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Tag: Slavery

When Philly government discrimination is just peachy

September 30, 2024 Stu Bykofsky 26 Comments

I have long been on record as rejecting the idea that America suffers from “systemic racism.” Do we suffer from…

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Posted in: Race reltions, Uncategorized Filed under: Andrea Campbell, Boston, Chinese Exclusion Act, City Commission on Human Relations, Joey Vento, Michelle Wu, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, Philadelphia City Council, Slavery

Reparations: San Francisco says “Sorry,” but no cash

March 2, 2024 Stu Bykofsky 9 Comments

Remember when you were dating, and you got a handshake instead of a kiss? Now imagine you got a handshake…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Gavin Newsom, Joe Biden, London Breed, San Francisco, Slavery

Slavery did not end with the Civil War

December 20, 2023 Stu Bykofsky 22 Comments

I’m not sure why Michael Days recommended I read the Pulitzer Prize-winning, “Slavery by Another Name,” by Southern journalist Douglas…

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Posted in: Racism, Uncategorized Filed under: Douglas A. Blackmon, Michael Days, Slavery, Theodore Roosevelt

No, Florida is NOT saying slavery was beneficial

July 29, 2023 Stu Bykofsky 16 Comments

Here’s an unpleasant truth: During the Holocaust, in the Nazi death camps, some Jewish prisoners used their skills to escape…

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Posted in: Race, Uncategorized Filed under: Dr. William Allen, Florida, Holocaust, Kamala Harris, Nazis, Slavery

What does the Fourth of July mean to you?

July 3, 2023 Stu Bykofsky 14 Comments

What does the Fourth of July mean to you? To me, being slightly cynical, one thing it means is a…

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Posted in: Democracy, Uncategorized Filed under: Declaration of Independence, George Washington, July 4th, Slavery

Guest essay: Applying legal test, reparations might be zero

May 30, 2023 Stu Bykofsky 11 Comments

By Prof. John Banzhaf WASHINGTON, D.C. —  Several members of Congress have introduced a “Reparations NOW” resolution calling for $14…

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Posted in: Race Relations, Uncategorized Filed under: John Benzal, Reparations, Slavery

I lost my brain in San Francisco

March 22, 2023 Stu Bykofsky 17 Comments

I lost my brain in San Francisco Amidst the homeless and debris To be where Lincoln now is banned  And…

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Posted in: Race Relations, Uncategorized Filed under: Reparations, San Francisco, Slavery, Woke

Let’s discuss reparations

June 27, 2022 Stu Bykofsky 12 Comments

California may have created a template for a conversation about reparations, which we are bound to have. Repeat — may have.…

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Posted in: Racism, Uncategorized Filed under: California, Reparations, Slavery, Ta-Nehisi Coates

Small state, smaller racial idea

July 6, 2020 Stu Bykofsky 17 Comments

It’s always painful to admit ignorance, so it hurts when I say I had no idea that the full name…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Gina Raimondo, Slavery

Immigrants and the baggage of guilt

February 10, 2020 Stu Bykofsky 19 Comments

Do you love America? I do, unabashedly. Always have, always will. I can say that because I do not confuse…

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Posted in: Immigration, Uncategorized Filed under: Alexandra Pelosi, Slavery

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