White Supremacy

The owners then go ahead and blame the victim, although they made poor attempt to apologize. The individual involved was not fired: A restaurant in Pennsylvania is facing outrage after an employee printed the N-word in a receipt and handed it to a customer, KELO-TV reported. The customer, who is identified only as “Kassie,” said that the restaurant immediately went “silent” when she walked in to pick up her food, claiming it was due to her being a Black woman. “People kind of stare at you being the minority and not the majority,” she said.

The headlines read: Marine Charged in Chokehold Death. Two weeks ago, a 24 year old little pasty-faced punk named Daniel Penny was charged with choking a young Black Man in the United States to death named Jordan Neely on a New…

Yet another reason to avoid deifying celebrities and see them for what they truly are. Yesterday, the passing of one of the most outstanding musicians of the 20th century was announced. And the outpouring of grief was perfectly understandable. Not very many artists get to reinvent themselves through the decades…

Being a Proud Boy isn’t something to be proud of — In conservative circles, and indeed in law, corporations are people. While Mitt Romney may have sounded even less intelligent than usual when he spoke those words, he was technically correct. In the eyes of the law, corporations are people. The idea of corporate personhood has been around for a long…

We probably all know them — bullies — the ones who can’t seem to live without terrorizing others. I bet many of you could name a few right now. I remember a bully from fifth grade. Every day when the bell rang to release us outdoors, the bully would find…

And the emergence of the “proud racist” — I was on a bus the other day when I overheard a conversation between two white teenagers. They must have been around my daughter’s age — 17 years old. “You know what, I’d like to buy myself two Black slaves, a man, and a woman. They’ll clean my house, make…

Technically, I’m from the Deep South. However, I consider my hometown in Northwest Louisiana more of East Texas instead of the South. I grew up in Shreveport, a city with a long history of music, civil rights activism, and racial violence. There’s a statue of Leadbelly downtown. The Louisiana Hayride…

Joseph Wood was assaulted at Montana Pride Fest as Proud Boys plan sustained violence campaign across the country — This story contains homophobic and transphobic slurs that some readers may find traumatizing. We should talk about Pride this year, how to react to protesters, and how to respond to violence. Last Saturday, Joseph Wood and his girlfriend went to a Pride fest in Bozeman, Montana. The day was perfect…

Freedom of speech is not free of consequences. This is not a foreign concept. In fact, this is something I’ve discussed at great length over the years. Most people in our country are against any sort of prohibition of freedom of speech and freedom of expression. …