Tag: Anti

This piece has created a lot of reaction, as you might imagine. Some positive, but mostly negative from what I’ve seen. And I’ve got thoughts, too. I get the point being made in the piece, but I reject the list, because it’s reductive and patronizing and it denies English it&r...

Bacteria and bacteriophages (bacteria-attacking virus) have been battling each other for giga years now, with the two using multiple interesting mechanisms to fight. When their techniques were discovered, they were a marvel for biologists. But crucially, these discoveries played a role in advancing ...

It’s carnival season in New Orleans again, and many are gearing up to eat their first slice of king cake and attend masquerade balls, lavish events where some in attendance wear masks. Historically, this was done so that the upper bourgeoisie could mingle with those in the lower classes withou...

This“ book is a polemic against liberal anti-racism that focuses on individual attitudes rather than institutions.” This is a fascinating well researched and well written book. It raises several important issues. The three of the most important are 1) Structural/Institutional Racism i...

I was recently involved in a meeting to discuss how education and training should rise to the challenges of promoting anti-racist practice. It was encouraging and reassuring to see so many people there, people in positions of influence. However, what was quite disheartening was to find that we were ...

“Whitesplaining” is my term for when white people try to explain racism. Not necessarily explaining away racism — they are usually acknowledging its existence and are condemning it — but they are acting as though they understand racism. Yes, it’s like mansplaining. H...

Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in his Casey dissent, “the [state’s] interest in protecting potential life is not grounded in the Constitution.” US District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has pointed out that the Dobbs decision was based entirely on the Fourteenth Amendment....

Our healthcare system is broken. A walk around San Francisco makes that clear. People in psychosis are everywhere — on the bus, on the street corners, huddled up under filthy blankets sleeping in doorways, their dirty, scab-covered feet poking out at passersby. I don’t usually interac...