Tag: Systemic Racism

How can we explain the suicidal behavior of Hamas in attacking Israel?

The Roots of the Racial Animus that Drives the Israeli-Hamas Conflict


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The current military conflict between Israel and Hamas is as horrific as it is baffling. Why would Hamas choose suicide? Israel is retaliating with overwhelming force. The only answer is that the Israeli-created conditions in Gaza have reached a breaking point. Desperate measures for desperate times.

How have white Americans denied Black Americans equality

The Civil War Never Ended: ‘Sum Of Us’ Examines The Hidden Cost Of Racism — For Everyone — Fresh Air on NPR


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On 17 February, Fresh Air sub-host, Dave Davies, interviewed author, Heather McGhee, about her new book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. She talked about the many ways that White America chose to withdraw publicly funded services rather than allow Black Americans equal access and how that has changed the very fabric of our society and hurts us all. Must listening to.

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What can white people do to end racism

What Can I Do? Five Things White People can do to End Racism


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It’s Black History Month, so I thought I’d repost this article from 20 August 2017 written shortly after the Charlottesville Good People On Both Sides White Supremacist Rally.

The five things listed here for white people to do to end racism are really really good and effective. You should give ’em a go and tell us about it in the comments!

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The Cynical Nihilism and Narcissism of the Far Left


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We’ve all encountered the Bernie Princesses and other folks form the far left who tell us that Biden or Clinton were just more of the establishment same and they would never give us the just and fair country that we were promised so we should all just… After that it is not clear, but what is clear that a false equivalency has been drawn between Obama, Clinton, and Biden and W and the Ol’ Pussy Grabber. It is a cynical nihilistic narcissism that states all one percenters are the same, so why bother.

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