Chloé S. Valdary 📚
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White privilege lecture tells students white people ‘dangerous’ if they don’t see race
'This person doesn’t understand culture. This person is not self-aware.'
Black South Carolina Trooper Explains Why He Helped a White Supremacist
Leroy Smith, director of South Carolina’s Department of Public Safety, explains a widely circulated picture of himself with an arm around an ailing man who wore a T-shirt emblazoned with a swastika.
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Thursday Throwback ✨
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Whiteness as Collections
I had this interesting mini-eureka moment a few weeks ago that I wanted to share for a few reasons. One, I don’t usually reflect on the connections that help me understand how I learn somethi…
ICE deports spouse of U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan
ICE has deported the spouse of a U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving the couple's 12-year-old daughter in the United States without parents.
Former Twitter troll credits Sarah Silverman with helping him see 'how important talking is' | CBC Radio
David Weissman used to troll people online whose politics didn’t align with his own. But after engaging with comedian Sarah Silverman, along with others, he now sees the importance of listening and dialoguing with the ‘other side'.
The Unlikely Rise of Mort Klein and the Transformation of American Zionism
Earlier this year an anonymous person or persons sent out a set of documents about Morton Klein, the longtime president of the Zionist Organization of America, privately by email and then publicly on Twitter. The ZOA was founded in 1897, and it...
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I’ve had my own battles with King Lear (he levied accusations against me simply because I am not a Jew.)What a shame.
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Schools ‘Need’ to Teach Kids ‘How Not to Be Offended’ in 2019, Educator Pleads
Professor Irshad Manji, the author of Don't Label Me, believes "giving offense is the price of diversity, not an impediment to diversity"
A ‘Native Son’ Reimagined, With James Baldwin in Mind
In 1949, Richard Wright’s best-selling novel drew criticism from his former protégé. A new HBO movie adaptation attempts to marry the two writers’ sensibilities for a modern age.
They Had It Coming
The parents indicted in the college-admissions scandal were responding to a changing America, with rage at being robbed of what they believed was rightfully theirs.
Amazing Grace [Official Trailer] - In Theaters April 5, 2019
You haven't seen anything yet. Amazing Grace is In Theaters April 5. #AmazingGrace
Chicago Prosecutor Kim Foxx Refused to Charge Jussie Smollett — and That’s a Good Thing
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago police are furious, but slowing mass incarceration pisses off the right people.
I Broke Up With Her Because She’s White
When it comes to dating, I’d rather not think about race. But that’s been hard to avoid.
The Fire Now
"As horrific as the Holocaust was, it is firmly in the past. . . . Though I remain horrified by what happened, it is history. Contemporary antisemitism is not. It is about the present. It is what many people are doing, saying, and facing now,"...
The Gift Of Our Wounds | Vengeful Forgiveness After Hate Crime
The Gift of Our Wounds: A Sikh and a Former White Supremacist Find Forgiveness After Hate—By Arno Michaelis and Pardeep Singh Kaleka, with Robin Gaby Fisher. The powerful story of a friendship between two men—one Sikh and one former skinhead—that...
The Transformation of Arno Michaelis by The Theory of Enchantment • A podcast on Anchor
If you listen to no other episode of the 'Theory of Enchantment' podcast, listen to this one. A few days ago, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Arno Michaelis, a public speaker and author who was a former white nationalist and who now teaches...
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G’afternoon!
Season 2, episode 1 of the ‘Theory of Enchantment’ podcast is officially live! You won’t wanna miss this one. Feat. Superhero Arno Michaelis, a man who went from being a white nationalist to preaching love to counter violent extremism. ✨
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CSU to Acknowledge ‘Zionism Is an Important Part of’ Jewish Identity in SFSU Case
The California State University (CSU) agreed to a settlement on March 20 that includes them issuing a statement acknowledging Zionism’s...
How Dare Chelsea Clinton Defend the Jews?
In his rambling, 70-page manifesto, the Australian white supremacist who massacred some 50 Muslims in New Zealand last week cited, as inspirations, British Union of Fascists leader Oswald Mosley, the People’s Republic of China, a videogame called...
Natural Born Settlers
Filmmaker Iris Zaki never understood the Israeli settlers—so she moved in with them.