whiteness
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America Hates Us
I look at it and cuss. There are few human beings on the planet who enjoy receiving an injection with a needle. My sister—a grown-ass-woman who pushed babies out of her body and once fought a mugger who was armed with a kitchen knife — still gets anxiety attacks every time a doctor or nurse…
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Former Trump Campaign Manager Hospitalized After Police Find Him Armed and Threatening Self-Harm and Somehow Manage Not to Shoot Him
Being white looks like having a moment, a desperate moment, in which everything inside your brain turns to TV static and you begin to threaten self-harm and you have a weapon and police are called and in the end, you are taken to a hospital for help. You are not shot. You are not killed.…
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African American Museum Removes, Apologizes for 'Whiteness' Chart on Its Website After Barrage of Conservative Tears
Following an outcry from conservatives last week, the National Museum of African American History and Culture has removed a graphic from its website that attempted to explain how deeply embedded white-dominant culture and values are in American culture. The chart, entitled “Aspects and Assumptions of Whiteness and White Culture in the United States” identifies different…
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Whiteness Will Never Be Canceled
It was white supremacy. It was never just about “discrimination” or “privilege” or “racism” or “anti-blackness” or “lack of diversity” or “hate” or “intolerance” or “police brutality” or “inequality” or any of the symptoms of America’s longest-lasting pandemic. There is no synonym for white supremacy. No euphemism exists that makes this disease more tolerable. If…
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Teflon Don and Nem: How All Trump’s Allies Are Missing Jail Time
First, Paul Manafort was released from jail because his precious white lungs couldn’t stand to be around all that jailhouse stank and COVID-19. On Wednesday, a federal prosecutor and another Justice Department official will testify that Attorney General William Barr, aka Bad John Goodman, pressured them to give a lighter sentence for Trump ally Roger…
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The Benefits of Whiteness: Paul Manafort Won't Be Going to Rikers Island. He Can Thank the Department of Justice
Paul Manafort is a criminal. Paul Manafort is also a rich white man. Paul Manafort was supposed to be sent to Rikers Island while awaiting trial on New York State charges because that’s what happens when someone commits crimes in New York. But, Paul Manafort is also Trump’s former campaign manager. So, Paul Manafort won’t…
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Pardon Me While I Clap Back at the Wall Street Journal’s Bullshit
If, perchance, one day, a team of white supremacist elves (although that description may be redundant because I believe all elves are racist, including Santa’s, Keebler’s, Jeff Sessions, and even Kevin Hart) invaded the Wall Street Journal’s newsroom and—instead of printing the evening edition—ran 54 pages in 10-point Times New Roman font just repeating the word…