I’m hosting a discussion on Reconstruction politics, weaponized compromise and what we can do about it on Jan. 31 at 2pm PST on Zoom. You can register here (required). For more info, check out the flyers below.
On Dec. 7, I had the honor of moderating the Respond to Racism 2020 Student Panel. Student equity leaders from Lakeridge and Lake Oswego High Schools touched on a number of subjects, including the need to get rid of SROs (cops in schools), implement diverse curriculum and hold LOSD administration accountable for their failings in …
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZxmuMmPLUU&w=560&h=349] You ever get hit with the “nice” racism? Call it offensive with a smile. I was visiting a meeting for a group in Lake Oswego, which I won’t name, and I introduced myself to one member who, ironically, was named Bruce. He was white. We shared a quick laugh about the coincidence and …
“Not bad for a white woman, trying to capture a black story.” That was my mother’s reaction after seeing “The Help“. She was a “mother’s helper”, another word for maid, in high school in the 60s. She got the job after her mother, who worked as a domestic worker in South Carolina, moved up to …
I wish they would do reparations on Maury Povich. Think about it. “You… are the slave master.” If there’s anything I’ve learned from “The Help”, it’s that white people aren’t necessarily afraid of touchy subjects, they just need them packaged in an entertaining way (They’re talking about it for the Oscars while Spike Lee and …
Check out this story on The Guardian discussing how the condition for black Britons is worse than it was in 1985. Since the beginning of the London riots, which started after a black man named Mark Duggan (who the police claimed shot first but ballistic tests later found the bullet he supposedly fired was police …
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Check out this article from The Root on Don Cheadle’s connection to Native Americans. The Root editor-in-chief Henry Louis Gates Jr. details the history of Native Americans owning slaves, the Dawes Commission and the few blacks that were able to get the promised 40 acres, not from white slave owners but Native Americans. Here’s an …
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The evening news kills me. They’re so casual with the racism it’s like they’re daring you to notice. A newscast will start out like, “Three high school graduates were shot to death. Police think it was gang related. And now a story that will really disturb you. Another cat was found mutilated in the forest. …
The AP recently did a report inside North Korea, both confirming and countering many of the stories we’re told about the country through our media. If there’s one passage from the story that sums it up it’s this: “The common thinking is that North Koreans are shut off from the rest of the world. But …
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African-American Mother Faces More Jail Time than Drunk Driver Who Killed Her Son. You’d think you were reading a headline from the 1950s. Apologists would love to say I’m just playing the race card but it doesn’t get much more obvious. An all white jury convicts the woman of more jail time than the driver, …
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