Posts Tagged racism
It’s the Obama, Stupid
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on May 30th, 2011
Over at Political Animal, Steve Benen joined the discussion over Tim Pawlenty’s recent remark that “Any doofus can go to Washington.” (There has been a good deal of mirth in the wake of that remark, actually–since one interpretation is that Pawlenty himself is something of a “doofus.” ) But viewed in context, Pawlenty seemed to [...]
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When Will We Ever Learn?
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Education / Youth, Random Blogging on April 29th, 2011
I wasn’t one of those people who believed the election of Barack Obama was a sign we’d entered a “post-racial” society. But I also failed to appreciate the extent of racism that still festers in this country. The unremitting attacks on Obama personally–attacks utterly unconnected to any policy disputes and clearly motivated by outrage over [...]
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Better to be Thought a Fool than to Open Your Mouth and Remove All Doubt
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on April 26th, 2011
Donald Trump. Need I say more? Trump has actually trumped the buffoonery displayed by his birtherism. Today, he is being quoted as saying that President Obama wasn’t smart enough to go to an Ivy League school. This is a none-too-thinly veiled attempt to paint Obama as the beneficiary of affirmative action. (Perhaps he was worried [...]
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Politics as Farce
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on April 17th, 2011
That anyone–anywhere–is taking “The Donald” seriously is a black mark on America. This megalomaniac with really, really bad hair, whose most salient characteristic is a breathtaking lack of self-awareness, is busy pandering to the very worst elements in our political system–much as he has pandered to our obsession with money and celebrity. As a side [...]
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Toxic Times
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Gay Rights on July 28th, 2010
I returned to Indianapolis after a week of being blessedly unconnected to “the usual suspects”—otherwise known as the media/chattering classes/punditocracy—to find that the National Organization for Marriage had been through town. Some forty “pro-marriage” demonstrators had promoted loving relationships with signs suggesting that gay people should be murdered. One particularly nasty poster featured a picture [...]
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