Excellent piece from Charles Blow of NYT: There was one description of the president that truly seized me: “The metrosexual black Abe Lincoln has emerged as a hyper-partisan, hyper-liberal, elitist politician with more than a bit of the trimmer in him.” This sentence is just so deliciously ridiculous, insulting and…
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From TPM: 1. “Order was only restored in LA when it came time for the blacks to collect their welfare checks. The ‘poor’ lined up at the Post Office to get their handouts (since there were no deliveries) — and then complained about slow service.” -Report on LA riots, June…
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† The Criminal InJustice Series is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI.Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST. Anti-Transgender Violence: How Hate-Crime Laws Have Failed by…
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Cross-Posted from Criminal Injustice Kos:† † Criminal InJustice Kos is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy Heitzeg (aka Soothsayer99 of DK), Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CIK. Criminal InJustice Kos is published every Wednesday at 6…
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From the LA Times: The trial of a middle school student who shot and killed a gay classmate during a morning computer lab ended in a mistrial Thursday when jurors said that after 17 hours of deliberations they could not agree whether to convict Brandon McInerney. Jurors deadlocked 7 to…
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Notwithstanding Michele Bachmann’s extensive record to the contrary, Bachmann now claims that she does not “judge” gays because she is “running for the presidency.” In 2004, Bachmann has been known to make winning statements such as this: “If you’re involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it’s bondage. It is…
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