Tag Archives: racism

Laughing Racism: Beyond the #browntwitterbird

It dawned on me that the phrase "crying racism" is both dismissive and silencing.
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Big Government, Nixonland, and the Tea Parties

The Tea Parties embody the resentment and anger Nixon fostered.
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The New Racism: History and the Tea Party, Part 1

Tea Party rallies speak to both pre-civil rights and post-civil rights conservative discussions of race.
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Mel Gibson: Unsurprising but still shocking

Mel Gibson, once again out to flaunt his gross displays of race and gender privilege.
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Mark Seal on Kenya in Vanity Fair: bad implications and dead ends

Is it useful to point out that a phrase "taming the wild country" is a slap in the face for those who were "tamed"?
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Who’s Yo Savior, Biatch!

I heard the words "Saddam Hussein" and "Al-Qaeda" and "Osama bin Laden." Then the guy made some comment about Africa. Great, I thought, a geography-challenged bigot.
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