Edward Alan Clark , Biobuddhist DOES SEATTLE’S TRADITION OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES REFLECT RACISM? Page 25 of Seattle Mayor Ed Murray‘s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda report cites the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project’s research on racially restrictive coven[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
July 21st, 2015 - 5:36 pm § in Uncategorized
A tale of two arrests
Two Georgia cops stopped a 30-year-old white male for a traffic offense last week. According to a police press release, “Immediately, the driver exhibited aggression towards the officers and began making statements consistent with “sovereign citizen” type beliefs. Rather than compl[...]
July 16th, 2015 - 7:35 pm § in Politics
Okies stage “Stand By The Flag” rally at president’s visit
Hey, this is America; you can wave any damn flag you want to. Click here and here for story.[...]
July 15th, 2015 - 11:03 pm § in Uncategorized
Spokane-area mayor refuses to resign over racist Obama remark
“Gorilla face Michelle, can’t disagree with that. The woman is not attractive except to monkey man Barack. Check out them ears. LOL.” That’s what Mayor Patrick Rushing of Airway Heights, Washington, a Spokane suburb, posted on Facebook about the President and First Lady of the United Sta[...]
July 15th, 2015 - 10:47 pm § in Uncategorized
Why Trump would’ve been a perfect candidate in 1720
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July 15th, 2015 - 9:56 pm § in Uncategorized
Why did Snoqualmie hire this cop?
America’s police are under intense scrutiny following a string of highly-publicized incidents of police violence against civilians, especially blacks, that have resulted in deaths of innocent (and not-so-innocent) people, provoked protests, and left municipalities paying expensive legal settle[...]
July 13th, 2015 - 10:15 pm § in Uncategorized
NYC to pay $5.9M to Eric Garner’s family
New York City has settled a lawsuit arising from the police killing of Eric Garner for $5.9 million, CBS News reports. Garner was killed when police accosted him for selling cigarets and a cop put him in a chokehold. The family previously had rejected a $5 million settlement offer. Click here for st[...]
July 12th, 2015 - 8:00 pm § in Uncategorized
Undemocratic laws, not tradition, keep “Southern Heritage” alive
By now, everyone knows a Confederate battle flag waved over South Carolina’s capitol grounds because of a law — enacted by the long-gone legislators of another era, in protest of the civil rights movement — and it took legislative action to legally remove it. (It was subjected[...]
What would you do for a laugh?
Nigga Turtles, a YouTube video created by ITSREAL85VIDS brings both anger and laughter. Basically some guy had a great idea. He decided to take an old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie and do voices over it. Sad to say the first time that I saw this video, I was laughing. As I was reviewing [...]