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All the Times Donald Trump Tweeted the Word ‘Infested’
On Saturday, Donald Trump woke up rage-tweeting about Rep. Elijah Cummings’ district, which includes most of Baltimore, describing the city as “rat and rodent infested.” Although I first thought the remark was a compliment because the Yelp reviews for Mar-a-Lago frequently mention the resort’s large population of free-range mice, I quickly realized that Trump was…
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NC High School Recalls Yearbooks After Some Genius Wrote ‘Build That Wall’ as Senior Quote
In the latest site of conflict around free—or what some might deem hate— speech, a high school in North Carolina recalled its yearbooks because a student used “Build That Wall” as her senior quote. The News & Observer reports that graduating students at Richmond Early College High School in Hamlet were allowed to share a…
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Loving: Interracial Relationships in the Trump Era
In 1967 the landmark Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia legalized interracial marriage in all states. And nearly 50 years later, Richard and Mildred Loving’s brave story is portrayed in the film Loving, in theaters now. At this time in our nation’s history, however, race relations appear to be regressing, and since the conclusion of…
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Fear of a Nonwhite Planet
What are black people to do when the dog-whistling becomes a siren song? As his campaign shows signs of sinking beneath the tide of sexual assault accusations, his own vile words, inconsistent and nonexistent political and social policies, and an inability to follow the suggestions of his advisers or to stay on script during public…