Category Archives: Racism

A peripheral thought about the Capitol attackers

Posted on July 4, 2021 by Naomi

Not peripheral: a lot of them have been arrested, indicted and imprisoned while awaiting trial or a plea deal requiring cooperation and spilling everything they know. Sure, some of them are out on bail, under house arrest or occasionally permitted … Continue reading →

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You’re homophobic? Uh-oh.

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Naomi

…[B]oaters in Washington reportedly shouted homophobic slurs at another vessel until their own boat burst into flames. –From Harper’s Weekly Review

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Police violence, racism and inhumanity: “Who’s hurt?” “Nobody. Just a perp.”

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Naomi

Errol Louis, a Daily News columnist and the political news anchor on NY1, today wrote a blistering essay about police violence. It expands powerfully on my story about one innocent victim of a racist murdering cop. Louis’s last paragraph resonates … Continue reading →

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