President Barack Obama tried to expand the way racial discrimination is measured and addressed, holding corporations and governments accountable for even unintended bias in a bid to reverse persistent racial inequality. Now the Trump administration is rolling those efforts back. Politico Amazon employees are outraged by their company’s opposition to a plan to add more … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 29

At a San Francisco construction site, a noose was found on the 10th floor. There's been graffiti with the N-word scrawled on the premises. And last Friday, in a first-floor bathroom, another discovery: dark-skinned Cabbage Patch dolls with nooses around their neck. KTVU An elementary school principal in Houston joked about telling police that a … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 28

A golf club in Pennsylvania has apologized for calling police on a group of Black women after the co-owner and his father said they were playing too slowly and refused requests to leave the course. AP Black crime victims too frequently slighted by justice system. USA Today The Trump administration says Native Americans might need … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 27

To be black in America is to never be able to have your presence be benign, and to always be in danger, of unease, humiliation or even arrest (or death by arrest) because of it. That’s what racism is, in a nutshell. -Joy Reid Why a statue of the 'Father of Gynecology' had to come … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 26

“White supremacy.”  We all thought that was a thing of the past, but as Trump and Trumpism have taken root in our political and social cultures, we see evidence that many of our fellow Americans feel that white people are superior to people of color intellectually and morally.  I am a fan of Twitter and … Continue reading Special 25th Edition of This Week in White Supremacy

What the Supreme Court doesn’t get about racism. New York Times A Sacramento hospital parted ways with a nurse after she wrote on Facebook that Stephon Clark — an unarmed black man who was shot dead by police — “deserved it.” @yourrightscamp White House: Stephon Clark shooting probe best left 'to local authorities'. The Hill … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 24

On Thursday of last week, on the second day of Spring, we learned that Trump was moving ever forward in his desire to be just like the dictators he so admires. He hired lawyers who are not adept at criminal legal defense but who can go on State TV AKA Fox News and peddle their … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 23

The 22-year-old black man fatally shot by Sacramento police in his own backyard was carrying a cell phone. Sacramento Bee Tweet by Kumar Rao. @KumarRaoNYC Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says 'Konnichiwa' after hearing story about WWII Japanese internment. CNN White writer blames 'Black Panther's' success for ruining other movies. Essence An IHOP restaurant in Maine … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 22