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'racism'

The 1619 Project: Some people don't want to talk about slavery

The 400th anniversary of slavery in the U.S. Worth talking about? The New York Times thinks so. Some voices on the right take exception.
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Yes, the president is racist

Last night, only four Republicans voted for a resolution to condemn the president’s remarks. Four. The rest of the GOP members of Congress are either racists themselves or they are too cowardly to have any business representing anyone. It is no surprise that the Arkansas delegation all voted against the resolution. They have made it clear they are the president’s men through and through. Trump first. Arkansas second. 
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How white discomfort helps Trump

Check out an excellent, short read about the "unmarked category" from Paul Campos over on "Lawyers, Guns & Money" sent to me by a friend after he read my commentary on the bill designed to equalize the number of men and women on certain state boards and commission.

GOP offers no apologies for Brandt Smith's racial remark

KATV followed up on responses to the Democratic Party's call for apologies for Republican Rep. Brandt Smith's ugly remark about Democratic Rep. Charles Blake after Blake introduced legislation to redefine the symbols on the Arkansas flag to omit the Confederacy. In short: No apologies.
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Wendell Griffen on Northam: The larger problem is wide tolerance for white supremacy

Wendell Griffen, the pastor, and judge, writes for Baptist News about Va. Gov. Ralph Northam's problem and the larger issue: “White Christianity in America has long tolerated, and continues to be complicit in, the sin of white supremacy.”

Rick Crawford stands out on Steve King issue

Rick Crawford of Arkansas distinguishes himself by personally repudiating Steve King and his racist remarks. French Hill, where are ou?
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Mitch McConnell calls down Rep. Steve King for racist remarks. Arkies?

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell came very close today to calling for Rep. Steve King, the Iowa Republican, to resign from Congress on account of his racist remarks. Don't hold your breath for similar from Arkansas Republicans.

Leslie Rutledge gets national attention for past record on racial issues

Republican Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, facing Democrat Mike Lee for re-election, gets some unflattering national attention from Salon for her record, back to the racist email she shared in her days as a state Human Services attorney (before the famous "do not rehire" notation on her DHS personnel record.)
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Winds, race and an open line

The open line includes power outages, Republicans and racism.

A black man moves to Dixie

Jemar Tisby writes in Vox as a black man who moved to the Deep South to work in Arkansas for two years in a charter school while living across the river in Mississippi. He found racism, but he also found reasons to stay.
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The school crisis at 60: A light show and light cast on the lack of progress

The 60th school crisis anniversary observance continues with a spectacular light show and some sobering thoughts on just what was accomplished and how much progress has been made in theintervening six decades.

Arkansas groups, corporate America respond to the announcement that DACA will end

(Updated) Statements from corporations from local groups about the Trump Administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that had shielded undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. before the age of 16 are starting to roll in.
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