In November of 2007, the Connecticut Law Review had a symposium commemorating the 20th anniversary of Professor Charles Lawrence's trailblazing work “The Id, the Ego, and the Equal Protection Clause: Reckoning with Unconscious Racism.”  This article was a brilliant mashup of jurisprudence and psychology.  The Equal Justice Society has used its analysis in our efforts … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 21

A new historical marker will "tell the whole story" about Nathan Bedford Forrest and the antebellum slave trade in Memphis. Commercial Appeal Black children will be the victims of armed teachers. Time During a four-day operation last week, federal officials said they arrested 232 undocumented immigrants in a Northern California sweep aimed at countering local … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 20

“By ‘white supremacy’ I do not mean to allude only to the self-conscious racism of white supremacist hate groups.  I refer instead to a political, economic and cultural system in which whites overwhelmingly control power and material resources, conscious and unconscious ideas of white superiority and entitlement are widespread, and relations of white dominance and … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 19

From the Washington Post: Top U.S. officials tell the world to ignore Trump’s tweets "One (foreign) diplomat, speaking on the condition of anonymity to avoid provoking Trump, asked whether policymakers like McMaster who adhere largely to traditional U.S. foreign policy positions were falling into the same trap as Germany’s elite during Hitler’s rise, when they … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 18

These are difficult times. Our government has run amuck.  It is clear that Trump, et al., are beholden to the Russians and have no compunctions about avoiding the imposition of sanctions. In addition, the Trump appointed heads of the various intelligence agencies in our government testified that Trump has taken NO ACTIONS to protect the … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 17

The idea for This Week in White Supremacy came from this list generated on Twitter by Amy Siskind.  Each week she lists things that we should NOT get comfortable experiencing. I urge you to find her online.  Her posts are very disturbing. Our democracy is in peril. Being knowledgeable is one tool for fighting back. … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 16

Florida elementary school teacher sends home spelling list with racial slur. Session’s DOJ compiled a report identifying Black Identity Extremists as America’s most prominent terrorist threat. Tweet by Carmen Yulín Cruz. Navajo lawmaker harassed by Arizona Trump supporters accusing him of being here 'illegally'. The neo-Nazi suspected of murdering a gay Jewish student allegedly trained … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 15

Let us begin this week’s addition of TWIWS with a deep breath, words of wisdom, and the beauty of nature, courtesy of the Sierra Club’s Daily Ray of Hope: The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. - William Arthur Ward Alabama state House votes to … Continue reading This Week in White Supremacy: Week 14