It never ceases to amaze me how some people can make it so far in politics with so little of substance to stand on.
When not using Fox News as her personal public relations firm, Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle is left to her own devices (beginning with the usual race baiting).
Last month, Nevada senatorial candidate Sharron Angle (R) released an ad that portrayed opponent Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) as being the “best friend an illegal alien ever had.” This month, Angle’s latest racially-tinged ad goes after Reid and his support of undocumented students.
This is no surprise with Angle and Republicans in this 2012 mid-term election. Since Barack Obama was elected president, right wingers have become unhinged.
The right and the far right are in the midst of a scorched earth plan to win back the U.S. House of Representatives and possibly the U.S. Senate.
Their win, with these tactics, comes at the expense of this country. But, that is our country and it has survived worse.
Republicans spend so much time worrying about the government intruding in their lives, but then turn around and obsess about what people they think are "illegal" are getting.
But, if they don't think "illegal" immigrants are real people then I guess what is happening to them doesn't count in the eyes of the far right.
Sharron Angle did approve this message and that is the saddest part.
The $1.2 million project to raise funds for a permanent home for The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, located at Ferris State University in Big Rapids (Mich.), is a critically-important and ongoing mission.
The important lessons taught in the Jim Crow Museum, lessons that help the people of today learn from the painful lessons of the path, is becoming increasingly important. Many of the authentic objects (many from our past, but some from our present) in the museum will shake you up, make angry, make you cry and/or make you think. The Jim Crow Museum creates important and powerful conversations that help young people and old people, people of all races as well as males and females have open, honest and oftentimes frank discussions about race and racism in our society.
The powerful lessons learned by so many people who visit the museum, and learn the lessons the museum aims to teach, find their lives enriched by such an experience. Many times, these lessons are life-changing ones.
I can only imagine how my dad, who was from the South before he moved to the North as part of a great migration of blacks seeking jobs and a better way of life, would feel about these images.
My visit to the museum (as part of a Jim Crow class I was taking) was a powerful reminder of how racism creeps its way into every day lives in a stealth-like fashion. The racism we see every day, and oftentimes do not confront, goes unnoticed until we see it from a particular perspective.
The museum opens minds and hearts while encouraging all of us to critically think about imagery and language we see and use every day (language and imagery that is perhaps offensive in ways we struggle to comprehend).
Check out this video on the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia:
The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia is in the news. Below are a few samples:
The Detroit News Howell’s ‘Hateful Things’ Exhibit Tramples Racial Stereotypes (Jan. 11, 2006)
Detroit News Exhibition on Racism Stuns Visitors (Jan. 17, 2006)
