Republican House of Representative Steve Scalise was a disgusting racist prior to being shot on a baseball field in an incident that nearly claimed his life. His political career up until that point has been a predictable brand of right-wing conservatism that aimed to inflict as much damage on …Continue reading Continue Reading at https://thedailybanter.com
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5 Ways White People Can Fight White Supremacy
Contrary to popular belief, not every piece of correspondence received by writers at The Root begins with “You’re the racist” or “Not all white people … ” For every piece of hate mail received by black writers who discuss race and racism in America, there are as many from white people who contact us with […]
MEMBERS ONLY: Revealed at Last, a Patriotic Form of Black Protest That White People Won’t Object To
The Banter Long Read: As if we needed a reminder about how racist America is, this past week the nation freaked out over mostly black athletes peacefully and quietly taking a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality. This has once again reinforced the unspoken rule that angry …Continue reading Continue Reading at […]
Donald Trump Must be the Last White President
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “The First White President” is mandatory reading if you truly want to understand just how much trouble we are in as a nation. I have a general rule of thumb: When people who are smarter than I am come to the same dark conclusion, that’s when I should start worrying. After …Continue reading Continue […]
MEMBERS ONLY: The Eugenics President
The Banter Long Read: It’s not a name currently in the news because abortion and Planned Parenthood haven’t been brought up since the failure of the congressional Republicans to repeal Obamacare, but let’s begin by talking about Margaret Sanger…To continue reading this MEMBERS ONLY article, …Continue reading Continue Reading at https://thedailybanter.com
Photo of Kendall Jenner Bringing Peace to Nazi Rally With Pepsi Wins the Internet
After Kendall Jenner’s disastrous ad campaign for Pepsi, the internet exploded with some of the funniest parodies ever created in the wake of a huge social faux pas. We wrote about one of them on the Banter, and the piece went viral for an entire month (if you have a few minutes, please check out […]
Pewdiepie Says He’s Going To Stop Making Nazi Jokes After Charlottesville
Earlier this year, YouTube’s biggest star sparked controversy after Disney severed ties with him over jokes about Jewish people and Nazis. At the time, Felix ‘Pewdiepie’ Kjellberg apologized but continued to make many Nazi references in defiance to the outrage. Months later, Kjellberg says he has a different…Read more… Continue Reading at http://kotaku.com
Yes, You Can Blame Donald Trump For the White Supremacist March in Charlottesville
“We are determined to take our country back,” said former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia today. “We are going to fulfill the promises of Donald Trump. That’s what we believed in, that’s why we voted for Donald Trump. …Continue reading Continue Reading at https://thedailybanter.com
MEMBERS ONLY: This is Why We Cannot Talk to Trump True Believers
Just a decade or two from now, white conservatives will have been rounded up and put into concentration camps…To continue reading this article, please go here. A Banter Membership gets you access to the magazine and all our Members Only content. Your membership also directly funds …Continue reading Continue Reading at https://thedailybanter.com