Many African Americans say “Barack Obama didn’t do anything for Black people.” This talking point reeks of a propaganda campaign rather than a view genuinely coming from the Black mindset. Given that we began in America as slaves, having a Black man take Western society’s highest seat of power means some degree of progress. Having … [Read more…]
Trump’s Tuesday morning Tweet-storm included a rant about Google, calling its search results, “RIGGED.” He claimed the top search engine’s search results were biased against positive stories about him and promoted mostly negative content about his presidency. He went on to claim that Google prioritized CNN’s stories and he even issued a thinly-veiled threat … [Read more…]
Righteous Racism happens when non-racists selectively enforce righteous standards, producing a racist effect. One prime example is drug laws, where although African Americans have never been more than 15% of America’s drug users and dealers, they were 40% of the arrests. Although police pursued the righteous cause of fighting drug sales and use, the way … [Read more…]