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Thinking About Racism

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Nancy Jane Moore

Racism is at the heart of almost everything that’s wrong with the United States. Last week I saw two powerful movies: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, an excellent documentary, and The Last Black Man in San Francisco, the most … Continue reading →

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Posted in book reviews, Film, journalism, Politics | Tagged How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi, racism, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Toni Morrison

Reparation

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Diana Pharaoh Francis

I’ve been thinking a lot about reparation. I have not yet come to any conclusions, and will no doubt be pondering and thinking on this more and more. First, reparation is ‘paying back’ descendents of slaves in America. And other … Continue reading →

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Posted in Politics, Rants | Tagged diana pharaoh francis, racism, reparation

The Tricoastal Woman Thinks About History and Racism

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Nancy Jane Moore

Of all the election victories out there, here’s the one that moved me the most: 19 African American women ran as Democrats for judgeships, most for positions in Harris County, Texas (Houston). 17 of them won. They ran as a … Continue reading →

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Posted in Politics | Tagged African-American, judges, law, racism, Texas

The History of White People

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Nancy Jane Moore

[This review of Nell Irvin Painter’s The History of White People originally appeared in the Cascadia Subduction Zone in 2011. Since I recently posted about her new book, Old in Art School, I wanted to share my praise of her … Continue reading →

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Posted in Books and Reading, History, nonfiction, Reviews | Tagged Nell Irvin Painter, racism, The History of White People

Dystopia and Resistance

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Nancy Jane Moore

I’m working on an essay to present at WisCon. As part of my research, I took a deep breath and embarked on a re-read of The Handmaid’s Tale. I have avoided watching the television series, because there’s only so much … Continue reading →

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Posted in Books and Reading, science fiction | Tagged Margaret Atwood, racism, The Handmaid's Tale

In Troubled Times: Bystander Intervention Training

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Deborah J. Ross

In January 2018, I attended a seminar entitled Stand! Speak! Act! A Community Bystander Intervention Training. The subheading suggested I would learn how to nonviolently support someone who was being harassed. The event was presented by the local chapter of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Politics | Tagged bystander intervention, homophobia, Islamophobia, nonviolence, racism, social justice

Reading The Color of Law

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Nancy Jane Moore

I’ve just finished Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law, a thoroughly researched and brilliant analysis of how government action in the United States built and reinforced racial segregation. It took me several weeks to read this book. That’s not because … Continue reading →

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Posted in Books and Reading, nonfiction, Politics, Reviews | Tagged racism, Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law

A Tricoastal Woman: Charlottesville

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Nancy Jane Moore

My voice teacher in college, Aldrich Adkins, was an African American man about the same age as my father. He served in the Army in World War II. When he was stationed at a base in the south during the … Continue reading →

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Posted in memoir, Rants | Tagged Charlottesville, racism

It Isn’t 1968.

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Nancy Jane Moore

One thing I’ve heard more than once since the killings by the police in Baton Rouge and Minnesota and the sniper killings of police officers in Dallas is that it “feels like 1968.” I’m not sure what aspect of 1968 … Continue reading →

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Posted in Rants | Tagged racism

Southern “Heritage” Should be Gone — With the Wind!

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Nancy Jane Moore

I read Gone With the Wind as a teenager in the 1960s. At the time I read it, I was already a strong supporter of the Civil Rights Movement, having been raised to condemn the racism I saw around me … Continue reading →

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Posted in Books and Reading, Rants | Tagged Charleston, racism, slavery

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