Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

A Colorado State University freshman photographed wearing blackface said she is "guilty of insensitivity and stupidity" but is not racist.

The front cover of the autobiography written by English soccer player Eniola Aluko , London, England. Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Soccer star Eni Aluko is condemning Amazon for not removing racist reviews of her memoir posted on the online retailer’s web site. Of the 31 reviews on Amazon, 27 gave “They Don’t Teach This,” which details the discrimination Aluko faced during her England career, a one-star rating. Readers have used the platform to call the book “fiction,” “anti-white racist drivel” and accuse the Juventus forward of choosing to “play the race card” and “coming across as a racist herself.” (Rob Harris/AP) (Associated Press/AP) https://beta.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/soccer-star-aluko-amazon-didnt-remove-racist-book-reviews/2019/09/14/25af9b50-d6be-11e9-8924-1db7dac797fb_story.html

America’s Struggle for Moral Coherence The problem of how to reconcile irreconcilable values is what led to the Civil War. It hasn’t gone away. NOV 12, 2018

CORY BOOKER BLASTS 'RACIALLY BIASED' JUSTICE SYSTEM: 'WE HAVE MORE AFRICAN AMERICANS UNDER CRIMINAL SUPERVISION TODAY THAN ALL THE SLAVES IN 1850'

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Washington, D.C. was on the front line, wedged between Maryland (a slave-owning border state) and Virginia. Tens of thousands of fugitive slaves flooded the city. Before the war, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 would have compelled government officials to return those slaves to their owners. But after 1861, they were refugees, their status dependent on the outcome of the war.

“I’m a comedian who pushes boundaries. I sometimes miss,” Gillis said about using racist and homophobic slurs.

That stumble happened when Biden was asked about the legacy of slavery and gave a meandering answer that, in part, lectured black people on their parenting abilities. The Times delved into Biden’s controversial answer in a separate article, headlined “Biden Was Asked About Segregation. His Answer Included a Record Player,” but the blatant racism in Biden’s answer has not received the scrutiny it deserves. Meanwhile, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro has borne the brunt of Washington’s rage for breaking rules of “civil” discourse by questioning Biden’s ongoing mental acumen.