This Week In Racism In America
Your weekly sampling of stories reflecting the very reason national anthem protests against racism are wholly appropriate and justifiable Scholarly Study Shows Bias Against Black Girls, Se…
National Anthem Protest Timeline
National Anthem Protests Against Racism Timeline The nation's most detailed and current timeline of significant events regarding the national anthem protests against racism *Complete lists of all r…
Deflection and Derailment Tactics
Let us review the six most common (and inane) deflection and derailment tactics/arguments racists detractors use to shift attention away from the anti-Black racism that is at the root of the national …
With Friends Like These. . . Nate Boyer’s Memorial Day Column and Tweet Reflect Faux-Allyship
Sigh. Where to begin. This piece that Nate Boyer penned for USAToday.com is disturbing in its arrogance, paternalism, and white entitlement. Furthermore, Boyer also published a tweet that reflected…
What an Excellent Way to Say Thank You: 100 Suits For Men’s Classy Gesture of Support
This article by Tyler Tynes and Harry Kyles, Jr. is one of several news reports on an act that was both classy and the embodiment of going above and beyond to make a difference. Kevin Livingston, fou…
Yes, The NFL is a Business, but Morality and Profit Are Not Mutually Exclusive
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. In this piece from Eurasiareview.com arguing that NFL owners are right to blackball Colin Kaepernick, Tho Bishop at least gets points for being honest about …
You Broke it, You Fix it: Why It is Not Blacks’ Responsibility to End Racism
It appears that Evan Grossman simply cannot get enough of this “athletes engaged in direct action” storyline. This narrative that places the responsibility on Black people to solve the issues surroun…
NFL Executive Positions Are Full of Racists, Water is Wet, and the Patriots Will Make the Playoffs
The saga of Colin Kaepernick remaining without an NFL team over two months after free agency began on March 9, 2017 continues. What is relevant for this commentary is that even more NFL executives ha…
Submission and Obedience Are the Objectives They Seek: U.S. Soccer’s Jingoism
In a profile piece about Megan Rapinoe and the outlook for this coming year’s United States Women’s National Team season, Caitlin Murray includes an interesting line regarding the national anthem prot…
Is This Regular Ignorance or Deliberate Ignorance?
So Dennis Prager pens an article for the National Review that I am not even really sure is for real. But included in his screed against “The Left,” this rather strange and obtuse sentiment that many …