Category: racism

Portland School Postpones Vote on Changing Mascot to Tree Over Racism Concerns

The adoption of a new mascot for a Portland high school has been delayed because officials believe using a tree could be connected to the history of lynching in the United States. Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School, which was recently renamed from Woodrow Wilson High School, is also in the process of changing its mascot…


Portland School Delays Vote on Changing Mascot to Tree Over Racism Concerns

The adoption of a new mascot for a Portland, Oregon, high school has been delayed because officials believe using a tree could be connected to the history of lynching in the United States. Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School, which was recently renamed from Woodrow Wilson High School, is also in the process of changing its…


‘Very Few’ Disparities Linked to Racism: UK Commission

British society is not rigged against ethnic minorities and very few racial disparities are caused by racism, an independent review has found. The review was published on Wednesday by the independent Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which was set up by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in July 2020 to examine inequality in the UK…


Attacks on Asians Not ‘White Supremacy,’ Just ‘Thugs,’ Researcher Says

The notion that white supremacists are responsible for violent attacks on Asians falls apart under scrutiny, according to a political science researcher who collected and analyzed a database of such attacks. Wilfred Reilly, assistant professor at Kentucky State University, collected publicly available information on about 100 attacks on Asians reported in the media in the…


Today’s Obsession With Race

It was a common trope of the extreme right in France before the war that no Jew could really understand Racine. This was because a Jew had no true homeland and none of the national roots (oddly enough, Racine means root in French) essential to a true, visceral appreciation of the great tragedian’s poetry. He…


Seattle BLM Activist Charged With Hate Crime After Harassing Multiple Asian-Americans

Prosecutors charged a Seattle man with a felony hate crime after he allegedly threatened multiple Asian-American victims on two separate occasions.


Jim Crow and the Georgia Voting Law

Commentary At his news conference last Thursday, President Biden said of Georgia’s new voting law, “It makes Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle.” Jim Crow was not a person, but unlike most former presidents, he has a museum: The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia. The name came from a song written by Thomas Dartmouth…


Book Review: ‘The Woke Supremacy’

Commentary What strange days these are here in the United States. Just a few years ago, most Americans had never heard the words “democratic socialist” said together. They had never heard of “Black Lives Matter” or “Antifa.” And now? After watching for a year as violent leftist mobs pulled down statues, destroyed landmarks, looted businesses,…


Are Lockdowns Racist?

Commentary America’s respective political, health, educational, media, sports, and corporate establishments tell us black lives matter. Puzzlingly, for the past year they prescribed, enacted, enforced, and cheered on economic and educational lockdowns that devastated black America. Worse still, the lockdowns will wreak havoc upon black lives, especially, for decades to come. The lockdowns were illogical…


The Latest Left-Wing Anti-American Lie: ‘Anti-Asian Racism’

Commentary If you rely on The New York Times, the Democratic Party or CNN—they are interchangeable—for your perception of reality, you now believe America is reeling from the latest expression of white supremacy: Anti-Asian racism. It is a lie, the purpose of which is to: a) Further demonize America. b) Further demonize white Americans. c)…