Deep South, American Hypocrisy, & Liberal Traditions

This post is a continuation of my previous post: Deep South, Traditional Conservatism, & Future Possibilities. I have a couple of points to add to my analysis/commentary. First, I want to point out the consistent culture and politics of the Deep South, not just recently but for its entire history. Second, I want to point out an element [...]

Race & Wealth Gap

I heard something truly disgusting last night. The worst part is that I heard it on NPR. Several guests were discussing how poverty and the wealth gap have increased and how it has increased the most among minorities. One factor given was that blacks are disproportionately employed in government jobs which have been hit the [...]

Do Politicians Racially Discriminate against Constituents?

Here is an example of how racial prejudice persists. Racism is institutionalized because institutions made by and operated by people. People make racist decisions not necessarily because they are overt racists but because most prejudices operate below conscious thought. One thing that surprised me a bit is that racism existed similarly among both blacks and [...]

America’s 10 Most Segregated Cities: analysis, commentary

I noticed this article from Huffington Post: America’s 10 Most Segregated Cities 1. Detroit, Michigan The reason I noticed was because the data showed a North/South (i.e., blue/red) divide which is something I wrote about in great detail a short while ago: America’s North/South Divide (& other regional data) However, the HuffPo data seems to imply [...]

White Supremacy Defeated… yet again

I keep coming across racists/racialists who are obsessed with IQ. I dealt with this some in what I posted yesterday. Here is the relevant section: The white supremacists love IQ because African Americans on average have lower IQs. The white supremacists argue that this is genetic, but there is no conclusive evidence for this hypothesis [...]

White Nationalist Recruiter Rebuffed At CPAC 2011

Here is a video that gives further support to a theory I’ve had. The younger generation is more socially ‘liberal’ than past generations. Even younger Republicans are relatively liberal on social issues (which actually started back with GenX Reagan Republicans, personified by the fictional character of Alex P. Keaton from the tv show Family Ties). [...]

Tea Party not racist, eh?

Tucker Carlson said: “So, you say they are racist, give us examples.” Better yet, I’ll give you the opinions of Tea Party supporters themselves. They admit they are prejudiced: Tea Party: prejudiced against marginalized groups? If that isn’t good enough, there are many pictures and videos to be found online showing Tea Party supporters holding [...]

Media, Race and Obama’s First Year

I think this is what fairly could be labelled as institutional racism. http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=60139 As a group, African Americans attracted relatively little attention in the U.S. mainstream news media during the first year of Barack Obama’s presidency — and what coverage there was tended to focus more on specific episodes than on examining how broader issues and [...]

(R) Wants To Deport US Citizens

flowergirl1313 wrote: Cenk missed the biggest irony in this whole situation. The 14th Amendment is what gives anyone born in the US citizenship (even if your mom is illegal ). AND the reason we have the 14th Amendment is because racists after the Civil War were claiming former slaves weren’t citizens because their parents were never [...]

Disturbing Study Highlights Racism

http://www.stanford.edu/~lstein/visiblehand/