by MCDC | Nov 22, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Discrimination, History, Immigration Reform, Racism
“An elective despotism is not the government we fought for” Thomas Jefferson The two chief characteristics of despotism — restricted respect and concentrated power — are defined and illustrated in this short 1946 film from Encyclopaedia...
by MCDC | Nov 12, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Racism
We must reach out in solidarity and protection to those who feel and are most vulnerable. Donald Trump ran on racial bigotry and misogyny — not implicitly and covertly, but explicitly and overtly. In an America that is rapidly changing demographically and culturally,...
by MCDC | Oct 22, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Racism, Video
Khizr Khan Asks Trump: ‘Would My Son Have A Place In Your America?’ Before terrorists attacked New York and Washington in 2001, Captain Humayun Khan had planned to leave the Army to attend law school. But 9/11 changed his plans, and in 2004 he traveled to...
by MCDC | Oct 12, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Discrimination, News, Racism
The Republican nominee’s rhetoric, inciting white rural and suburban voters who fear the voting clout of black urban Democrats, is a recipe for voter intimidation and even violence on Election Day. It also lays the groundwork for his followers to believe, if he...
by MCDC | Oct 11, 2016 | 2016 General Election, News, Racism
When Trump promises to “Make America Great Again,” we should ask: Great for whom, other than his base of white, working-class men without college degrees? Racists, sexists, homophobes and xenophobes? Certainly not for women, or Americans of color, or...
by MCDC | Sep 17, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Gun Reform, News, Racism
via CLAYTOONZ Trump has been under so much heat over the birther racism agenda he championed that he finally admitted Obama was born in America. Did Trump admit he was wrong? Did he fork over the $5 million to charity he promised to deliver after he was convinced...
