Category Archives: Racism

Regarding the Killing of John Crawford III in a Wal-Mart Store in Ohio: Should the Police Officer Who Shot Him Have Been Indicted?

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Previously, I wrote a post titled The Killings of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and John Crawford III: It’s Not about Race…It’s Never about Race!. John Crawford III, an African American, was shot and killed by a white police … Continue reading →

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Police Chief of Ferguson, Missouri, Apologizes to Michael Brown’s Parents (VIDEO)

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Thomas Jackson, the police chief of Ferguson, Missouri, apologized to the parents of Michael Brown in a video message earlier today. Jackson extended his apology to peaceful protesters who may think that he didn’t do “enough to … Continue reading →

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Exclusive CNN Video Captures Witnesses’ Disbelief to the Shooting Death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By ELAINE MAGLIARO Yesterday, CNN aired an exclusive cell phone video that was recorded several minutes after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. The video captured the reactions of two contractors to the shooting of Michael Brown. The … Continue reading →

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Smear Merchants and Bias in News Reporting: Regarding Michael Brown, Darren Wilson, Race, Right-Wing Blogs, and the Mainstream Media

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By ELAINE MAGLIARO Bias in the Mainstream News Media? On August 14th—five days after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri—Nick Wing published an article on Huffington Post titled When The Media Treats White Suspects And Killers Better Than … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Crime, Law Enforcement, Murder, Propaganda, Racism, Society, United States | Tagged , , , , , | 40 Comments

POETRY FRIDAY–“I, Too, Am America”: The Poetry of Langston Hughes

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

Submitted by Elaine Magliaro Back in August of 2013, I did a post about the poetry of Langston Hughes for Res Ipsa Loquitor. The impetus for my doing that was the—at times contentious—discussions we had been having about race, racism, … Continue reading →

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The Killings of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and John Crawford III: It’s Not about Race…It’s Never about Race!

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Back in March of 2012, Charles Pierce wrote a post for his Esquire Politics Blog about the death of Trayvon Martin and the people who came out in support of his killer, George Zimmerman. In his piece … Continue reading →

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New York Times Comes under Fire for Declaring Michael Brown to Be “No Angel” in Its Profile Article of the Dead Teenager

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

 By Elaine Magliaro The New York Times has come under fire for an article that it published yesterday about the life of Michael Brown—the unarmed teenager who was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, recently. Jack Mirkinson (Huffington … Continue reading →

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Billie Holiday, Abe Meeropol, and “Strange Fruit”—the Famous Song about Lynching Black People in America

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Eleanora Fagan, better known as Billie Holiday, was a famous American jazz singer and song writer. One of her “most iconic” songs is Strange Fruit, which was first recorded in 1939. Elizabeth Blair (NPR) called the song … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Equal Rights, History, Music, Poetry, Racism, Short Video, Society, United States | Tagged , , , , | 14 Comments

Ferguson (MO) Circa 2014, California Circa 1967, the Death of Denzil Dowell, the Black Panther Party, and Open Carry Laws

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Nearly fifty years ago, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale established the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. According to Steve Wasserman of The Nation, the two “brash upstarts” from Oakland, California “quickly garnered a reputation for their … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Courts, Crime, Equal Rights, History, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Murder, Politics, Propaganda, Racism, States, United States | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

From “The Nation”: Kurt Vonnegut’s “Why You Can’t Stop Me from Speaking Ill of Thomas Jefferson”

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Kurt Vonnegut is one of my favorite authors—and his book Slaughterhouse Five is one of my all-time favorite books. I was pleased to see an article written by Vonnegut in the April 14, 2014 edition of The … Continue reading →

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