Tag: Institutional Racism
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Institutional Racism’s “Own Goal”
In soccer (football to the rest of the world), the worst thing to happen is an “own goal” where you score on yourself. That, perversely, is what institutional racism just did – is still doing – to Tyre Nichols. Nothing will bring that unfortunate young man back to life or to his family. But, in…
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Of Rabbit Holes And Rubbish
American news media (with its failed imagination and maniacal insistence that “both sides do it”) continues to play the part of Donald Trump’s BFF and his co-dependent bitch — even as he abuses the hell out of them. Again. When he says jump — they’re already doubling the height so they can impress him. When…
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Hey, America, Don’t Forget: Republicans Are A Minority Party — By A Lot
Americans either can’t bear talking about politics or it’s what we obsess on. Politics are fraught wherever you go — in our time especially — but politics are especially fraught here in America. The divide seems more intractable than ever. It is. The way our news media reports it, America is split 50-50 between two…