Just days after delivering the GOP response to the State of The Union, Nikki Haley’s image as a Republican good guy is becoming somewhat translucent. Challenged by Trump for being weak on immigration, the Governor of South Carolina Haley responded, “When you’ve got immigrants who a[...]
Posts Tagged ‘racism’
January 15th, 2016 - 8:01 am § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge: What do these symbols have in common?
Fox Business used a local bridge as the logo for its coverage of the Charleston debate. Who is the bridge between Charleston and its North Charleston suburb named for?[...]
December 25th, 2015 - 11:26 am § in Misc.
Buchenwald 87: Bill Quick Chimes In
Bill’s Christmas message illustrates why the Buchenwald issue is so important. At least as I understand him, Bill was born into Christian family. His mom later became Jewish and Bill married my sister. Despite all else I am so happy that they have found love. Bill also writes about his [...]
December 23rd, 2015 - 3:00 pm § in Misc.
Anthony Washington:Erasing History
Anthony Washington There was a day where I was helping a young Ethiopian kid with his world history. He was studying about Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who annexed Ethiopia in 1936. That’s history, and I did not have an issue with that, but what I did find interesting is the book made no men[...]
December 21st, 2015 - 1:16 pm § in Misc.
How folks got to be “white”
What is “race?” You may tell people that race isn’t real and doesn’t matter, but they can’t catch a cab,” Ota Wang said. “So unless we take that into account it makes us sound crazy.” By Rick Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, December 16, 2005[...]
Anthony Washington: I thought Metro Drivers treated me horribly because I was Black.
A white man, with long dirty blonde hair, unshaved, and rocking a fresh shiner on his left eye, was stopped on a metro bus, route 11, headed towards downtown Seattle via Madison avenue, around 7 o’ clock, on a Saturday evening. He was stopped by a middle aged, African American Female Metro bus dri[...]