Daily Archives: March 9, 2014

Slavery in Brazil vs. Slavery in the U.S.

While cinemas around the country (and the world?) get force-fed, largely against their will, Oscar-bait stuff like 12 Years A Slave, here’s something to contemplate, for a bit of perspective (NYT: “Rio’s Race to Future Intersects Slave Past“): Brazil received … Continue reading

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Michael Walzer on “Imaginary Jews”

Michael Walzer is a prominent, A-list, liberal, political philosopher who is also very much what one might call a racially conscious Jew. Over his career Walzer has written numerous pieces on Jewish themes and Jewish identity. For example, here is … Continue reading

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