I am depressed. I am depressed for two reasons. First, I am depressed that no matter how hard I work, I will likely never get as good at talking about issues of race and racism, history and the importance of advocacy as Tim Wise is: The second reason I am depressed is that it seems …
Monthly Archive: March 2011
Mar 17 2011
Conservative Party of Canada is against science
There is a surefire way to ensure tyranny – undermine the education of the populace. When the people don’t have the tools required to determine truth from lies or to obtain their information from a variety of sources, they become dependent on the state to tell them “the Truth™”. We can see this currently happening …
Mar 17 2011
My cup of dissonance overfloweth
As a thoughtful person with strong convictions, it is inevitable that I find myself conflicted over some issues. For example, I’m not 100% confident in my stance on free speech, I sometimes have trouble drawing the line in racial issues, and I continue to struggle with my feelings about Anonymous. This story doesn’t help: A U.S. …
Mar 16 2011
If you’re surprised, then you haven’t been paying attention
We often like to delude ourselves into thinking that we have, as a society, somehow transcended racial barriers. That through sheer will-power and positive liberal vibes, we’ve managed somehow to craft the first society in the history of the world where racism is a thing of the past. Even those who reject my view of …
Mar 16 2011
Let’s call this what it is…
Those accommodationists among us (I am not calling them “diplomats” here – there is nothing diplomatic about being a coward) will say that one ought not to use mean words or phrases against our opponents. Rational discussion is, they say, based on both sides maintaining a respectful stance – a stance which is impossible if …
Mar 15 2011
Well THAT didn’t take long…
*Sigh* It’s easy to get depressed when you hear stuff like this: At least 13 people have been killed and around 100 others injured in religious clashes with Muslims in the Egyptian capital Cairo. The deaths on Tuesday occurred in the working-class district of Moqattam after at least 1,000 Copts gathered to protest the burning of a church last week. It was the …
Mar 15 2011
Freedom: it’s contagious
Something important is still happening. It’s still happening, and it’s spreading. Egypt struggles with constitutional reform Mohammed ElBaradei, the Nobel laureate and former head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency, has said on a privately owned TV channel that he intends to run for president in Egypt’s 2011 presidential election. ”When the door of presidential nominations …
Mar 14 2011
I’m not talking about the Earthquake
I’m not sure if anyone is expecting me to comment on the recent catastrophe in Japan, but I’m not going to. A really tragic thing has happened, is still happening, and the effects of it will continue to be felt for many months and years to come. I have no more insight to offer than …
Mar 14 2011
Why I care, and why you should too
Jeez, it seems like forever since I did one of these. Regular readers may have noticed a significant up-tick in the number of times I’ve talked explicitly about women’s issues in these past couple of weeks. Really regular readers will have noticed that I often go to bat on behalf of the ladies, even on …
Mar 12 2011
Happy Birthday to me!
Well ladies and gentlemen, one year ago I began this blog in earnest. While the official first post went up a couple months before that, it wasn’t until March that I really hit my stride and began running this blog in more or less its present form. I am inordinately proud to say that in …
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