Remember how Arizona wanted to instate horribly racist anti-immigration laws, and there was national uproar, from protests to boycotts? Well, apparently Indiana didn’t want to be left out of all the fun (emphasis mine): A state lawmaker thinks it’s time Indiana followed Arizona’s lead in cracking down on illegal immigration — and wants to go …
Category Archive: race
Nov 17 2010
Racial diversity in the atheist community IS our problem
The Guardian has an interesting article up by Alom Shaha on “The accidental exclusion of non-white atheists.” I’m not sure if this was intentional, but it’s a timely follow up for the recent kerfuffle about the apparent lack of women in the atheist movement. One of his main points is that the atheist movement needs …
Aug 04 2010
Colbert calls out Laura Ingraham for terrible writing and racist remarks
I think I ovulated while watching this last night: <td style=’padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;’ colspan=’2′Laura Ingraham The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election Fox News Seriously, does this man not have the best job in the world? He gets to call out people for being racist …
Jan 30 2010
Why do people forced to convert keep that religion?
Forced conversion and religious warfare is common throughout history. Millions of Hindus were forcibly converted to Islam from 1000 to 1500 AD, conquistadors forced Christianity on indigenous people in America, African slaves in the Americas were forcibly converted to Christianity by their white masters…and of course, let’s not forgot the Spanish Inquisition and Crusades. I …
Apr 24 2009
The racial double standard
It really irks me when people say we’re “post-racial” or “colorblind” now that Obama is president, because it’s obviously not true. If you need convincing, here’s a good example: “As a black father and adopted white daughter, Mark Riding and Katie O’Dea-Smith are a sight at best surprising, and at worst so perplexing that people …
Apr 19 2009
Is "New Atheism" White Supremacist?
Apparently someone thinks so. Since my initial response of “WTF” isn’t too educated, I’m going to break down my reply. But I’m no longer okay with atheist evangelizing. Firstly, I’m not okay with evangelizing, period. I don’t care if you’re a fundamentalist Christian, an agnostic Buddhist, or Richard Dawkins, I want you to leave me …
Apr 09 2009
Texas legislator asks Asians to change their names…
…so that they are “easier for Americans to deal with.” Um, what? I think these quotations speak for themselves: Brown suggested that Asian-Americans should find a way to make their names more accessible. “Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese — I understand it’s a rather difficult language — do you think that it …
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