So... I'm working through the race and ethnicity chapter with my students at the mo', and predictably, several of the white students are turning in reaction papers to me that talk about the evils of "reverse" discrimination. I know that, once upon a time, I read a pretty excellent essay on the term(s) "reverse discrimination"/"reverse racism," ( Read more... )

Okay, so, here's the deal ( Read more... )

Like most Americans, last week I watched the excerpt from Sarah Palin's interview with Charles Gibson, in which Palin all but admits that she has no fucking clue what the Bush Doctrine is:

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And like many Americans (I'd like to also say "most" there, but I'm too cynical to believe that to be true), I find it pretty alarming that the person who, if ( Read more... )