The media are in an uproar about the crime wave that isn’t. Over the last few months, news report after news report relentlessly tells America that robberies are increasing, indicating a “new wave of crime.” There isn’t a new crime wave, rather the actual “wave” is in societal concern and media reporting these wrongdoings. These … [Read more…]
Disclaimer: More often than not Americans bury important subjects by exploiting generalizations that make it impossible to make points about groups if there exist exceptions within that group. “Black people have high crime rates,” “white people can’t dance.” Through mandatory absolutism one can bar a subject from discussion and thus stop exploration of unwanted subject … [Read more…]
The morning after the Derek Chauvin verdict, I woke up to Fox News being subconsciously racist and seeing no fault in it. This yields a great opportunity to demonstrate how systemic racism works. Fox News released a headline that morning associating LeBron James with violence despite him or his tweet they reported on having absolutely … [Read more…]