Tim Wise On The Invention Of The White Race

In this nine and a half minute clip, Tim Wise describes the way in which race was invented by elites in early America in order to divide and conquer the working class... and is still used to do so.



Found here via Alas A Blog.

Racism In The Aftermath Of Hurricane Katrina

These two pictures were in the same slide show released by AP and picked up all over the mass media. After instant outrage from various quarters, they were taken down... but some of us got copies before they were able to erase history. Here are the pictures with their original captions, note that the white couple "find[s]" and the black individual "loot[s]."

Two residents wade through chest-deep water after finding bread and soda from a local grocery.

A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting a grocery store in New Orleans.