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Wolf: The Schröder effect and ‘Old Europe’
Feb 13, 2003
Gerhard Schröder, Germany’s Chancellor, wanted to become Chancellor of Germany since long ago. He became Chancellor with a red-green government in 1998, after 16 years of conservative rule. . He wanted to stay Chancellor in 2002. He stayed, against enormous odds. A real strategist, a long term politician. Not that he would be known for any deep convictions. His strategy is ad-hoccery.
Wise: Sex, Lies and Stereotypes: White Racism, Black Reality and the Pathology of Prejudice
Feb 11, 2003
ÒYou wanna know what the real problem with black people is?Ó
Wise: Fraud Fit For A King: Israel, Zionism, And The Misuse Of Mlk
Jan 21, 2003
Rarely am I considered insufficiently cynical. As someone who does anti-racism work for a living, and thus hears all manner of excuse-making by those who wish desperately to avoid being considered racist, not much surprises me. I expect people to lie abou
Weissman: Of Caviar and Capitalism
Dec 22, 2002
Are capitalism and caviar incompatible? Is the system that prides itself on the creation and veneration of wealth unable to to maintain a sustainable market for one of the great trappings of wealth?
Wise: White Supremacy Discussion
Dec 22, 2002
Recently Tim Wise wrote an articl called soft pedalling White Supremacy. In it, he attacked David Horowitz for promoting Nazi Sympathizers and racists. One of the people mentioned in his article, Jared Taylor, wrote ZNet a response. We thought the respons
Wise: Making Nice With Racists: David Horowitz and The Soft Pedaling Of White Supremacy
Dec 18, 2002
IÕm not sure who said it first, but whatever the case, it bears repeating: there are plenty of assholes on both the right and left of the political spectrum, and David Horowitz has the distinction of having been both in the course of one lifetime. Pretty
Wise: Selling Sloppy Statistics
Dec 09, 2002
So the Supreme Court has announced it will hear the long-simmering affirmative action case from the University of Michigan law school, in which white plaintiffs sued, claiming to have been denied admission even though they had grades and test scores that
Wise: Not-So-Little White Lies: Education and the Myth of Black Anti-Intellectualism
Nov 28, 2002
Cherished myths die hard, especially when those myths serve the interests of the more powerful members of a society at the expense of the less powerful. For generations, slaveowners ignored their chattelsÕ humanity, to say nothing of their desire for free
Weisbrot: Election Year Politics And The Road To War
Nov 03, 2002
George W. Bush wants war. He makes
Wise: Tony Soprano, Christopher Columbus and the Irony of Ethnic Stereotypes
Oct 17, 2002
When two Italian American organizations criticized New YorkÕs Mayor for inviting Sopranos cast members to march in the cityÕs Columbus Day parade--an annual occasion for demonstrations of Italian pride since Columbus was Genoese--I found myself initially
Wise: Con-fusion Ethic: How Whites Use Asians to Further Anti-Black Racism
Oct 07, 2002
It happened again, for what seems like the millionth time. Once again, in response to something I said about ongoing racism in the United States, someone (a white male, naturally) pulled out the all-too-common conservative race card (oh yes, they have one
Weisbrot: War Talk: Changing the Channel
Oct 02, 2002
"The [political] polls are dropping, the domestic situation has problems.... So all of a sudden we have this war talk, war fervor . . . said Senator Robert C. Byrd last week. "This is the worst kind of election-year politics."
Wise: ÒFailing the Test of Fairness: Institutional Racism and the SATÓ
Aug 15, 2002
Ever noticed how expensive restaurants go out of their way to fill the air of their bathrooms with the refreshing scents of a pine forest after a gentle rain? Hoping to cover up the smells that would otherwise predominate in such an environment, the keepe
Wise: “Failing the Test of Fairness: Institutional Racism and the SATâ€
Aug 15, 2002
Ever noticed how expensive restaurants go out of their way to fill the air of their bathrooms with the refreshing scents of a pine forest after a gentle rain? Hoping to cover up the smells that would otherwise predominate in such an environment, the keepers of luxury lavatories bombard their patrons with diversionary scents, presumably to make one’s overall dining experience more pleasant.
Weissman: Cracking Down on Corporate Crime, Really
Jul 25, 2002
Here is one of the most remarkable aspects of the still-unfolding financial scandals swirling around Worldcom, Xerox, Global Crossing, Enron, Arthur Andersen, Tyco and a growing number of other companies: The fraud occurred in the most heavily regulated a
Weisbrot: Brazil's Challenge
Jul 22, 2002
Having won the World Cup Soccer Championship before a captivated audience of 1.5 billion people -- nearly a quarter of the world's population -- Brazilians now face an even tougher competition. In this contest, one team defends a goal that is only two fee
Wise: Honky Wanna Cracker?
A Look at the Myth of Reverse Racism
Jun 30, 2002
Recently, when speaking to a group of high school students, I was asked why I only seemed to be concerned about white racism towards people of color. We had been discussing racial slurs, and a number of white students wondered aloud why I didn't get as up
Weisbrot: What Are They Doing to Argentina?
Jun 27, 2002
The head of the IMF's delegation to Argentina was recently cornered outside his hotel room by reporters from a popular, muck-raking television show. They handed him a set of large, plastic Halloween vampire teeth. "We found these lodged in President Duhal
Weisbrot: The Africa Tour: First, Do No Harm
Jun 04, 2002
Whoever dreamed up this tour had a sense of theater. Paul O'Neill, the straight-laced, tough-talking US Treasury Secretary, former corporate CEO, and foreign aid skeptic; with Bono, humanitarian, highly worshipped Irish rock star, in trademark wraparound
Feb 13, 2003
ÒYou wanna know what the real problem with black people is?Ó