It is difficult to avoid the impression that increasingly the media discussion on race has acquired an obsessive, fantasy-like character. In recent weeks, numerous media outlets have held forth on the need to be alert to the racist attitudes of babies. The New York Timeshighlighted this issue, when it featured …
Read More »EU branded ‘hypocrites’ and slammed for promoting ‘racist’ hiring practices, after court says hijab can be banned at work
On Thursday morning, the European Union’s Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that companies within the 27-nation bloc can prohibit their workers from wearing headscarves, notably the Islamic face covering called the hijab, if “employers need to present a neutral image towards customers or [wish] to prevent social disputes.” The verdict …
Read More »‘Racist’ tenure tantrum shows the true colors of the journalist behind NYT’s 1619 Project
After over a month of slagging off UNC as racist for not immediately offering her a tenured position, Hannah-Jones has announced she will take a faculty role at historically black university Howard, where she will found a so-called ‘Center for Journalism and Democracy’ – another irony in a resumé that’s …
Read More »US is ill at ease with itself, but bashing Independence Day as ‘racist’ will only disunite the divided country further
The Fourth of July is the celebration of the founding of the nation back in 1776, when the Declaration of Independence from Britain was approved. The day is marked by fireworks, parades, picnics, and parties across the country, and it is meant to bring people together. Independence Day, however, is …
Read More »Biden DOJ sues Georgia over ‘racist’ voting law, says it will prosecute ‘threats’ against election workers US-wide
“This lawsuit is the first step of many we are taking to ensure that all eligible voters can cast a vote; that all lawful votes are counted; and that every voter has access to accurate information,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday. The DOJ is challenging Georgia’s state Senate …
Read More »Black holes are racist? Space is the final frontier for the woke on their mission to redefine the universe
Almost all space is black. ‘Space’, you see: the name is a bit of a giveaway. Scientists say 99.9999999% of everything is, physically…empty. Black. ‘Black’, meaning the absence of light, the absence of color, the absence of matter. Empty. To us mere mortals, that is, to us humans with our …
Read More »Every third Canadian sees their country as racist, but views differ sharply by gender, age and political party – poll
In the Angus Reid Institute poll released on Monday, 54% of women under age 35 were ready to condemn Canada as racist, while only 21% of men over 55 agreed. Young women, in fact, were even more likely than non-whites to take a negative view on race relations. The survey showed that …
Read More »By only suspending Marko Arnautovic for one game, the message European football has sent is: ‘It’s ok to be racist to Albanians’
There can hardly be a soul alive who isn’t aware of taking the knee and its significance. While it was spurred on by a reaction to anti-black discrimination, it was a sign that equality isn’t universal. It began several years ago with NFL star Colin Kaepernick and swept through the …
Read More »Kaffir lime leaves are racist? Super-woke supermarket virtue signals from its spice shelf following a total of ZERO complaints
I am going to have to be quick here, because I’m in a bit of a panic. I have a load of cookbooks to censor or ditch after finding out my bookshelf and spice rack are totally racist, and could see my Saffer neighbours report me for hate speech unless …
Read More »Being a ‘non-racist’ is not enough, the ‘righteous white men’ actor Tom Hanks learns, after daring to write about race issues
In a Sunday op-ed for the US media outlet NPR, TV critic Eric Deggans claims the two-time Academy Award-winning Tom Hanks was a “non-racist” actor, and it was time for him to be an “anti-racist” actor. But what’s the difference, you may wonder? “Anti-racism implies action – looking around your …
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