Tag Archives: racism

Tim Scott’s Self-Debasement

Sen. Tim Scott’s self-abasement before Donald Trump brings to mind various “Uncle Tom” poems written by Black authors.

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Trump, “Vermin” and Terry Pratchett

In “Snuff” one of Terry Pratchett’s angriest book, the author takes on racism, ethnocentrism, and intolerance.

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Clifton’s Poem about a Lynching Victim

Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of a Jasper, Texas lynching. Lucille Clifton has a poem about victim James Byrd.

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Morrison on the Death of Emmett Till

In “Song of Solomon,” Morrison has the men in the community grapple with what the death of Emmett Till means.

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Tony Bennett, WWII, and Race Activism

Learning about late singer Tony Bennett’s life has opened up new insights into my father, also a World War II vet and civil rights activist.

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Pretending that Slavery Wasn’t a Big Deal

Unlike Faulkner, the Southern Agrarians claimed that African Americans weren’t an integral part of Southern culture.

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Faulkner Understood How Racism Works

Faulkner helps me understand my past growing up in the racist south. Sadly, he’s still relevant.

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Baldwin, Cop Sadism, and MAGA

In “If Beale Street Could Talk,” Baldwin captures cop sadism of the sort we also seen in Trump supporters.

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Faulkner: Racist in Life, Not in Fiction

In life, Faulkner was a racist. In his fiction, he deconstructed racism brilliantly.

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