Posts Tagged ‘marriage equality’

Kim Davis is No Rosa Parks (and Christian Hegemony is Not a Civil Right)

September 6, 2015, filed under Essay Archive; No Comments.
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It is an axiom of modern American politics: whenever someone does something that you really don’t like, they are to be immediately analogized to Hitler. Conversely, when someone does something you support quite a bit, you are to proclaim them the modern day incarnation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Or at least Rosa Parks. Thus, […]

Historical Memory and the Implicit White Supremacy of American Conservatism

June 27, 2015, filed under Essay Archive; No Comments.
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Sometimes racism isn’t about vicious bigotry and hatred towards those with different skin color than your own, let alone a willingness to walk into a church and massacre nine of those others because you think they’re “taking over your country.” Sometimes, racism is manifested in the subtle way a person can dismiss the lived experiences […]