Chuck Thompson, in his controversial best-seller “Better Off Without ‘Em: A Northern Manifesto For Southern Secession,” quotes a southern analyst as saying: “Racism in the south is alive and well, but it is not the slack-jawed, tobacco-chewing stereotype of old. The new practitioners [of racism] are young, hip, and completely convinced they don’t have a prejudiced bone in their body. The greatest offenders in America today are the self-conscious and consciously anti-racial white liberals.”
Friday Twofer: Madame DA, and Justin Phillips
Pamela Price, “Madame District Attorney,” has a Facebook page. Its formal name is “Pamela Price, Alameda County District Attorney - Personal.” Price describes it as “Minority-owned, Black-owned.” So I’m trying to figure out, What exactly is “Minority-owned, Black-owned”? The Facebook page? The Office of District Attorney? And why does Price need to refer to race at all? What would she say if Gavin Newsom had a “personal” Facebook page he called “White-owned”? She’d be howling from the rooftops.
What you can do
The number one question I get asked by readers is “What can I do?” People are so upset by the way this city and county are being run. They know that our current leaders are taking us off a cliff. Our wonderful Coalition members love their city and county, but when it comes to what to do as individuals, they’re often flummoxed.
Talkin' BART blues
Not having a car, I take BART a lot. I have used the system since I moved to California in 1978. In the intervening 45 years, I’ve witnessed BART’s steady downward slide, from a safe, clean (if crowded) system to today’s chaos, grime and danger. I still take BART these days by force majeure, but every time I do, I wish there were some other way of transporting my body around.
Wokeness is killing the Oakland Education Association
The Oakland teachers strike may seem a little remote from our usual concerns about cops and camps, but actually the issues are closely intertwined. Wokeness in the strikers’ union, the Oakland Education Association, has become so malignant that half of OEA’s board itself, as well as many teachers and parents, are outraged at some of the union’s demands.