Category Archives: Race
#TakeAKnee or #TakeASeat
A Reasonable, Non-Violent Protest, Grounded in American Freedoms and Rights “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than … Continue reading
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Don’t Call White Supremacy a Mental Illness
[Sidenote: This is my first blog post in a very long time. Sometime after #Ferguson I just stopped writing. I was at a loss for words on the many pressing topics facing the world. To be honest I began to … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Race
Tagged Charleston, Mental Illness, race, terrorism, violence, white supremacy
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Debunking the Myth of the Free Ride
In my last post I discussed how Cliven Bundy’s incredibly offensive racist statements in part stem from a worldview in part shaped by the Myth of the Free Ride, This myth is the belief that minorities are getting more than … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Politics, Race
Tagged Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Cliven Bundy, Myth of the Free Ride, racism, taxation, U.S. politics, undocumented immigrants, welfare
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Cliven Bundy and The Myth of the Free Ride
For decades, a white rancher in Nevada named Cliven Bundy has refused to pay taxes to the Federal Government for allowing his cattle to graze on public land. Few took notice of this issue until Bundy actually started paying consequences … Continue reading
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Tagged Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Cliven Bundy, Myth of the Free Ride, racism, taxation, U.S. politics, undocumented immigrants, welfare
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Letters Between Friends: To Jeremy C. on White Privilege (Part 2)
My friend recently linked and article on the topic of white privilege and asked: “I don’t feel bad for having what we call ‘white privilege.’ What I hate is that it isn’t a universal privilege. From my experience, this list seems absolutely … Continue reading
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Tagged race, race relations in the USA, racism
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Letters Between Friends: To Jeremy C. on White Privilege (Part 1)
My friend recently linked and article on the topic of white privilege and asked: “I don’t feel bad for having what we call ‘white privilege.’ What I hate is that it isn’t a universal privilege. From my experience, this list … Continue reading
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Tagged assimilation, race, race relations in the USA, white privilege, whiteness
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#CancelColbert and the need for Solidarity
Is it satire critiquing racism or more racism? Recently The Colbert Report ran a segment mocking Dan Snyder’s attempts to woo Native American support as controversy surrounding his team’s name (the R*dskins) has increased significantly in recent months. However, the segment itself … Continue reading
“Whiteness”: The origins and evolution of “whiteness” in the West
Recently headline news (namely Kony 2012 and Trayvon Martin) have made me think a lot about race and race relationships in the U.S. I quickly found that one question that needs to be answered if someone is going to enter … Continue reading
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The logic of Whiteness: We can take everything from you, but don’t you dare take from us!
The other day I was in a job interview. I struck up a conversation with my interviewer, a middle aged white male from North Dakota, as he ran my background check. Despite the fact it had come up that I had … Continue reading →