Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. Just as I have blogged on the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, racism, and intolerance previously (as found via my blog tags), today I am doing it again.
Warning: This post contains some graphic, or disturbing photos.
An owl's eye view of forests and trees
Tag: Racism and Bigotry (Page 1 of 3)
Critical Thought Exercise: Learn to Set Aside Discomfort to Discover Reality
People use words and phrases to persuade us, not with the truth, but with feeling comfortable. If it sounds good, we want to believe it. As long as what gets said doesn’t fall in to the “too good to be true” category, alarms do not go off, and words lull us down the path laid out for us.
Let me give you a small example of what I mean so that you can try to be on the lookout for it in the big scale. Think of this as another critical thought exercise.
The Power of One Knee
Kneeling on one knee changed everything. Kneeling like that for about a minute-and-a-half, the average time it takes to perform the national anthem, ended Colin Kaepernick’s career. Kneeling like that for close to nine minutes ended George Floyd’s life. Both times that knee bent because of our society’s deep-seated racism. The results shame this nation’s white majority.
Kneeling for nine minutes changed me too, hopefully for the better.
Warning: Post Contains a Disturbing Image
Where Do We Draw Lines on Free Speech, Censorship, and Cancel Culture? Part I
Let’s talk about cancel culture, free speech, and that Harper’s letter. You know the one I mean.
No Apologies for Anger that Lynching Never Went Away
The president wants Bubba Wallace to apologize for being upset about a racist symbol of terrorism. Wallace does not need to apologize.
Warning: Potentially disturbing subject matter follows.
Today is July 4th, the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In it, the colonies that would become the United States of America laid out why they felt impelled to rebel against Great Britain and form their own nation. According to that document, the rebellion, and thus the basis for the existence of the United States, rests foremost upon the recognition that there are self-evident truths about human existence: rights to life, liberty, and happiness that no human authority can or should deny.
America was founded on principles to which it has always had difficulty living up.
Ken Cuccinelli recently mutilated of meaning behind the Statue of Liberty and “The New Colossus” to justify his racist policies. White nationalists right now sit in the highest seats of power in the land, pushing their horrid agendas and vandalizing our history to give them a sense of legitimacy. I broke down what’s going on. Check it out at Torchlight Media.
Torchlight Media: Trump’s White Nationalist Administration Slaps Liberty in the Face Again
I wrote this on my Facebook wall, inspired by media and punditry’s continued silence on where we are now:
A couple of weeks ago, Torchlight Media distilled my various Facebook posts on Trump’s Tweet telling four American citizens, duly elected congresswomen no less, to “go back home”, i.e., to a country other than the United States.
In the final installment of my series for Torchlight Media about Trump as a narcissistic bully, I talk about what such behavior from the top means for our society and ways we can address it.
The Schoolyard Bully Pulpit – Part 3: High Societal Stakes
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