Kyle Rittenhouse

Your friendly neighborhood sociologist: What we talk about when we talk about white supremacy

By Rod Graham / December 1, 2021 / Comments Off on Your friendly neighborhood sociologist: What we talk about when we talk about white supremacy

It’s not what it used to be.

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The system that allowed Malcolm X’s killers to walk keeps giving white supremacy a free pass

By Richard Sudan / November 26, 2021 / Comments Off on The system that allowed Malcolm X’s killers to walk keeps giving white supremacy a free pass

In the decades since the assassination of Malcolm X, it might be comfortable to imagine we have traveled some way down the road of racial justice. But it’s a long road and not an easy one.  

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The Rittenhouse verdict isn’t a win for self-defense. It’s another example of white men having better rights than the rest of us

By Mia Brett / November 24, 2021 / Comments Off on The Rittenhouse verdict isn’t a win for self-defense. It’s another example of white men having better rights than the rest of us

American history has plenty examples of whole classes of people that were explicitly excluded from claiming self-defense in court.

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In America, political violence is normal. So normal it’s invisible

By John Stoehr / November 23, 2021 /

It should always be on people’s minds.

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Kyle Rittenhouse, Audre Lorde and the rage of righteousness

By John Stoehr / November 22, 2021 /

Still in search of democratic responsibility.

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Kyle Rittenhouse’s actions fit into a long history of state-supported white vigilantism in America

By Mia Brett / November 15, 2021 / Comments Off on Kyle Rittenhouse’s actions fit into a long history of state-supported white vigilantism in America

His defense hopes to capitalize on white panic.

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Whiteness is working hard to vindicate Kyle Rittenhouse

By Richard Sudan / November 10, 2021 / Comments Off on Whiteness is working hard to vindicate Kyle Rittenhouse

Please don’t pity him.

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Why isn’t the full force of the US government being brought down on the Proud Boys? Democracy and freedom demand it

By Richard Sudan / September 29, 2021 / Comments Off on Why isn’t the full force of the US government being brought down on the Proud Boys? Democracy and freedom demand it

The FBI has the means, but not the will.

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