racist

5Apr

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SOCIAL JUSTICE

US Military Has Clamped Down On Racist Speech, Including Retweets And Likes, Faced With A Rise Of Extremism Within Its Ranks

Less than a month after the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin took the extraordinary step of pausing all operations for 24 hours to “address extremism in the ranks.” Pentagon officials had been shaken by service members’ prominent role in the events of Jan. 6. Of the 884 criminal defendants charged to date with taking part in the insurrection, more than 80 were veterans. That’s almost 10% of those charged. More remarkable, at least five of the rioters were serving in the military at the time of the assault: an active-duty Marine officer and four reservists. Service members’ involvement in the insurrection has made the spread of extremism – particularly white nationalism – a significant issue for the U.S. military. Solving the problem A blu...

American society teaches everyone to be racist – but you can rewrite subconscious stereotypes

18Sep

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SOCIAL JUSTICE

American society teaches everyone to be racist – but you can rewrite subconscious stereotypes

Progress toward a more just and equitable society may be on the horizon. Since the killing of George Floyd by a white police officer in May, around the United States, millions of people have taken to the streets, statues have been felled, leaders have been fired and pressured to resign, and activists-turned-politicians have gained traction in prominent political races. But until people recognize that racism is wired into the American mind, we believe that few of these efforts are likely to actually reduce racist behavior. Our work provides a way to understand how race and society influence the brain. One of us (Waddell) is a sociologist who researches social inequality; the other (Pipitone) is a psychologist who examines the biological implications of human behavior. Our respective work...

American environmentalism’s racist roots have shaped global thinking about conservation

3Apr

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ENVIRONMENT, IN OTHER NEWS, VIDEO REELS

American environmentalism’s racist roots have shaped global thinking about conservation

The United States is having a long-overdue national reckoning with racism. From criminal justice to pro sports to pop culture, Americans increasingly are recognizing how racist ideas have influenced virtually every sphere of life in this country. John James Audubon relied on African Americans and Native Americans to collect some specimens for his ‘Birds of America’ prints (shown: Florida cormorant), but never credited them. National Audubon Society, CC BY This includes the environmental movement. Recently the Sierra Club – one of the oldest and largest U.S. conservation organizations – acknowledged racist views held by its founder, author and conservationist John Muir. In some of his writing, Muir described Native Americans and Black people as dirty, lazy and uncivilized. In an essay coll...

George Floyd protests aren’t just anti-racist – they are anti-authoritarian

22Jun

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POLITICS, SOCIAL JUSTICE

George Floyd protests aren’t just anti-racist – they are anti-authoritarian

The massive protests that erupted across the United States – and beyond – after the police killing of George Floyd are billed as anti-racist mobilizations, and that they are. Demonstrators are denouncing police violence in minority communities and demanding that officers who abuse their power be held accountable. But I see something more in this wave of American protests, too. As a sociologist specializing in Latin America’s human rights movements and policing, I see a pro-democracy movement of the sort more common south of the border. The Latin Americanization of United States Normally, U.S. protests have little in common with Latin America’s. Demonstrations in the U.S. are usually characterized by pragmatic, specific goals like protecting abortion access or defending gun rights. They r...

Students demand removal of ‘mild racist’ from Georgia landscape

12Jun

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SOCIAL JUSTICE

Students demand removal of ‘mild racist’ from Georgia landscape

Following the lead of African American activists, a coalition of young people has taken to the streets to protest police brutality and systemic racism across the country. Protesters in the South have demanded the removal of Confederate monuments and other symbols of white supremacy. In some cases, they have taken matters into their own hands. In Atlanta, a large crowd of demonstrators recently gathered at a statue of Henry W. Grady, the late 19th-century American journalist and orator who championed white supremacy. They chanted “We can’t breathe!” and stood on the statue’s terraced pedestal with signs reading “Black lynching must go!” and “Black lives matter.” Some state and city leaders have responded by pledging to remove Confederate monuments in Virginia and Alabama, despite laws tha...

George Floyd’s death reflects the racist roots of American policing

3Jun

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POLITICS

George Floyd’s death reflects the racist roots of American policing

Outrage over racial profiling and the killing of African Americans by police officers and vigilantes has recently resurfaced following the death of George Floyd on May 25. Video footage a bystander took of Floyd’s death while a now-former police officer pressed his knee into the man’s neck quickly went viral. But tensions between the police and black communities are nothing new. There were many precedents to the Ferguson, Missouri, protests that ushered in the Black Lives Matter movement in 2014. Those precedents include the Los Angeles riots that broke out after the 1992 acquittal of police officers for beating Rodney King. That upheaval happened nearly three decades after the 1965 Watts riots, which began with Marquette Frye, an African American, being pulled over for suspected drunk ...

Confederate Christmas ornaments small statues that send the same racist message

19Dec

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Journalism

Confederate Christmas ornaments small statues that send the same racist message

As Christmas approaches, many families undertake a familiar ritual: an annual sojourn to the attic, basement or closet to pull out a box of treasured ornaments bought, created and collected over years, even generations. Hanging these ornaments on the tree is an opportunity to reconnect with memories of personal milestones, holiday icons and, in many cases, destinations visited. But, I argue, it may be time to take some of these old travel keepsakes off the tree. Decorated with ornaments purchased, created and inherited for years, even generations, Christmas trees are a reflection of a family’s history and tastes. John Morgan/flickr, CC BY-SA In researching my 2019 book, “Confederate Exceptionalism,” I studied sites throughout the American South whose histories are tied to enslaved labor....

Why does the racist legacy of blackface endure?

2Apr

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SOCIAL JUSTICE, VIDEO REELS

Why does the racist legacy of blackface endure?

Practice of darkening skin to portray people of other races is rooted in racism. Video of Why does the racist legacy of blackface endure? | The Stream The latest controversy over the racist practice of blackface involves Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who last week apologised for instances in his past where he darkened his skin to portray people of another race. Photos republished by Time magazine show Trudeau dressed as Aladdin at an Arabian Nights-themed party in 2001 and as a black person singing "Day O" at a high school talent show. The controversy has reignited conversations about racism and white privilege. Blackface, though, isn't just an embarrassing episode of the past. It continues to appear in popular culture, media and advertising around the wo...

4Apr

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IN OTHER NEWS

US House to vote on resolution condemning Trump’s racist tweets

Announcement of the vote comes as Trump doubles down on his remarks, insisting his tweets were not racist. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday that the House of Representatives will vote on a resolution condemning President Donald Trump's racist attacks on four Democratic congresswomen of colour. Pelosi said Trump "went beyond his own low standards using disgraceful language about members of Congress" and said his xenophobic and "disgusting" comments cannot stand without rebuttal. Trump on Sunday told four congresswomen to go back to where they came from even though three were born in the United States and all are US citizens. Although Trump did not name the women, his tweets were almost certainly referring to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, I...

16Oct

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POLITICS

Voter Registration Is Inherently Racist

And several other reasons that the midterm elections are testing how far some states can go in disenfranchising certain voters. What if we had an election and everyone came? That’s not a hypothetical question, because we’re right now in the middle of the midterm election season where one of the two political parties is trying to make sure fewer people are going to vote. Midterms are said to be a referendum on the incumbent president, but probably nothing is more at stake than elections for state legislatures. Whoever controls the state houses in 2018 will be in charge of redistricting after the 2020 Census—and that happens before the 2020 presidential election, when President Trump actually will be on the ballot. The fact that, according to Cook Political Report, as of Oct. 12, 32...