EuanRoss
@euanr.bsky.social
Retired engineer living the good life in rural Connecticut. Interested in too many things to make real progress in any of them. Newly minted US Citizen so I believe in the Constitution, apple pie and anything else with sugar.
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I ended that piece with a warning: "What we are witnessing, once again, is the alignment of white power against racial justice and redress. As history has shown, maintaining racial inequality requires constant repression and is therefore antithetical to democracy..."
January 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I ended that piece with a warning: "What we are witnessing, once again, is the alignment of white power against racial justice and redress. As history has shown, maintaining racial inequality requires constant repression and is therefore antithetical to democracy..."
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The White House called the revocation of Executive Order 11246 “the most important federal civil rights measure in decades." I wrote about this tactic of co-opting the language of racial equality to cement racial INequality in my NYT Mag cover story last year called "The Colorblindness Trap."
The ‘Colorblindness’ Trap: How a Civil Rights Ideal Got Hijacked
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The White House called the revocation of Executive Order 11246 “the most important federal civil rights measure in decades." I wrote about this tactic of co-opting the language of racial equality to cement racial INequality in my NYT Mag cover story last year called "The Colorblindness Trap."
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It’s literally and explicitly part of the plan. www.americanprogress.org/article/proj...
Project 2025’s Distortion of Civil Rights Law Threatens Americans With Legalized Discrimination
Far-right extremists have a plan to dismantle many civil rights protections that have advanced equality in America over the past 60 years.
www.americanprogress.org
January 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It’s literally and explicitly part of the plan. www.americanprogress.org/article/proj...
Will be interesting to see how the team manages without her tomorrow night. Headed to Hartford to watch as soon as LFC-Spurs game is over. Will be an interesting night!
January 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Will be interesting to see how the team manages without her tomorrow night. Headed to Hartford to watch as soon as LFC-Spurs game is over. Will be an interesting night!
Wow..crazy but we'll take it given the temps in CT right now...🥶
January 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Wow..crazy but we'll take it given the temps in CT right now...🥶