Lynching of Jesse Washington:17 yr. old burned alive and mutilated Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas, on May 15, 1916, in what became a well-known example of racially…[...]
Posts Tagged ‘racism’
May 11th, 2016 - 12:38 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Why We Keep Coming Back To Saving “Black” Lives
The real problem is not “race.” The real problem is occupation. Police issues ALWAYS arise whenever a group of people .. gypsies, jews, blacks, irish, palestinians, bantu, apache …. (lower cases intended) are confined to a geographic area by any force other than their own choice. .[...]
May 10th, 2016 - 12:48 pm § in Misc.
Happy Confederate Memorial Day: South Carolina’s Celebration of Whiter Man’s Burden
“the black man’s friend” On This Day South Carolina Celebrates the Death of Stonewall Jackson. Jackson neither apologized for nor spoke in favor of the practice of slavery. He probably opposed the institution. Yet in his mind the Creator had sanctioned slavery, and man had no moral[...]
May 3rd, 2016 - 8:42 am § in The Ave Scene
SEATTLE Apartheid
Paul Schneiderman FACEBOOK The NBA is a predominantly African-American league with the players that we see on the court. Let’s face it that some of the anti-arena people on the Seattle city council and others may have trouble, consciously or subconsciously, identifying with the sport. More[...]
April 30th, 2016 - 1:46 am § in Christianity, Misc.
What Is “Caucasian?”
So, we know from modern genetics that people from the Caucuses invaded Europe about 9000 years ago. Those Caucasians are the ancestors of most Europeans … aka “white” folks. However, that migration does not do much to explain skin color. White folks also include Jews, Arabs, Iran[...]
April 27th, 2016 - 1:07 am § in Misc.
Black Lives Matter: Guilt vs Responsibility
BLM totters on the edge of two bad things … white guilt and self pity. Guilt is a lousy replacement for responsibility. White guilt remains a source of racism not only among Southern red necks but among condescending whites, especially in communities like Seattle where the white majority has r[...]
April 25th, 2016 - 5:52 am § in The Ave Scene
“Funny you do not look Jewish?”
Is There a Jewish Race? Dear Aaron, So much of what I read today is about a racial divide. My problem is I do not understand how there can be a racial divide without someone telling me how to define “race.” So am I, a “Jew,” part of a Jewish “race?” Can I[...]
April 22nd, 2016 - 12:20 pm § in America
Why Ethnic identity and race are NOT the same things.
There is no DNA test to prove you’re Native American’ By Linda Geddes “People think there is a DNA test to prove you are Native American. There isn’t” DNA testing is changing how Native Americans think about tribal membership. Yet anthropologist Kim Tallbear… tells Linda Gedde[...]
Call me Honky
This began as a discussion with a Jewish friend, someone I respect greatly. I will call my friend Aaron. Aaron, of course is a pseudonym. The words below the picture (of John Carridine as Aaron) are an edited version of an email sent to me. Aaron is a socially committed and very learned Jew. He[...]
A Dialog with Anthony on Race
Do we realize that there are over a billion people of African descent on this planet! We are socialized to think that we are not even kin to those just south of us in the Caribbean let alone the black men and women in Australia, Papua New Guinea, shit Africa!. Not realizing that slavery was [&hellip[...]