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February 2013

Black History Month in “Post-racial America” (conclusion)

Part III — Returning to The Atlantic in order to illuminate a disturbing dynamic; AND (finally) a suburban, white “Zonie” reflects on his imperfect and incomplete journey… SOOTHING A WHITE EDITOR Before I briefly synopsize my personal journey across racially complicated America, I have to add a postscript to the previous installation of this blog series.  It concerns the video… Read More »Black History Month in “Post-racial America” (conclusion)

Black History Month in “Post-Racial” America (continued)

Part II: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ (quite possibly perfect) analysis of racial double standards in 21st-century America In the previous installment of this blog series, I set out to debunk the dubious claim that, simply by electing our first ever African-American president, America has finally exorcised the demon called Racism. Not hardly, I scoffed, disgorging a superfluity of statistics to support my… Read More »Black History Month in “Post-Racial” America (continued)

The Return of “MoneyDrone” — a cartoon ahead of its time…

With the Senate confirmation hearings of John Brennan (“Father John” above — Obama’s morally repugnant nominee for CIA Director), plus the controversy around Zero Dark Thirty, and Obama’s “KILL LIST” all receiving prominent attention in the news, these days, I thought it appropriate to reprint the above political cartoon before returning to my series on race relations in 2013 America.… Read More »The Return of “MoneyDrone” — a cartoon ahead of its time…

Endemic Racism and Brutality Yields Vigilantism and Terrorism (featuring a discussion of American VALUES)

Rodney King, Abner Louima, Amidou Diallo, the systematic oppression of African-Americans, and the ever-more violent “creeping annexation” of Palestine — what do they have in common? Systematic brutalization of whole peoples, predicated on racism, inevitably provokes a violent response. As the United States has slid (so easily, so casually) into fascism — right down to eliminating due process and collecting… Read More »Endemic Racism and Brutality Yields Vigilantism and Terrorism (featuring a discussion of American VALUES)

Black History Month in “Post-racial America”

Happy Black History Month, reader!  No doubt you noticed the quotation marks above, indicating my skepticism about America’s alleged post-racial status.  I should clarify that I realize that such skepticism hardly makes me an outlier or some marvel of progressive insight; if American bigots have proven anything in the Obama era, it is that they are utterly unrepentant and unreformed.… Read More »Black History Month in “Post-racial America”