racism issues

…for two weeks for saying The Holocaust was “not about race”. My response to a Twitter thread on the topic… “I was born and raised a Jew, and don’t get the outrage. I don’t see myself as being a separate “race”, and I think biologists in general agree that “race” is a nebulous concept. Seems...

I've been amused for some time that the word "black", when applied to people, has become a default proper noun, and is therefore initially capitalised. Here are a couple of examples from today's news: The Hill: Allen Russel, a 38-year-old Black man, will still serve a life sentence CBC...

The 18th Century view on Africans and Maths... Thomas Jefferson The 21st Century view on Africans and Maths... (e.g. A much more elaborate way of saying the thing that Jefferson said in the 18th Century...) From the 1st 'stride' of 'A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction...

During a champions league match between PSG and Istanbul Basaksehir last night, the game was postponed when both sets of players walked off the pitch after an alleged racist phrase was used by an official...

This could equally be in the Humour section - a crazy white woman exemplifying racism in one short video. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/black-family-california-white-neighbour-taser-b1724705.html You just have to love that last comment.

Came across this series on YouTube, well worth watching to get an idea of both sides of the racial divide. h8jUA7JBkF4 There are presently 9 of these episodes about topics such as; White Privilege and White Allergies, How to teach your kids about race Reverse Racism White Parents raising...

Coon cheese's name to be changed over racism concerns Do you agree?

Has anybody else encountered this "impressively crazy" book, which is currently at or near the top of the Amazon and NY Times Bestseller lists? Robin DiAngelo is a (white) diversity consultant, and she writes about the problems she encounters with other white people in her training sessions...

There seems to be a truism that abolishing captialism will lead to be end of racism. But if we had a system of worker co-ops or were property is communally owned, can't white people still oppress (inadvertently or not) black people by being the majority?

Black woman, 42, is arrested for allegedly punching stranger at a Portland, Oregon bus stop before telling her it's 'because you're white' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8044075/Black-woman-punched-stranger-Oregon-bus-stop-told-youre-white.html

I have a very hard time understanding why she would be in denial about this, but it seems very obvious that she is.

Milo, apparently frustrated that he is has kicked off nearly every meaningful platform and abandoned by the far-right media, has published a video of Richard Spencer ranting after the Charlottesville fascist rally. Spencer uses multiple racial slurs throughout and angrily spews white supremacist...

So Tracey Evans, a clearly black man, sues his employer, Founders Brewing, for a racially hostile workplace and using slurs at work. In court proceedings, the defendants claim to be unaware of Evans' heritage and won't answer to whether he is black or not: Pics of Evans in the article. He is...

Marysville should stick to only having white couples because God said so, duh: Note Kathy Hayman has mixed relationships throughout her family.

Sometimes it seems to me that people are envisioning different things when discussing racism. Is a person a racist? Or does it speak to a certain configuration of society, which makes any systematic "othering" racist, whether it literally has to do with skin color or not? An article in The New...

https://newsone.com/3883517/el-paso-shooter-patrick-crusius/

The city of Baltimore is back in the news again due to the tweet storm between President Trump and Representative Elijah Cummings. Let's focus on this specific debate and discuss the conditions of our large urban centers and what has happened to them. The Black Lives Matter movement became...

Surely you have heard about it. I find it so disturbing I don't even want to link to youtube videos of it. Trump decided to go after Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and his crowd, ever lowering themselves to new levels of deplorable, started chanting "Send her back! SEND HER BACK!..." And here we now...

Link: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/13/politics/bill-lee-tennessee-governor-kkk-nathan-forrest/index.html

Some people are calling for the John Wayne Airport to be renamed. https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2019/03/02/john-wayne-airport-playboy-interview-ethan-wayne-smerconish-vpx.cnn This is a very softball interview. Ethan Wayne says that portions of the 50 year old interview were taken out of...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/12/22/lebron-james-nfl-owners-are-old-white-men-with-slave-mentality-toward-players To me this sounds like a racist statement. Does this represent acceptable everyday racism against white people? I don't know how society will react to what James just...

Warning: This may cause mental issues in those who believe that it is impossible for anyone other than a member of the 'White Race' to be racist. https://au.yahoo.com/finance/news/ghana-university-pulls-down-statue-013037663.html

This is a monumental failure in vetting. Weird that this keeps happening, right?

Not the writer, but the Iowa GOP congressman who embraces white nationalist politics and has made many openly racist statements? Give me a excuse why the GOP should tolerate a man like that,and even reward him with some co chair positions. I know every party has it's kooks, but King is of a...

Sounds like the anti-Trump folks include quite a few racists: (note to mods: that is how the "n" word is spelled in the article; I am not trying to get around the autocensor). Yeah, if you ever want to see the 'ever-so-tolerant' Left reveal their true racist nature, just check out how they...

I think the thread title is self-evident and propose a real world example: I recently had occasion to overhear an event producer on a phone call to book talent: "No, the dancers can't be white. I need them to be black." This sounds racist. Without further context, I'd agree. Why are you...

The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched a new series of adverts designed to combat racism and stir debate in the community. Unfortunately I think they have taken the easy path and they are going to stir up the wrong kind of debate, why, because I think the best anti-racism talk I...

How is this as a thread title as opposed to the one about hate crimes? How about this to start http://gothamist.com/2017/03/28/iranian_couple_death_threat.php I would also cite all the statements from the charlottesville nazi protestors as more evidence.

http://nypost.com/2017/09/13/vandals-scrawl-racist-anthem-on-francis-scott-key-monument/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2017/09/13/memorial-to-racist-francis-scott-key-who-wrote-the-star-spangled-banner-vandalized-in-maryland/?utm_term=.88a4b53d4d12 I cannot understand this. A...

www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/loreal-sacks-first-transgender-model-munroe-bergdorf-after-all-white-people-are-racist-facebook-rant/ar-AAr6vYF?li=AAgfLCP This was a case of someone posting to Facebook, not Twitter, and it's pretty clear from what is quoted in the article she meant what she said...