First things first: Don't read me, read MLK's Letter from a Birmingham Jail, for a poke and prod of motivation. I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years … [Read more...]
The Human Trouble According to James Baldwin
"Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in totems, taboos, crosses, blood sacrifices, steeples, mosques, races, armies, flags, nations, in … [Read more...]
Republicans Are Still Harming Children #AbolishICE
As President Trump goads crowds of white people toward hateful racist chants, our taxes are still paying to harm children and families who seek asylum in America. The journalist Aura Bogado, of Reveal News, points out that new facilities … [Read more...]
No Place for Jackie Robinson or Sam Jethroe
On April 16, 1945, Jackie Robinson was among three Negro League stars who "tried out" for the Red Sox at Fenway Park. We don't know for sure if it was Tom Yawkey, or someone else in the front office, or anyone at all yelled the disgusting … [Read more...]
Howie Carr Remains Super Duper Racist
Media Matters has tracked Howie Carr's racism towards immigrants, Muslims and Native Americans, Now he's attacking President Obama for being black: HOWIE CARR (HOST): That’s the worst thing about this administration. They’ve taken -- it … [Read more...]
More Proof Tom “Black Labs Matter” Stevens is Racist
For a guy who so vehemently claims to be not racist, Tom Stevens sure does have a racist Facebook page. First, the story from Steve Annear in today's Boston Globe: A barber in Norton is being criticized by some people for posting the … [Read more...]
Reply to the Carolina Terrorist: Message Received, Message Rejected. Now the Work Begins..Again.
Posting something here that I first posted on LinkedIn because I want to keep this conversation going. There are broad truths behind what on its face is obviously an abhorrent act by an individual. We need to talk about them. It is well … [Read more...]
Boston Police Have a Racially Biased Policing Problem, and a Golden Opportunity to Reform
During the summer of 2011, then-19-year-old Ivan Richiez was robbed at gunpoint and pistol-whipped by two men in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Bruised and bloodied, Ivan walked home passed the local Boston Police Department … [Read more...]
Boston Herald Trolls With Racist Obama Cartoon
The Boston Herald, the voice of old-school Boston racists, is in the national spotlight today for this overtly racist cartoon about President Obama and Secret Service breaches. The cartoonist is defending himself by claiming that, much like … [Read more...]
GOP’s Race War Still Dividing the Working Class
From Richard Nixon's efforts to divide poor whites & blacks to Ronald Reagan's open "Cadillac welfare queens" race-baiting to the Romney/Ryan 47% and makers/takers, using race to divide working-class whites from working-class blacks has … [Read more...]
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