Tag Archives: racism
We’re Tracking Post-Election Acts of Hate in Texas
If you experience election-related harassment, vandalism or violence in the Lone Star State, e-mail us at [email protected]
The Observer found news reports documenting dozens of incidents of election-related harassment, vandalism or violence in the Lone Star State since Wednesday, No...Read More
Aggies Wheel Out Unwelcome Wagon for White Nationalist Richard Spencer
Hundreds of protesters turn out to support ‘Aggie Values’ during white nationalist event on campus White nationalist Richard Spencer faced a volatile audien...Read More
White Supremacists, Counter-Protesters Collide at Capitol After Black History Event
State troopers and local police surrounded the 'White Lives Matter Too' demonstrators, who were outnumbered by hundreds of counter-protestors.
State troopers and local police surrounded the "White Lives Matter Too" demonstrators, who were armed but outnumbered by hundreds of counter-protestors....Read More
‘Don’t Be Afraid to Break Some Eggs,’ Austin Mayor Tells New Anti-Racist Task Force
Steve Adler said the task force will focus on institutional racism, rather than individual attitudes.
“Don’t be afraid to break some eggs,” Mayor Adler instructed task force leaders during a Wednesday afternoon press conference. “And don’t be afraid to...Read More
Tune into the Trump Show, Brought to You by the Happily Stupid
Fear won this election. In the House of Fear lives racism, sexism, homophobia, gun-fanaticism, and poverty.
Texas author Joe R. Lansdale surveys the post-Trump landscape, pruned into fearful formation by the "happily stupid," who didn't take Trump at his word....Read More
What Wendy Davis Can Teach Texas About Hillary Clinton
White Texans didn't turn up for Davis in 2014. Can Donald Trump alienate enough of them to make Clinton competitive?
White Texans didn't turn up for Davis in 2014. Can Donald Trump alienate enough of them to make Clinton competitive?...Read More
Here are the Highlights from Ahmed Mohamed’s Blistering New Lawsuit
Featuring America's history of racial oppression, the poem from the Statue of Liberty and a few f-bombs.
A suit over the arrest of Ahmed Mohamed, who brought a homemade clock to school, puts it all in the context of America's history of racism. (Also, f-bombs.)...Read More
The Texas Miracle #13: Would Jesus Say Black Lives Matter?
This week on the podcast: Our resident theologian unpacks the Beatitudes for the 'Blue Lives Matter' crowd, while Prairie View remembers Sandra Bland on the anniversary of her death.
Our resident theologian unpacks the Beatitudes for the 'Blue Lives Matter' crowd, and Black activists and scholars join us for a racial justice roundtable....Read More
Blackface Photos Spark Controversy Over Racism at Houston High School
White students say peers who painted their faces black and Snapchatted a photo with the caption "Black niggas" aren't racist, but rather wearing "shadow."...Read More