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by Samuel James Take 2 Hi. I’m Samuel James and I’d like to try this again. A few months back, I wrote a cover story for DigPortland (whatever that was) in which I asked readers to write to me about...
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by Samuel James Transracism So, it turns out that if you start a write-in column about race in Maine, and a white lady heading an NAACP chapter on the other side of the country gets outed for...
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by Samuel James Confederacisms On July 9, the Rockland Police Department posted a video on their Facebook timeline. This video showed a person getting out of a car, tearing a Confederate flag off a...
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by Samuel James Berned Look, I like Bernie Sanders. I believe in him. When it comes to this country, he seems to believe in fairness above all else, and so do I. Judging from his growing popularity, a...
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by Samuel James It’s All in the Context Last month I wrote about protesters interrupting a speech Bernie Sanders gave in August during an event celebrating the 80th anniversary of Social Security....
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by Samuel James Who, me? I was going to stop saying “racist” because the word has so many problems. It can be insulting. It can be ineffectual. Racism is a complex and nuanced thing, but “racist” lacks...
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by Samuel James Leading by Example The other day, someone I know posted a racist meme about Syrians. Among the many racist comments posted below it was one praising Gov. Paul LePage for standing up to...
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by Samuel James Racist cops love Trump In the 1960s, in order to gain white political support in the South, there were many Republican candidates who deliberately appealed to racism against black...
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by Samuel James The winning side of history In the grand scheme of things, humanity progresses toward harmony. Globally, we are living in the freest, most peaceful, most bountiful time in human...
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by Samuel James The biggest problem in Maine Being a black person from Maine, I’m a member of a small group that shares a unique perspective on race in this state. That is why I consider it an enormous...
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by Samuel James Viva la différence I keep hearing this idea that it’s important to have people in your life who have differing opinions, because that helps inform your own. I agree with this to a...
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by Samuel James Bastards and addicts matter My father was a rambunctious little boy. One time, when he was maybe seven years old, he was riding in the car with his father. They were sitting at a red...
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by Samuel James The Hillary backlash My great grandfather — as a slave and, later, as a free man — picked cotton in East Texas. My grandfather also picked cotton and eventually became a janitor. My...
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by Samuel James Gun Talk As a black man in America, it scares me that I am born into the group most likely to be murdered with a gun. Naturally, I want to seek out ways to stop gun violence. I usually...
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by Samuel James Protestation Nation All these protests… A lot is being said about them, and it seems everyone’s got an opinion, but from what I’m seeing and hearing, a whole lot of people don’t know...
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