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Archives: racism
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![Does Watching too much TV turn you into a Trump Voter?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/does-watching-too-much-tv-turn-y-187x137.jpg)
Does Watching too much TV turn you into a Trump Voter?
By James Shanahan. | (The Conversation) | - - Many gallons of ink (and megabytes of electronic text) have been devoted to explaining the surprise victory of Donald Trump. Reasons range from…![In Trump’s DC, Noose Found in African American Museum](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/in-trumps-dc-noose-found-in-afri-187x137.jpg)
In Trump’s DC, Noose Found in African American Museum
TeleSur | - - It's the second time this week a noose has been discovered on the grounds of a Smithsonian museum. A noose was found on Wednesday in an exhibition on…![Roger Ailes: The Man Who Destroyed the News](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/roger-ailes-the-man-who-destroye-187x137.jpg)
Roger Ailes: The Man Who Destroyed the News
By Neal Gabler | ( Billmoyers.com) | - - The founder of the right-wing network inflicted harm on the body politic that may be impossible to heal. Fox News creator and former…![US Reputation under Trump Tanking, Costing Economy Billions](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/us-reputation-under-trump-tankin-187x137.jpg)
US Reputation under Trump Tanking, Costing Economy Billions
By Daniel Korschun, Boryana V Dimitrova, and Yoto V. Yotov | (The Conversation) | - - U.S. News and World Report recently published its annual “Best Countries” ranking, based on how thousands…![Supreme Court Strikes down N. Carolina’s Racial Gerrymander](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/supreme-court-strikes-down-n-car-187x137.jpg)
Supreme Court Strikes down N. Carolina’s Racial Gerrymander
TeleSur | - - Ultra-conservative Justice Clarence Thomas sided with four liberal justices in the 5-3 majority decision. Yesterday the Supreme Court struck down North Carolina's congressional map. The court found the…![Alabama Passes Bill to Protect Confederate Monuments even at cost of Economy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/alabama-passes-bill-to-protect-c-187x137.jpg)
Alabama Passes Bill to Protect Confederate Monuments even at cost of Economy
TeleSur | - - Some Southern cities are rethinking the appropriateness of keeping such emblems on public property. Not Alabama. Alabama lawmakers on Friday approved a bill that prohibits the removal of…![Bannon booted from US National Security Council, takes swipe at Susan Rice](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/bannon-booted-from-us-national-s-187x137.jpg)
Bannon booted from US National Security Council, takes swipe at Susan Rice
TeleSur | - - "General McMaster has returned the NSC to its proper function,” Bannon said in a statement. U.S. President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon, has been removed from the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/trmpv-1-187x137.png)
No, supremacists, the Vikings wouldn’t have put up with “Teuton” Donald Trump
By Keith Ruiter | (The Conversation) | - - It has been suggested that Donald Trump “may get his assertive rather than passive manner from his alleged Viking ancestors”. Or so says…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/truesouth_hcover-180x137.jpg)
What the Civil Rights Movement can teach us about Resistance in Age of Trump
By Jon Else | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - On a glorious afternoon in August 1963, after the massive March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom wrapped up on the national mall,…![What’s Cuba *Really* Like?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/whats-cuba-really-like-187x137.jpg)
What’s Cuba *Really* Like?
H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | - - What is Cuba like? Since visiting there recently, I have been asked this question hundreds of times and learned that every third person…![Africa Trade Summit in US Had Zero Africans After Visas Denied](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/africa-trade-summit-in-us-had-ze-187x137.jpg)
Africa Trade Summit in US Had Zero Africans After Visas Denied
TeleSur | - - "This year it was 100 percent. Every delegation,” organizer Mary Flowers told the media. An African trade summit organized by the University of Southern California ended up with…![Is White Supremacy Making A Comeback?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/is-white-supremacy-making-a-come-187x137.jpg)
Is White Supremacy Making A Comeback?
AJ+ | (Video Clip) "Former FBI undercover agent Mike German discusses the resurgence of the white supremacist movement now under President Trump." AJ+: "Is White Supremacy Making A Comeback?"![What everyone Needs to know about alt-NeoNazi President Steve Bannon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/what-everyone-needs-to-know-abou-187x137.jpg)
What everyone Needs to know about alt-NeoNazi President Steve Bannon
AJ+ | (Video Clip) | - - "President Trump is calling for an investigation into voter fraud, and media sources have discovered that his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, was actually registered in…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/steveking-750x132-1-187x132.png)
Dear Rep. King: Our Civilization isn’t White and American Babies aren’t Other
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Rep Steve King of Iowa (whose constituents should be ashamed to show their faces in public went full-on racist again, supporting hate-speech master…![Addicted to Racism: Why Populists Literally get off on Bigotry](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/addicted-to-racism-why-populists-187x137.jpg)
Addicted to Racism: Why Populists Literally get off on Bigotry
By Anne-Ruth Wertheim | (Informed Comment) | - - Only recently did I realise that people with racist prejudices have something to lose: their short-term delight, the balm for their soul. This…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/splinterlandspbk-1-180x137.jpg)
Zombie America: Is it too late to Fight Trump’s Real-Life Dystopia?
By John Feffer | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - Dystopias have recently achieved full-spectrum dominance. Kids are drawn to such stories -- The Giver, Hunger Games -- like Goths to piercings. TV shows…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/us_texas_gerrymandering-1.png_1718483346-1-187x137.png)
Texas GOP tried Gerrymander away Latino, Austin Votes: Fed. Court
TeleSur | - - "Republicans in Texas have ensured that the dark days of discrimination in Texas continue to loom." Texas lawmakers drew up three U.S. congressional districts to undermine the influence…![We ignore the Violence of Radical White Populist Extremism at our Peril](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/we-ignore-the-violence-of-radica-187x137.jpg)
We ignore the Violence of Radical White Populist Extremism at our Peril
By Sindre Bangstad | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | - - We ignore the terrorist threat from right-wing extremism at our peril. But the main threat to democracy in our time is even more…![How Islamophobia is Creating Prejudice toward non-Muslims Too](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701043128im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/how-islamophobia-is-creating-pre-187x137.jpg)