The U.S.A. was established on a system of White supremacy, meaning specifically the subjugation and subordination of people of African descent and Native peoples. Many people have fought and died trying to change this system, occasionally even having some success but never overturning White supremacy’s basic structure. Consequently, many, if not most, societal issues revolve … [Read more…]
Last week, I wrote about the gap between reality and perceptions about the economy. One of my favorite economists, Paul Krugman, wrote about the same thing that week. He used the issue of perceptions of crime to explain this phenomenon. He reported how surveys show that the public believes that crime in their local area … [Read more…]
By objective measures, Americans are doing much better economically than they were nearly three years ago when Joe Biden took office. Yet, according to polls, 58 percent of Americans say the economy is worse, and Biden’s policies are the reason. “There’s been this unprecedented gap between what the data shows us is going on in … [Read more…]
One of the continuing problems for African Americans is the racist practice of police officers stopping Black drivers at excessive rates. This phenomenon is so well-known that it is called “driving while Black” (DWB). DWB is racial profiling. Aside from their demeaning effects, these routine stops are a significant first step in problematic encounters between … [Read more…]