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Trump-adas
TweetNote to readers: This post is written by Rubén Blades and is translated from Spanish. This title, Trump-ada, is a play on the Spanish word “trompada,“ which means “punch” or “blow with the fist”...
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Trump and White Nativism
Tweet (image source) Thanks to the candidacy of Donald J. Trump, the 2016 presidential election has become a national referendum on racism. When Americans elected Barack Obama in 2008 many hoped that...
View ArticleProtestors Force Cancelation of Trump Rally in Chicago
TweetThe activists at University of Illinois-Chicago, where Trump had scheduled a rally, effectively shut it down yesterday. When the rally was abruptly canceled at the last minute, Trump supporters...
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Latino Voters Have Had Enough
Tweet Politicians have conveniently vilified Latinos for political gain for far too long. Coming of political age in California where Republican Governor Pete Wilson, who was described as too...
View Article“Making America Great Again”: Race, Resentment and Donald Trump
TweetAs I wrote in my 2011 book, At this Defining Moment, the dominant narrative to emerge from the American media concerning the 2008 U.S. presidential election was that with Barack Obama’s victory,...
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Trump’s Speech: Emoting White Supremacy
TweetI just watched Donald J.Trump accept the GOP nomination and his speech was a delivery device for white supremacist rhetoric. Trump’s speech proved popular with that audience, as David Duke, noted...
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Understanding the Trump Moment: Reality TV, Birtherism, the Alt Right and the...
TweetMany of us are waking up to a November 9 that we never could have imagined. Donald J. Trump, real estate developer and reality TV celebrity, is president-elect of the United States. Over the last...
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Calls for Respect Following the Election Misguided
Tweet (image source) A few days after the 2016 Election, I received statements from both my university and my church encouraging us to have “respect” for others with whom we “strongly disagree.” Both...
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White Supremacy Isn’t a Fad, It’s a System
Tweet (image source) With a newly, perhaps unlawfully, elected U.S. president gleefully endorsed by the KKK, we are going to have to get smarter about the way we talk about white supremacy. I’ve been...
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Introduction to Souls: W.E.B Du Bois Reading Group
Tweet (Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk) As a Jewish child growing up in Israel, I was obsessed with the holocaust. Many nights I couldn’t sleep, afraid of nightmares. I vividly remember the repeating...
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