Bottom line: The majority and dissent differ fundamentally about the meaning of the #14thAmendment; the meaning of #race in the U.S.; and the importance of #precedent in constitutional decisions from the #SupremeCourt. Plus, Justice #Sotomayor absolutely eviscerates #ClarenceThomas concurrence. 1/ #LawFedi
An old friend of mine is the owner of a Dutch company called Cruden, creating high-end, hydraulics-based automotive driving simulators. He invited me for a test drive some years ago, and I didn't hesitate. 😃
I'm watching a film called #Race on #Netflix right now. I can't figure out how the hell I haven't heard of it previously bc I'm a big film nerd and love #JesseOwens In general, idgaf about sports. But Jesse Owens was a god. I bawl every time I see the footage of him at the Olympics. The COURAGE and TALENT. Good lord. He was an incredible human. Please watch this film. I'm 20 mins. in and yelling bc the cast is UNREAL. Perfection.
The Triple Threats of Hatred: The Roots of Race, Religion, & Resources
As long as people have been around, hatred has been a strong and harmful force in society. It shows up in many different ways and can have terrible effects. We need to look into the roots of hate in order to fully understand how complicated it is. We will talk about the three threats of hatred in this article: race, religion, and wealth.
Student in AP English class gets award-winning memoir of famous Black author banned from curriculum on grounds that it "made me feel uncomfortable" and "ashamed to be a Caucasian."
Vagueness of South Carolina’s new laws governing teaching about race are what made this possible.
There is no such thing as "#white culture" or "the white #race" because #whiteness isn't a #culture or an #ethnicity. It's the opposite of those things. It exists specifically to destroy them. It was crafted, not born, in concert with #capitalism, to arbitrarily privilege some at the expense of others. 1/*
"There are three chief reasons for the right’s relentless bashing of Kamala Harris. Those reasons do not include her laugh, or her 'scant experience on the world stage,' or the way she pronounces the word 'the.'
The three reasons are:
She’s a Democrat.
And a person of color.
And a woman."
~ Mark Jacob
And as M. Jacob says, to their great discredit, the corporate media are willing to play along with this racist misogyny.
Today is the 102nd anniversary of a horror that took place in my hometown, the #TulsaRaceMassacre, in which several thousand White citizens and authorities attacked and murdered a still-unknown number of Black residents and destroyed 35 square blocks of "Black Wall Street." Never forget. #Tulsa#History#Race#Greenwood#BlackWallStreet
Thanks to the cyclist husband, TIL about Kittie Knox, a prominent biracial cyclist of the late 1800s. Her mother was white, her father was Black, and she spent her short 26 years on this planet breaking serious social, gender, and racial barriers.
The #UnitedStates federal government updated how it classifies people by #race & #ethnicity for the 1st time in over a quarter-century, aiming to better capture an increasingly #diverse country & give policymakers a fuller view of the #Americans their work impacts.
Just realized that as of today, I am 4 weeks out of my #training schedule because of my inguinal #hernia. The pre-surgery examination is still 1.5 weeks away. First #race would have been in one week. Somewhat p****d off, and I am truly missing to #run.
Andrew Whitehead describes what it was like to grow up as a white Christian in a small northern Indiana town in the 1980s and 1990s:
"We determined our national morality in terms of abortion, divorce, and homosexuality. This is a well-worn tune for those who have followed religion and politics for any stretch of time."
Judd Legum reports today on the attempt of the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission, packed with judges appointed by Republican chief justice Newby, to silence Supreme Court justice Anita Earls, the only Black woman on the court.
Her alleged misconduct? She has criticized the state Supreme Court for its handling of issues of racial and gender discrimination. So the court wants to make her shut up.
Robert P. Jones on why he wrote his forthcoming book The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy:
"One of things that makes this work more urgent for me is that questions of race and religion are absolutely at the heart of what's tearing this country apart."
[Race Thread] Tour de Suisse Stage 2 (2.UWT)
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