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Glenn Grothman, Idiot
By now you have heard the latest from Wisconsin State Senator Glenn Grothman, but before we get to that let’s have a brief review of the record. Glenn Grothman is the Republican State Senator from West...
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I Cannot be Silent
When I worked in mental health we used to talk about people “looking for an edge to catch on.” It meant people who were upset or otherwise agitated and holding it together for the moment but who, given...
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The Language of Race
The very language of race is outdated and counterproductive. The truth is that when we speak about different races we are really speaking about different ethnicities, and I believe speaking about other...
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Tribalism
Tribalism, which can be defined as “the behavior and attitudes that stem from strong loyalty to one’s own tribe or social group,” is an ongoing problem in our society – and I am beginning to think it...
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The Problem with Anti-Racism Work
The problem with most “official” anti-racism work is two-fold. The first problem is that it is a part of and supported by institutional academia, which means that there are a lot of people and places...
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Compassion and the Out Group
According to current neurobiological research at Stanford University, among other places, our ability to feel compassion for the other is dramatically reduced when we perceive the other as a member of...
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Racism
It’s funny how we see racism in others but not in ourselves. Last night I listened to a woman who self-identified as being from an historically oppressed ethnicity recite a litany of people who don’t...
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The Life of Migrant Farm Workers
It’s just a snapshot, really. A school bus painted white and pulling out of a Speedway gas station in Lafayette, IN. The print on the side of the bus indicated it was from a “labor company” somewhere...
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Bill Cosby and the Discrimination Card
Bill Cosby is a douchebag. When the allegations against Cosby first surfaced, and again lately, I have seen people trying to say that the prosecution and (in their twisted minds) persecution are all...
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It’s No Joke
Among the many not so funny April Fools “news” stories circulating in Milwaukee today, two were especially telling. One said that the Mitchell Park Conservatory, something of a landmark that has been...
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