Posts Tagged ‘White Supremacy’
Special News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – There are proven ways to keep protests peaceful. Trump is doing the opposite.
Donald Trump has called on local and state officials to crack down as harshly as possible on BLM protests throughout the nation. Experts say that Trump’s rhetoric and actions inflame tensions and escalate protests further, instead of keeping the peace.
Read MoreProud Boys: who are the far-right group that backs Donald Trump?
President Trump refused to call the “Proud Boys” a white supremacist group during his presidential debate. Instead he told them to “stand down” and “stand by.”
Read MoreInternalizing White Supremacy: What We Can Learn From Liberia
The country of Liberia has an interesting history that has insitutional parallels with the United States in terms of institutional racism. The impact of white supremacy on African-American culture is shown through Liberia’s history of ethnic suppression.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – 45 Wisconsin Communities Protest
As video of George Floyd’s death spread across the US, protests followed in major cities — as well as unexpected small cities and tiny virtually all-white towns around Wisconsin.
Read MoreWhite Supremacist Ideas Have Historical Roots In U.S. Christianity
White Christians have used the Bible to support racial discrimination in all areas of life and the continuation of White supremacy.
Read More‘The worshipping of whiteness’: why racist symbols persist in America
Symbols drive the stock market and wall street. Businesses and government agencies are rethinking some racial stereotypes and are making changes. Rebranding without policy changes is mere “window dressing.”
Read MoreBlack Couple Shocked When Contractor Shows Up For Work With Confederate Flag
By David Moye, Huffington Post A black couple’s encounter with a white man they hired to fix their golf cart is going viral for the polite way they handled an awkward situation. On Saturday, Atlanta couple Allison and Zeke Brown hired a contractor, identified as “Michael,” to fix the brakes of their golf cart. Things quickly…
Read MoreIt’s Juneteenth, and a White Nationalist Is President
With the South rising again on the watch of President Donald Trump, who plans to turn the Fourth of July this year from a celebration of America to a celebration of himself, it’s time for Americans who champion equality to begin celebrating Juneteenth.June 19, 1865 — “Juneteenth” being a combination of June and nineteenth — should remind all Americans of the long and complex fight required to end slavery here.
Read MoreScholar Jonathan Metzl: White supremacy is literally killing white people
People do not always act in their own self interest. This is evident in Jonathan Metzl’s book, Dying of Whiteness. Life choices appear to be based on racial hierarchy and willingness to do without or die if it keeps non-whites in their place. Racism trumps living the American dream.
Read MoreNazi-saluting students in Baraboo reflect the forever war that profits from white power
High school prank or another sign of the acceptance of white supremacy. This is the question as students give Nazi salute on Baraboo, Wisconsin ‘s county court house steps.
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