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Tag: Racism
Poetry Review of Jabari Asim’s STOP AND FRISK
1. They say Stop-and-friskIs a brief and non-intrusive stop of a suspect.Which can be deadly in America where Statist…
New Poetry by Maurice Decaul
U S Grant on the Disbanding of the Iraqi Army I heard thunder in the mountains witnessed soft amber lightening in the…
Dispatch: Istanbul, Spring 2017
I found myself in Istanbul late March on a 17-hour layover; my ultimate destination being a small island off the coas…
The Long March Ahead: A Veteran’s Place in Resistance
The day after the election felt all too familiar. It felt like 9/11. Then, as now, that day only promised a long road…
The Sellout by Paul Beatty: A Review
Shortly after Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Booker Prize was awarded to fellow American Paul Beatt…
It’s All So Familiar; It’s All So Heartbreaking
Today, November 24th, 2015, Jason Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Laquan McDonald in …
The Racist Arguments For, Against Gun Control
Gun violence is deeply entrenched in America. Chances are, if you’ve spent any time outside the Upper East Side of Ma…
Against Obvious Racism
Let’s be honest about racism. It’s here. And it’s not going anywhere. But its prevalence is surpris…
On Racism and Other Bigotries
Racism, anti-Semitism, sexism, homophobia, tribalism, nationalism, parochialism, xenophobia, jingoism, bigotry, intol…