Archive for August, 2016

Patriotism is for Black People: Colin Kaepernick, Donald Trump and the Selectivity of White Rage

August 30, 2016, filed under Essay Archive; No Comments.
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So just in case you were wondering, when a white man bellows that America is no longer great, and in fact is akin to a “third world” country, and that many other countries are better than we are at all kinds of things — and this is why we should elect him, so he can […]

No Real Angels in Hell: Police Violence, Black Lives and the White Obsession With Perfect Victims

August 14, 2016, filed under Essay Archive; No Comments.
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It is increasingly apparent that white Americans hate the Constitution. Not all white people and not the entire Constitution of course; but certainly a frightening lot of us and some of the most important parts. We love the Second Amendment — at least in so far as it protects our right to bear arms, even […]