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HISTORY | The original blueprint was white men.
The racist and sexist roots of the Electoral College. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | October 1, 2020 AUSTIN — Perhaps it is obvious, but it bears repeating. The Founding Fathers were men. They envisioned a democracy run … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Electoral College, Founding Fathers, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Sexism, Slavery
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ANALYSIS | Obscure moment in 1951 recalls long history of racial injustice
The CPUSA was the only predominantly white organization to make anti-racism a major priority. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | July 2, 2020 ROYALSTON, Mass. — When I read the news a few weeks ago that Philonise Floyd, … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Young, Black History, Communist Party, CPUSA, Paul Robeson, Racism, Rag Bloggers, William Patterson
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ANALYSIS |The crime of dark skin
There is little justice in the ‘criminal legal system’ for black people. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | June 18, 2020 SAN MARCOS, TX — I lived in Vidor, Texas, until I was four years old, with … Continue reading
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The 800 pound gorilla of 2020
All of my life, I now think I underestimated racism. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | August 5, 2019 Nobody chooses their ethnicity was what I thought as a child from the very first time I was ridiculed … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, American Indians, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Steve Russell, Trump Racism
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Is gun violence our manifest destiny?
The last war on U.S. soil ended in 1848, unless you count the NRA v. common sense. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | December 11, 2017 Steve Russell wrote the following article for The Rag Blog as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Whitman, Guns, Manifest Destiny, Mexican History, Native Americans, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Second Amendment, Steve Russell, Texas History
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Donald Trump, white resentment, racism,
and a ‘great’ America
More than 40 years of racist actions and comments demonstrate what we normally call racism. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | August 6, 2016 I have been aware of white resentment toward blacks since at least 1954, … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, Genotyping, Lamar W. Hankins, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Right Wing Extremists, White Privilege, White Supremacy
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Steve Earle: ‘Mississippi, It’s Time!’
With this song, son-of-the-South Earle aims to help convince the Magnolia State to eradicate the Confederate symbol from its flag. By Michael Simmons | The Rag Blog | September 16, 2015 “It’s largely about empathy,” says Steve Earle of his … Continue reading
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Community between the anvil and the hammer
Police violence against African-American communities continues to be a commonplace feature of national life and must be seriously addressed. By Jay D. Jurie | The Rag Blog | July 7, 2015 The Black Panthers: Early proponents of Black Lives Matter … Continue reading
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Racial violence, history, and the debate over
the Confederate flag
The Confederate flag symbolizes a sanitized and historically inaccurate version of the Civil War. By Vikki Bynum | The Rag Blog | July 6, 2015 Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s July 3, 2015, Rag Radio interview with Victoria Bynum about issues … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War, Confederate Flag, Dylann Roof, Racial Violence, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Slavery, Southern History, Victoria Bynum, Vikki Bynum
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Former civil rights activist and political street vendor Charlie Saulsberry is dead at 70
Charlie, who was well-known around the UT campus in late-’60s Austin, ‘was a lefty, but always a heretic.’ By Dick J. Reavis | The Rag Blog | March 22, 2015 Charlie Saulsberry, 70, a familiar figure on the UT-Austin campus … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin History, Charlie Saulsberry, Civil Rights Movement, Dick J. Reavis, Don Weedon, Obituary, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, Sixties, UT-Austin
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A problem with authority
By the age of 20, I was aware of the frequent exercise of authority in illegitimate, violent, corrupt, and otherwise abusive ways. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | December 9, 2014 The recent cases in both Ferguson, … Continue reading
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What to make of the elections – and what we should do next
Progressives must engage in education, agitation, and organization around social and economic justice issues while fighting the politics of fear. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | November 5, 2014 I am looking at exit poll data and, as … Continue reading
