Tag Archives: racism

Evidence that South Carolina has achieved a post-racist-douchebag society

Posted on November 9, 2019 by Naomi

Found this in John Ross’s Circuit Court review in the Volokh Report (although this is a state court case): High school football players in Charleston, S.C. have an “innocent ritual” in which they make monkey noises while smashing a watermelon … Continue reading →

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Let’s review America’s continuing Civil War

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Report: A study found that black defendants receive longer sentences from Republican-appointed judges than from judges chosen by Democrats, Milwaukee police released a video in which NBA player Sterling Brown was arrested and tased by officers over … Continue reading →

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Want to know what drives me crazy? This.

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Naomi

Racism. As practiced by a Jacksonville, Florida cop who busied himself writing pedestrian tickets, primarily to black people. I thank ProPublica for exposing this–“walking while black”–and for causing my blood pressure to rise.

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