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Joe Biden joked about running over a reporter who asked about Israel, prompting accusations of double standards about what would have happened if Donald Trump had said the same thing.
Racers block roads, travel in packs and engage in drag racing or perform stunts as deaths and quality-of-life have been widely reported
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How the N-Word Became Unsayable John McWhorter, New York Times, April 30, 2021 In 1934, Allen Walker Read, an etymologist and lexicographer, laid out the history of the word that, then, had “the deepest stigma of any in the language.” In the entire article, in line with the strength of the taboo he was referring to, he never actually wrote the word itself. The obscenity to which he referred, “fuck,” though not used in polite company (or, typically, in this newspaper), is no longer verboten. These days, there are two other words that an American writer would treat as Mr. Read did. One ...
Last week, from opposite ends of the political spectrum, two of Americaâs most prominent Black elected officials affirmed that the United States is not a racist nation. The first was Senator Tim Scott, the conservative South Carolina Republican who delivered the GOP response to President Bidenâs address to Congress on Wednesday. âHear me clearly: America is not a racist country,â Scott said. He acknowledged that racial bigotry has not been eradicated â indeed, he said, he has himself âexperienced the pain of discrimination.â But he insisted that race not be ...