A couple days ago, I posted that Florida banned a book about Rosa Parks for school libraries (see posting here). Now, Florida has also banned a Disney movie about Ruby Bridges, the little black girl in the Norman Rockwell painting below (read story here). Why? Because “a parent complained ab[...]
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Florida bans “The Life of Rosa Parks”
Technically, it’s under review. But the book was pulled from school library shelves months ago, which effectively prohibits students from reading it, unless they obtain a private copy here. (Read story here.) Florida is a retirement haven for rich (and not-so-rich) East Coasters. The stateR[...]
Republican wants kids to go hungry
Whether it’s to force them into dirty, dangerous, low-paying jobs (presumably including elderly and disabled people, mothers with young children, and schoolkids, because that’s who government food assistance goes to), or racism (do you see any white faces in the photo of a food bank line[...]
March 15th, 2023 - 9:27 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Southern injustice
I wonder how many white people in Florida get sentenced to 400 years in prison for being the getaway driver in an armed robbery in which no one was hurt? That was the sentence imposed on Sidney Holmes in 1989, and he wasn’t even the getaway driver in the robbery. He was convicted on the [&hell[...]
Compendium of Awful Republicans for Tuesday, 3/14/23
I’m not saying there aren’t bad Democrats. It’s just a lot easier to find bad Republicans; there’s a lot more of them. South Carolina GOP legislators introduced a bill to impose the death penalty on women who have abortions (story here). They’ll probably kill some women[...]
Why are Republicans such jackasses?
Republican sorry for suggesting ‘hanging by a tree’ as execution method That’s the headline on a Guardian story published on Thursday, March 2, 2023 (read it here). If he’s sorry he said it, maybe he shouldn’t have said it; instead, maybe he should have engaged his brain, if he[...]
February 25th, 2023 - 10:45 pm § in Racism
Snow shoveling Karen
A white woman in Rockford, Illinois, called the police on February 17, 2023, because two black men were shoveling snow off the public sidewalk in front of her house. She even shoveled snow back onto the sidewalk! Watch video below and read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
February 25th, 2023 - 10:27 pm § in Racism
Pizzeria Karen
This racist incident happened at a pizzeria in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, February 23, 2023. The woman didn’t like the fact a Spanish-language program was playing on the TV (read details here). My guess is she’ll also be told to never set foot in that pizzeria again; these days,[...]
What kind of president would DeSantis be?
— DeSantis defended slavery as “backbone of economy” and “fact of life” in 2011 book Read story here — DeSantis moves toward political control of university studies Here and here — Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Virginia’s GOP governor isn’t a moderate
Glenn Youngkin (photo, left; bio here), an investment banker, got elected Virginia governor by campaigning as a “moderate” Republican. He’s nothing of the sort. There are many Republican liars, but very few if any Republican moderates. His education policies mirror those of Florida[...]