Posts Tagged ‘teen pregnancy’

#WhiteLiesMatter: Debunking Right-Wing Racist Apologetics One Fact at a Time

May 21, 2015, filed under Essay Archive, News; No Comments.
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The first installments in #WhiteLiesMatter, a hashtag series I intend to post regularly. The series will debunk, with links embedded, various right-wing racist claims about people of color. Lie: Black teen pregnancy a growing crisis. Fact: Since 1970, fertility rate for black girls 15-17 down 81% http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2014/003.pdf … #WhiteLiesMatter Posted by Tim Wise on Thursday, […]

Of Matriarchs and Misinformation: Fact-Checking Conservative Lies About Black Women

December 20, 2014, filed under Essay Archive; No Comments.
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In the wake of recent police killings of young black men — John Crawford, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Tamir Rice most prominently — there has been much discussion about the way in which large numbers of white Americans, and especially white police, view African American males. The criminalization of the black male body has […]