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There has been a long and troubled history in this country of making righteous white violence and intimidation, while criminalizing skin color — especially as it pertains to black and brown people. White violence and intimidation is usually bathed in declarations of patriotism and dried off with the American flag. And when it can’t be thus sanctified, the rationale becomes some sort of mental phenomena or illness, divorced from any sort of “ethnic group” pathology. A long his

Observing Van Jones cry on CNN, twitter posts of #thisisnotus and other well -meaning folks cry and wring their hands, because the president has exposed the real US, is an indication of self- deception. Jones and folks who share his affinities had convinced themselves that this is not a racist nation. Yet the evidence, recent and not so recent, along with the country’s past indicate the opposite. The US has been organized around White Supremacy since the first settlers set fo

Introduction Rhymes Media Group, in keeping with our commitment to advocacy journalism, begins, today, the series: RMG's Anti-Racism 101. Rhymes Media Group began, and continues, as a mechanism for persuasion for those who are willing to be persuaded. In other words, we are not looking for a show of hands - popular consensus is one of the WORSE metrics for determining what's true. Racism exists when individuals because of their race, are: Denied access to services or opportun

Good morning Americans, it’s the year 2017 in the U.S. of A. Or is it 1640? No wait, is it 1882, 1896, 1942 or 1950? This past week we have heard the terms “un-American” and “foreign” flung around with great (and some would say alarming) frequency. The aforementioned dates are not arbitrary or random; they represent instances in our American history when the un-American card was played. Further, they tell the story of who gets to determine what or who is truly American. In 16