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Obama and Racism, the Early Days
Originally appeared in Flagpole Magazine. Folks in the South know racism. We know how racism really works. We know the coded language and unwritten laws that enforce effective racism, even after its nominal abolition. Can’t no Georgian tell me he … Continue reading
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Israeli Occupation of Palestine
Obama’s speech to the UN General Assembly condemning the heedless expansionism of the Israeli state into the occupied Palestinian territories was met with significant applause by most member countries. Guess who didn’t think it was fair. The Israeli state and … Continue reading
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Obama and Racism, Way Back When
Just so folks don’t get it twisted: all this racism didn’t just materialize when Jimmy Carter named it. This is a column of mine from October of last year (originally published here), written after months of witnessing Obama’s racist critics … Continue reading
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If I had some worthless suburban kid I’d definitely try to keep remarkably intelligent presidents from encouraging him to do well in school. A full 87% of Fox News viewers, which I assume is alternately country-ass racists and racists of … Continue reading
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These folks must really not want Obama to speak to their children, so much so that they’ve turned out in their Sunday best to protest. And there doesn’t seem to be as many morbidly obese people attending. This bunch really … Continue reading
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