Category: BIGOTRY / DISCRIMINATION

The Difference Between Slaves and Indentured Servants in Virginia Colony
In defense of his blackface, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam mentioned "indentured servants". The interviewer replied:"Aka slaves." Both were wrong. Slaves were not indentured servants and the terms are not synonyms. Some of the earliest black people in the Virginia Colony were indentured servants, yes, but 40 years later most blacks were enslaved ... Read More

This Is Not Who We Are: The Baraboo High Nazi Salute and American Fascism
11-29-2018 Almost the entire male half of the 2019 class of Baraboo High in Wisconsin posed doing the Nazi salute. The first reaction of many was shock and "This is not who we are." But clearly it is. What to do about it? Do the students have freedom of speech? Did they know what they were doing? What is the role of history education? ... Read More

New Page: Books on Fascism, Authoritarianism, Violence and Bigotry
I have a new page, with books on fascism, authoritarianism, violence and bigotry, and more, with links to book reviews and author interviews and information about the authors ... Read More

Dear Trump Voters, If This Isn’t You, Prove It!
Trump voters, if American democracy fails, you will be responsible. Some day you will be held accountable. If you don't want to associate yourself with what's happened and what will happen if Trump's allowed to continue, prove it in the midterms ... Read More

Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders’ Social Democracy vs. a Gifted Car
Is Bernie Sanders a Democratic Socialist or a Social Democrat? What is social democracy? How democratic socialists, a CEO gifting a car and universal healthcare are connected ... Read More

The Racial Wealth Gap: Two Reports on Income and Asset Disparity
Two recent reports on racial income disparity and asset disparity address various reasons for the racial wealth gap. They look at black education, black housing disparity, black banking and black savings ... Read More

Segregation Policies, Redlining and the Present Racial Housing Disparity
Segregation policies, racial covenants and racially biased redlining led to the current racially divided housing situation, the racial housing disparity and the racial asset disparity ... Read More

The Blurry Lines Between White Responsibility, White Privilege and Racism
Some thoughts about my own white responsibility, my white privilege and my unconscious racism, and a few shocking peeks at living while black in Trump Country ... Read More

The First Days After Donald Trump Wins the 2016 Presidential Election
Trump wins the 2016 presidential election. He is now the president-elect. Five days later I'm still reeling ... Read More

American Islamophobia: Sixteen States Plan to Refuse Syrian Refugees
France and America want to bomb ISIS in Syria. Sixteen U.S. states refuse entry to the subsequent Syrian refugees, because some of them might be terrorists. American Islamophobia is alive and kicking ... Read More

Fans of SRO Ben Fields vs. Lawsuits for Excessive Force and Racial Profiling
SRO Ben Fields had lawsuits filed against him, for excessive force and for racial profiling. Yet the police and the school were okay with letting him loose on kids, and so are many others ... Read More

What’s the Purpose of American Public Schools, Education or Discipline?
How is it acceptable to have Officer Slam in American public schools? And why is discipline seen as the be-all, end-all in American public education? ... Read More

Spring Valley High School Student Violently Arrested by SRO Ben Fields
An SRO -- School Resources Officer -- at Spring Valley High School (S.C.) violently slammed a black female student to the floor and then threw her several feet toward the door. She was arrested for using her cell phone in class. ... Read More

Kim Davis, ISIS and the Syrian Refugees: Theocracy and Religious Freedom
ISIS is fighting for strict Muslim government everywhere. The Syrian refugees are fleeing these groups. However, Kim Davis, in fighting for her 'religious freedom', would want America to be a theocracy, too ... Read More

Better Firearms Training, Less Lethal Force, Fewer Lethal Police Shootings
During police firearms training, why not teach officers to aim for the shoulder or leg? There would be decidedly fewer lethal police shootings if cops didn't have the license to use lethal force every time they felt threatened ... Read More

Police Shootings, Militarization and the Absence of the NRA in Ferguson MO
Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Demonstrations against police violence have been going on since, which the police have met with tanks and army gear ... Read More

The Meridian Race Riot of 1871: The Failure of the Rickety Reconstruction
The Meridian race riot of 1871 illustrates the battles between freedmen and the KKK and other white supremacists in the South during the Reconstruction era ... Read More

The Reconstruction: Federal Army, Carpetbaggers, and Blacks in Office
Then, in 1875, federal army and the carpetbaggers leave, the KKK wins, Black Codes are put in place and the Jim Crow era begins. The Reconstruction is barely even mentioned in history textbooks ... Read More