Category Archives: Institutional Racism

Thursday Open Thread | Stop it, Van Jones. Stop Trying to Normalize This Administration

Posted on May 24, 2018 by rikyrah

Van Jones has been trying to shin and grin, giving cover to the Dolt45 Adminstration, talking about some bullshyt ‘Prison Reform’. Thinks that he can shame those of us who know that it’s a piece of garbage to shut up. … Continue reading →

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Monday Open Thread

Posted on January 22, 2018 by rikyrah

ICYMI Does recognizing privilege influence your politics? News host Kerri Miller spoke with Ijeoma Oluo, the author of “So You Want to Talk About Race.” https://www.mprnews.org/listen?name=/minnesota/podcasts/kerri-miller/2018/01/15privilege_politics_20180115_64.mp3

Posted in African Americans, Books, Current Events, Institutional Racism, Media, News, Open Thread, Politics, prejudice, Racial Bias, Racial Profiling, Racism | Tagged , | 67 Comments

Monday Open Thread | Happy Birthday Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 15, 2018 by rikyrah

For all you did for us as a country.. You were a true patriot. A true believer in this country. The lives you changed are still happening. Your ripples are still moving through time. Thank you.

Posted in Black History, Civil Rights, Institutional Racism, Jim Crow laws, Justice, Open Thread, Politics, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act | Tagged , , , , , , | 43 Comments

The Conservative Plan To Amend The Constitution | AM Joy | MSNBC

Posted on January 9, 2018 by rikyrah

Despite #45’s utter incompetence, ignorant word-salad vocabulary, the GOP—looking at McConnell etc., they are wreaking havoc on our DEMOCRACY. We’re four states away from a Constitutional Convention. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS? STAY WOKE FOLKS! ICYMI Sunday, 1/7/18 … Continue reading →

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Houston Texans NFL owner on players kneeling: ‘we can’t have the inmates running the prison’

Posted on October 27, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

During a closed-door meeting among NFL team owners and executives, Houston Texans owner Bob McNair made a stunningly inappropriate analogy about allowing players to kneel during the national anthem. “We can’t have the inmates running the prison,” said McNair, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Lives Matter, Current Events, Football, Institutional Racism, News, NFL, Open Thread, Police bruality, Protests, Racism | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 31 Comments

Dallas sportscaster on NFL players taking a knee: “All of us should protest how black Americans are treated”

Posted on September 26, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

Sportscaster Dale Hansen of Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA—whose excellent work we have shouted out before—offered a beautifully strong and clear defense of the national anthem protests on his segment tonight. Hansen, a Vietnam veteran, takes down the idea that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Lives Matter, Current Events, Human Rights, Institutional Racism, News, Open Thread, Protests, Racial Oppression, White Supremacy | Tagged , , , , , , | 29 Comments

Sunday Open Thread | #TakeAKnee ‘til change comes…..

Posted on September 24, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

1. #TakeAKnee is a movement started last year by NFL player Colin Kaepernick. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick, 29, began kneeling during the national anthem last NFL season as a demonstration to protest (police brutally killing unarmed black men) the current treatment … Continue reading →

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Thursday Open Thread

Posted on August 24, 2017 by rikyrah

The REAL monuments that tells America’s TRUE HISTORY. Thoughts on Confederate Statues from a Southern White Male Growing up in the South, I was told (and unfortunately believed) a number of things about the Confederacy. Of course, I heard the common … Continue reading →

Posted in Black History, Civil Rights, Current Events, Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crime, Hate Groups, Healing, Heritage, History, Human Rights, Institutional Racism, Jim Crow laws, Lynching, Media, Memorial, Open Thread, Politics, racial hate, Racial Oppression, racial terror, Racism, White Supremacy | Tagged , , , , , | 55 Comments

Monday Open Thread

Posted on August 21, 2017 by rikyrah

Happy Monday, 3 Chics Family & Friends! ICYMI

Posted in #BlackGirlMagic, Arts, Human Rights, Institutional Racism, Media, Movies, Open Thread, Politics, prejudice, Racial Bias, Racism | Tagged , , , | 70 Comments

Saturday Open Thread

Posted on August 5, 2017 by rikyrah

Enjoy your weekend with family and friends! MUST READ I will not let your affirmative action ignorance belittle my daughter’s achievements By Jonita Davis “Let me set the record straight … ” is how I began a Facebook post on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Current Events, Education, Institutional Racism, Jim Crow laws, Media, Open Thread, Politics | Tagged , , , , , | 51 Comments