism
This Is What the Confederate Flag Actually Looks Like
Jun 23, 2015 | Conservativism, Extremism, History, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism
Published: Question of the Day (June 23, 2015) As the debate rages on over the Confederate flag’s appearance on government land in South Carolina, it’s important to remember one thing: For all the talk of honoring the Palmetto State’s rich history, that flag isn’t the one they fought under during the Civil War.In fact, there is no single flag that consistently united the Confederate States of...
Dylann Roof isn’t mentally ill – he’s a terrorist
Jun 22, 2015 | Conservativism, Extremism, Mental Illness, mic, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism, Terrorism
Published: Daily Dot (June 22, 2015) Why do we insist on claiming that Dylann Roof was mentally ill? In a recent segment on Fox News, the outlet blamed Roof’s actions on a “troubled past,” arguing that mental illness tends to be “swept under the rug” in these cases, but the exact true is opposite: We tend to use mental illness in place of a more troubling reality—Dylann Roof was a terrorist. “We...
The Charleston Shooter and the History of True Believers
Jun 20, 2015 | Extremism, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism