Category Archives: racism

Trump responds to Barcelona attack by reviving debunked myth | World news | The Guardian #LiarTrump, #TraitorTrump

Donald Trump has responded to the Barcelona attack by reviving an already debunked anecdote about a US general dipping bullets in pig’s blood to fight Islamic militants more than a hundred years ago. After a relatively conventional response to the attack, in which he went on to Twitter to call on the people of Barcelona to be “tough and strong” and offer help from the US, he posted another, more cryptic, tweet, saying: “Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!”

Source: Trump responds to Barcelona attack by reviving debunked myth | World news | The Guardian

Trump ‘Sad’ Over Removal of ‘Our Beautiful Statues’ – The New York Times

 

Under fire for defending racist activist groups, President Trump said on Twitter on Thursday that he was “sad” to see United States’ history torn apart by the removal of “our beautiful statues and monuments,” echoing a popular refrain of white supremacist groups that oppose the removal of Confederate monuments.

Donald Trump is making a ‘huge mistake’ in not condemning far-right, says Germany’s foreign minister – The Local

In failing to condemn unequivocally the white nationalist movement the US President was guilty of unacceptable relativism, Gabriel claimed in an interview with the DPA news agency. “Clearly, equating the two sides rather than distancing himself from the Nazi potential on display there was a huge mistake,” said Gabriel.

Source: Donald Trump is making a ‘huge mistake’ in not condemning far-right, says Germany’s foreign minister – The Local

No, Mr Trump, we’re not the same as the neo-Nazis | Emily Gorcenski | Opinion | The Guardian

It wasn’t the Ku Klux Klan and those who wave flags from the Third Reich who were urging nonviolence and trying to save lives in Charlottesville. It was leftist activists like me. There is no room at the table for both you and decency, Mr President. As someone who stood face to face with men bearing torches and swastikas shouting “Jews will not replace us,” as someone who saw the blood spilled in Charlottesville first-hand, I can tell you this: you aren’t on my side. You aren’t on America’s side. You are on the wrong side.

Source: No, Mr Trump, we’re not the same as the neo-Nazis | Emily Gorcenski | Opinion | The Guardian

Wednesday Open Thread | But, I thought the GOP didn’t believe in ‘Big Government’. | 3CHICSPOLITICO

Inciting to riot? No dear.The people protesting you, because you are illegitimate and wrong are not rioting.That was the White Supremacists that you refuse to investigate and label a domestic terrorist group.

Source: Wednesday Open Thread | But, I thought the GOP didn’t believe in ‘Big Government’. | 3CHICSPOLITICO

What Mostly White Newsrooms Get Wrong about Race | Dame Magazine

The former Breitbart honcho has to be betting that journalists who report on Nazi attacks—and the president’s subsequent responses—have been taught that they have an ethical obligation to present all sides of a story. That they will be afraid of being accused of being unfair or lacking objectivity, of being “the liberal media”. That they will be reluctant to name Trump’s defense of racism for what it is, or write about white supremacy as if it is a fact of life. Reporters must resist this, and push back against editors and producers who don’t believe the word “racist” can be used as an adjective in a news story. Thoughtful editorial boards must decide that Nazi apologists and racist bigotry have no place in their pages.

Source: What Mostly White Newsrooms Get Wrong about Race | Dame Magazine

CTRL-ALT-RT-DEL – sister-hood magazine. A Fuuse production by Deeyah Khan.

Civil strife should be dismantled right here, right now. Rallies encouraging terrorism and ill-will like these should be stopped early on. Trump’s feeble attempt at condemning the entire mess is a mockery to human intelligence and furthers the cause of hateful individuals who wave the American flag as a symbol of racial superiority. White supremacist identity politics have no room in the character of the nation; they will only contribute more violence, more deaths, and more outward displays of bigotry. It’s appalling to hear about, read, and watch. Its especially appalling when your friend tells you about how her (brown) daughter wasn’t invited to her (non-brown) best friends birthday party because her parents voted for Trump. Or how another friends’ daughter cries behind closed doors due to the bullying and racist comments she faces weekly. Or how to explain my disgust over people with torches to my six year old as he sees me frown and shake my head. There is no room for this in the home, in our lives, our cities or our country. We will not remain silent. We will not tolerate this.

Source: CTRL-ALT-RT-DEL – sister-hood magazine. A Fuuse production by Deeyah Khan.

On a day that will live on in infamy, Trump reveals his true dark heart – Opinion – Israel News | Haaretz.com

Trump’s tirade at a press conference in New York supposedly devoted to infrastructure and manufacturing was either incredibly stupid or intensely insane or both. But here is also a third possibility: That it was completely calculated and entirely premeditated, that it will go down in history as the moment when the leader of the free world revealed his true inner self; When he burned political correctness at the stake; When he looked America in the eye and said yes, I’m an enabler of white supremacists. I’m an apologist for slavery and Confederate history. I can see some “fine people” among those who shouted Sieg Heil in Charlottesville and threatened the Jews. I am indeed the worst that’s been said about me, and more, now come and do something about it.

Source: On a day that will live on in infamy, Trump reveals his true dark heart – Opinion – Israel News | Haaretz.com

Organizers and Leaders of Charlottesville’s Deadly Rally Raised Money With PayPal | Southern Poverty Law Center

Jason Kessler’s “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., last Saturday devolved into a melee of far-right demonstrators, antifascists (antifa), counter-protesters, and police — ultimately resulting in dozens of injuries and three deaths.

Source: Organizers and Leaders of Charlottesville’s Deadly Rally Raised Money With PayPal | Southern Poverty Law Center