Category Archives: race

privilege, my foot

A Mother’s White Privilege To admit white privilege is to admit a stake, however small, in ongoing injustice. It’s to see a world different than your previous perception. Acknowledging that your own group enjoys social and economic benefits of systemic … Continue reading

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such a versatile template

When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate.

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a guilt-trip down memory lane

When I lived in Oakland, I was twice approached after sunset by a panhandler who announced, “I’m black but I’m not a mugger!” Both times I flinched and, of course, felt guilty. It now occurs to me belatedly that, if … Continue reading

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the trouble with victimless crime

I like Bruce Fein‘s language: The nation’s experiment with Prohibition underscores the limits of the law without moral consensus. The Prohibition Amendment was ratified as a type of homage that vice pays to virtue. Popular morality never celebrated abstinence. . … Continue reading

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vile bile

Progressives don’t allow us white males many privileges as such, but a great one is that no matter what political opinions we may hold we don’t get slimed in racist language for them.

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a compassionate nation

Larry Elder lists some policies that harm people of color, sometimes intentionally.

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this and that

I’m sneezing up a storm today, and the good old allergy pill hasn’t helped. I do hope it’s not the same virus that afflicted my housemate for two weeks last month. Who is the center of the movie universe? Kevin … Continue reading

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