I wanted to follow up on YinYang's previous post about racial privilege by providing an example of another form of privilege in the US justice system - class privilege. I posted this story (reported through a different source) under the comments section in his post. But since more details have surfaced, I wanted to highlight this story in its own post because it reinforces … [Read more...] about Rich Texas teen kills 4, injures 2, gets away with slap on wrist
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A Different Memorial Riles Japanese Nationalists, By Merely Talking About It.
Japan recently reacted negatively with much fanfare, over the news that the South Korean and Chinese governments indicated "progress" on "cooperation" to build a Memorial Hall for Ahn Jung-Geun, who shot and killed Hirobumi Ito, then Japan’s top official in Korea, at the railway station in Harbin in northeast China in … [Read more...] about A Different Memorial Riles Japanese Nationalists, By Merely Talking About It.
Open Public Not-So-Specter of Racism and Xenophobia
I have long complained about the overt racist tone in the US government's crusade against "China IP theft", and others have reflected similar sentiments. My main complaint is that "IP theft" actually occurs ALL the time in US, between US companies and individuals, but we rarely ever see any kind of accusations of criminal wrong-doing. Companies often settle out of court, … [Read more...] about Open Public Not-So-Specter of Racism and Xenophobia
视频: 绝命三连撞 史上驾驶摩托车最疯狂的一幕
Some of you might have seen this traffic footage already. Pay attention to the motorcyclist at the top-center of the video. What would possess this person to undertake the sequence of actions as unfolded in the video? … [Read more...] about 视频: 绝命三连撞 史上驾驶摩托车最疯狂的一幕
A Bizarre Length of Japanese Judicial Logic Stretched For/By Nationalism
I came across this bit of legal news: Japan enshrined, in the infamous " Yasukuni war shrine" for the War Dead, the names of Koreans who were forced to serve in the Japanese military. AND, it included the name of at least 1 Korean who is still ALIVE! AND, the Japanese High Court just dismissed an appeal from the relatives and the 1 living Korean to have their names removed … [Read more...] about A Bizarre Length of Japanese Judicial Logic Stretched For/By Nationalism