Racism/White Supremacy
Starting down the path to embracing our history of White Supremacy
Starting down the path to embracing our history of White Supremacy
April 18, 2023
Several years ago, I participated in a reading gro —>> read more –>>
history of racism
Politics
Trump, Charlottesville, and Presidential Blinders to White Terrorism
Trump, Charlottesville, and Presidential Blinders to White Terrorism
August 15, 2017
Viewed from a bit longer lens of history this reaction to white supremacist terrorism fits in very well with the lengthy history of Presidents, Congress, and the judicial branch turning a blind eye to white terrorism used as a tool to oppress African Americans during the so-called Jim Crow era.
Briefly Noted
Recently Noted – “Making Affirmative Action White Again”
Recently Noted – “Making Affirmative Action White Again”
August 13, 2017
Ira Katznelson (see my earlier post “Affirmative Action for Whites – began in the 1930s”) wrote a brief opinion piece in the 8/13/2017 NYTimes, “Making Affirmative Action White Again” that encapsulates the real history of affirmative action for whites.
Books
Creating Segregated America in the 20th Century – Government in Action
Creating Segregated America in the 20th Century – Government in Action
July 12, 2017
Government, Federal, state and local took affirmative actions to set up and sustain segregation that is clearly unconstitutional and illegal. The de jure nature of the history then puts the burden on the government, our government, to remedy the situation.
Books
Slavery in Hudson and Columbia Cty NY
Slavery in Hudson and Columbia Cty NY
June 14, 2017
Notices of runaways slaves from the Hudson River Valley. Many were notices from slave owners in Hudson and Columbia County dating roughly from 1795 to 1840. Northerners may think that slavery was a Southern institution, but this history casts a decidedly different picture.
Politics
Gay Marriage – how did this transformation occur?
Gay Marriage – how did this transformation occur?
October 7, 2014
this transformation in attitudes towards homosexuality should be studied so that we can understand how and why it took place. Perhaps we can learn some lessons that will enable us to attack some of the other destructive hatreds shared so broadly by human beings.
Books
The Warmth of Other Suns – Isabel Wilkerson
The Warmth of Other Suns – Isabel Wilkerson
October 10, 2010
Isabel Wilkerson’s book, The Warmth of Other Suns —>> read more –>>