With more than 20 million Americans still unemployed, and eviction moratoriums about to expire, America faces a new housing crisis. Millions of households suffering income loss from Covid-19 can’t pay rent. Moratoriums and one-time stimulus payments provided some temporary, short-lived relief;[...]
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Ohso poor Julián and Kamala set a poor example!
IN TODAY’S EMAIL: Stephen, I’m putting the DNC on notice. I’m not interested in a handout for the debate stage. I’m not asking for anybody to change the rules of the game in the middle of it. But it’s time for our party to make some big changes. It’s time for the DNC to[...]
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid!
(Copied, with my sidebar, from Seth Harp, The Intercept) “I should have kept my mouth shut about the guacamole; that made things worse for me. Otherwise, what I’m about to describe could happen to any American who travels internationally. It happened 33,295 times last year.? “My work[...]
April 12th, 2019 - 10:45 am § in Misc.
When Democrats Go Full Bore Racist
Katie Porter, a protege of Elizabeth Warren made a great point. Porter is a lawyer who studied with Professor Warren at Harvard Law. Now a Congressperson, she screwed the Chair of JP Morgan-Chase to the wall .. asking him how an entry level employee could pay her bills, much less pursue opport[...]
As someone who looks up to African Americans, I feel the concept of POC has hurt the black community.
An African American friend on Facebook challenged his readers to say they would choose a black skin despite the racist heritage that afflicts anyone who looks like an African American. I answered “YES!” I would easily choose to have a black skin because I look up to the African America[...]
January 27th, 2019 - 12:07 pm § in Misc.
FB Dialog: When “Privilige” Becomes a Racist Epithet
May I assume you understand why judges knock down folks who ask leading questions? Over on FACEBOOK, Chad Zichterman is trying to rip me a new hole because he wants to convince me that I am a bad person because I do not think he has the right to accuse me of being privileged. […][...]
January 11th, 2019 - 8:14 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
It isn’t about the wall. Outside of Trump’s rallies, nobody really wants it very much. Most people who live near the border don’t. Many Republicans in Congress don’t, but are backing Trump for the sake of party unity. Even Trump didn’t push it until he was pushed by rig[...]
April 13th, 2018 - 8:53 am § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges
RACISM AT POMONA
Pomona’s Scripps College is hosting a pool party today at which “white” people will be excluded, with only “people who identify as POC” permitted to attend. A Facebook announcement of the event lists the party as being hosted by Café Con Leche, a student group identified i[...]
June 12th, 2017 - 12:12 am § in Misc.
Is Wonder Woman Black?
White or Nah? Twitter Is Fuming Over People Saying the New Wonder Woman Is a Person of Color Israeli actress Gal Gadot is the subject of new controversy. People are obsessed with her “race.” She is Jewish. “Color” is a racist term that has NO meaning. As a Jew she could have[...]
CAPITAL IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT LIKE RACE
I am befuddled. This morning I was reading about capital and about the world debt. The debt is something like 200 trillion dollars. What is that debt? Who owns the debt? I am also befuddled by ideas like “people of color.” American politics seems to have defined itself in term [...]