The Lie of Resisting Arrest
In the last four days, Minneapolis has been on fire, literally and metaphorically. On Monday (5/25), George Floyd was strangled to death by a police officer who placed his knee on Floyd’s neck for a total of seven straight minutes. The officer was white. George Floyd was black. In the wake of the murder, the […]
Link of the Week: Amal El-Mohtar Calls for the Expulsion of Theodore Beale from SFWA
You’ve probably already seen it, but if you haven’t, here you go. If you scroll down to the comments section, you can see a lot of other responses to the situation. In short, Theodore Beale (a.k.a. Vox Day) is our resident loud-mouthed racist and misogynist. This is not a bit of name calling. This is […]
Shocking Revelations: Pointing Out Racism Doesn’t Mean You Hate White People
A certain someone has written a brilliant little post in which they argues that John Scalzi should be impeached as SFWA president and N.K. Jemisin / Saladin Ahmed should be removed from the Nebula Awards short list because they apparently hate white people. You read that right. And you will also notice that I haven’t […]