Tag Archives: racism

Where we’ve made progress and where there has been a backlash.

Posted on June 22, 2020 by a1skeptic

I used to like to point out that if you lived in the city of Newton Massachusetts (one of the wealthy suburbs of Boston which, during the 2010 census, had a demographic make-up of 79.6% White, 11.5% Asian, 2.5% African … Continue reading →

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God help the American Educational System

Posted on January 19, 2016 by a1skeptic

Here was a great little posting on Facebook relative to a woman – whose FB data had been redacted – who wrote: “I’m not a racist, but I think Muslims should go back to Islam if they want to practice … Continue reading →

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Driving While Black in a BMW

Posted on January 18, 2016 by a1skeptic

In view of this being the Martin Luther King Holiday, there was a shocking story reported on the Turk about how in 2014 a black woman was essentially arrested for driving in a BMW in New York City, and ended … Continue reading →

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If You Don’t Think It, You Don’t Have to Worry about Saying It

Posted on January 12, 2016 by a1skeptic

Last week, Maine Governor Paul LePage got into a little bit of hot water while talking about how all the drug dealers from New York and the other New England states were “impregnating young white girls” on their visits to … Continue reading →

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