Hakeem Kuta was seventeen years old. He had no arrest record. For a boy his age, living where he does, that means everything. He was out and about with a fourteen year old friend when the police pursued him on based on a report of teens smoking marijuana. Continue reading #HakeemKuta’s death was avoidable | #NYPD| #BlackLivesMatter
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Video: James Baldwin on “The Negro and the American Promise” | PBS
This is a curated version of a PBS extra I will be referencing in an upcoming piece.
James Baldwin on “The Negro and the American Promise”
James Baldwin appears in Boston public television producer Henry Morgenthau III’s “The Negro and the American Promise,” alongside Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. The New York Times described the James Baldwin segment as “a television experience that seared the conscience.” Continue reading Video: James Baldwin on “The Negro and the American Promise” | PBS
It’s 2015 and Liberal California prosecutes a Black woman for #lynching
It may come as a shock, but if you are a Black woman, you can be prosecuted for #lynching in Liberal California. Continue reading It’s 2015 and Liberal California prosecutes a Black woman for #lynching
POLL: Whites More Likely To OK Police Striking People
WASHINGTON (AP) — Whites in the United States approve of police officers hitting people in far greater numbers than blacks and Hispanics do, at a time when the country is struggling to deal with police use of deadly force against men of color, according to a major American trend survey.
Continue reading POLL: Whites More Likely To OK Police Striking People
March 2015’s #PoliceBrutality output in one photo
Brutality, increasingly, reigns king in America. The month of March 2015 was the police state’s most prolific ever in terms of output. In fact, it was so prolific that in one month, our police forces have managed to kill more people than individual countries have since the turn of last century. Continue reading March 2015’s #PoliceBrutality output in one photo
When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be | John Keats
When I have fears that I may cease to be
Continue reading When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be | John Keats
On click-bait academic studies… Yes, it’s a thing.
Has anyone else noticed how a lot of headlines that defy logic have popped up lately? It doesn’t matter how much time you spend with your kids is one that actually made me click when I first saw it in the Washington Post, and then repeatedly tweeted and subsequently written about by numerous journalists. Continue reading On click-bait academic studies… Yes, it’s a thing.
On being human and caring…
We’re socialized to pretend we’re not hurt when we care more than others do. It’s called putting up a brave front, being tough. Continue reading On being human and caring…
From Lena Dunham to Trevor Noah, via Isaiah Washington
Lena Dunham compared her Jewish boyfriend to a dog in a New Yorker piece. Trevor Noah, Jon Stewart’s just-announced replacement, turns out to have tweeted bad sexist and antisemitic cliches. Isaiah Washington, when asked by Don Lemon about Chris Rock getting pulled over three times over seven weeks for “driving while black,” suggested Rock should “adapt.” Continue reading From Lena Dunham to Trevor Noah, via Isaiah Washington
Jared Bernstein: Full Employment, Trade Deficits, and the Savings Glut:
A Fascinating Debate in the Macro Blogosphere
Jared Bernstein | On the Economy | April 2nd, 2015
The macro blogosphere is on fire, as Bernanke, Summers, and Krugman are having a fascinating discussion that starts with secular stagnation (persistently weak demand, even in expansions), adds a strong dose of international trade with an emphasis on the Bernanke savings glut observations, and thus speaks to a lot of what we think about here at OTE.
Continue reading Jared Bernstein: Full Employment, Trade Deficits, and the Savings Glut: