racism

Basic Question

keeperofthekeys wrote in racism_101 Oct 04, 2010 01:31

This is a scenario I've run into a few times. I feel that answer to the initial question is obvious, but I'm not as sure about the nuances ( Read more... )

best response I've yet seen to the Elizabeth Moon contraversy

tylik wrote in racism_101 Oct 02, 2010 13:13

http://blog.carlbrandon.org/2010/10/regarding-elizabeth-moon-controversy.html

(I find the response to be of general interest)

Cultural Appropriation VS Fashion

jade_rust wrote in racism_101 Sep 20, 2010 13:43

This is most definitely a topic that I've seen on this forum (and other places) plenty of times, but it's a topic that I'm always going to retread because it's so complicated ( Read more... )

Could we talk about "color blind" again for a minute?

sugar_for_sugar wrote in racism_101 Sep 20, 2010 07:48

Ladies and Gentlemen, I couldn't get any stupider, I swear. Which is why I want to talk about this here because, as much as it's humiliating to talk about honestly, this would be the one place where I'd expect to get a bit of light-shedding discussion on it without someone wanting to beat me to death with a clue-by-four for being such a n00b. If ( Read more... )

Multiculturalism and Social Justice

inizitu wrote in racism_101 Sep 16, 2010 19:42

I read these posts by Elizabeth Moon and Cat Valente, respectively. (Short version: Moon wrote a long, fail-y rant about how being a good citizen, as an immigrant, means putting up with ignorant racist bullshit and cutting white folks some slack. Valente more or less said "Bullshit. I am very disappointed in you.") It got me thinking about ( Read more... )

Neat, very sharable interview with Rep. Barbara Lee

madmoisellestar wrote in racism_101 Sep 16, 2010 09:55

The Root has a nice little interview with Chairwoman of the Congressional black caucus Barbara Lee on white privilege, media responsibility, and the problems with the way America talks about race. The kind of thing I would pass on to friends and family who are skeptical about the whole 'privilege' business ( Read more... )

(Untitled)

chasingtides wrote in racism_101 Aug 05, 2010 20:40

I'm a travel agent ( Read more... )

A little summertime Racism In the Park

lady_jem wrote in racism_101 Aug 02, 2010 12:36

This makes me ashamed to be from Chicago:

Hip Hop Prompts Discriminatory Security Practices
This is a beautiful piece on a truly shameful event...

Another article, from the Chicagoist, is almost more telling, especially the quote from the Chicago Police Department. Um, yeah, the reason for the heightened security at a hip-hop concert was a concern ( Read more... )

Racism in the news

madmoisellestar wrote in racism_101 Jul 21, 2010 12:33

I hadn't seen much coverage of the Shirley Sherrod story until today, thought it might be of interest here ( Read more... )

News Item

teaberryblue wrote in racism_101 Jul 19, 2010 16:13

Ryan Murdough is an example of endemic racism in America, but this New Hampshire man currently running for a seat in his state's government claims he's not a racist because he doesn't hate anyone, he just doesn't want anyone who doesn't look like him in his country ( Read more... )

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