Posts Tagged: race
Lois Lane Black Like Me
Imagine today an award-winning white reporter from a big city newspaper posing as an African American for an investigative piece. Would New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman be willing to don blackface in the hopes of scoring a Pulitzer prize?
Lois Lane Black Like Me
Imagine today an award-winning white reporter from a big city newspaper posing as an African American for an investigative piece. Would New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman be willing to don blackface in the hopes of scoring a Pulitzer prize?
Slaves With Benefits
Who knew being a slave in the antebellum South benefited African Americans by teaching them important life skills? Nobody. Talk about torturing the truth. In his anti-woke campaign, De Santis is torching history and truth in Florida with the speed
Slaves With Benefits
Who knew being a slave in the antebellum South benefited African Americans by teaching them important life skills? Nobody. Talk about torturing the truth. In his anti-woke campaign, De Santis is torching history and truth in Florida with the speed
How A White Supremacist Integrated the U.S. Military
If Alabama’s Senator Tommy Tuberville had his way, today’s army would have you trading in your combat helmet for a white hood. Yet it was another former Southerner with an abiding belief in white supremacy, who was responsible for integrating
How A White Supremacist Integrated the U.S. Military
If Alabama’s Senator Tommy Tuberville had his way, today’s army would have you trading in your combat helmet for a white hood. Yet it was another former Southerner with an abiding belief in white supremacy, who was responsible for integrating
Harry Belafonte Touched All Our Lives
Harry Belafonte touched all our lives, whether as the King of Calypso or a courageous Civil rights activist. But it was a touch of another kind that once caused an uproar. It was April 2, 1968, when along with other
Harry Belafonte Touched All Our Lives
Harry Belafonte touched all our lives, whether as the King of Calypso or a courageous Civil rights activist. But it was a touch of another kind that once caused an uproar. It was April 2, 1968, when along with other
In Tennessee The South Will Rise Again
The Old South rose again in the Tennessee State House yesterday, even as they sunk to a new low. Score one for the Lost Cause. When three brave legislators spoke out about banning assault rifles in a state that just
In Tennessee The South Will Rise Again
The Old South rose again in the Tennessee State House yesterday, even as they sunk to a new low. Score one for the Lost Cause. When three brave legislators spoke out about banning assault rifles in a state that just
Dilbert Get His Pink Slip
Dilbert is getting his pink slip. Somebody should have called HR a long time ago for the cartoonist Scott Adams’s racists remarks. Hundreds of newspapers are dropping the popular “Dilbert” comic strip after a racist tirade from its creator. In
Dilbert Get His Pink Slip
Dilbert is getting his pink slip. Somebody should have called HR a long time ago for the cartoonist Scott Adams’s racists remarks. Hundreds of newspapers are dropping the popular “Dilbert” comic strip after a racist tirade from its creator. In
Remembering Rosewood Massacre 100 years later. What Have We Learned
The Rosewood Massacre is a tragic story most of us don’t know. It’s a shameful story of racial violence people didn’t want to hear. And so we never did. It lay buried for more than half a century. I never
Remembering Rosewood Massacre 100 years later. What Have We Learned
The Rosewood Massacre is a tragic story most of us don’t know. It’s a shameful story of racial violence people didn’t want to hear. And so we never did. It lay buried for more than half a century. I never
Collecting Our Uncomfortable Past
It should come as no surprise to those familiar with my work that I am an avid collector of all things connected to popular culture. My home is filled from top to bottom with remnants of American history over the
Collecting Our Uncomfortable Past
It should come as no surprise to those familiar with my work that I am an avid collector of all things connected to popular culture. My home is filled from top to bottom with remnants of American history over the
Holocaust And the Jewish Race
Never forget that when Whoopi Goldberg shared her ill-informed views about the Holocaust on the talk show of the same name stating that the Nazis’ murder of six million Jews was “not about race,” she was wrong. Dead wrong. Never
Holocaust And the Jewish Race
Never forget that when Whoopi Goldberg shared her ill-informed views about the Holocaust on the talk show of the same name stating that the Nazis’ murder of six million Jews was “not about race,” she was wrong. Dead wrong. Never
Not Always a White Christmas
A Black Santa? Who knew my local Rite Aid was so woke? Not just a white Christmas in my town of Huntington. Just a few towns over from my blue-leaning village lies a nasty patch of Trump country, where the
Not Always a White Christmas
A Black Santa? Who knew my local Rite Aid was so woke? Not just a white Christmas in my town of Huntington. Just a few towns over from my blue-leaning village lies a nasty patch of Trump country, where the
Envisioning The American Dream 