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Defund the Police?
Ending the conflict cycle between police and black communities helps everyone, including the police. Read more
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The Antifa/Snowball Effect
You don’t have to be a radical leftist to protest injustice. Most people taking to the streets right now an not Antifa or even radicals. They are people with a justified sense of anger and a desire to do something about it. They are Real America! Read more
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The Problem with Policing
Structural Racism and Defunding the Police I started to script a Mad Sociologist in the News report on the Defund the Police movement when I realized that the issue was more lengthy than I could handle in one episode. So this is the opening episode in which I outline the history of racism and policing Read more
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The Twisted DNA of Capitalism: Part I Dehumanized Rationalism
Efficiency and Dehumanized Rationalization Capitalism was born of three catastrophes: Dehumanized Rationalism, Disease, and Slavery. These elements are incorporated into its DNA. This post is a description of the first of these catastrophes. Read more
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Repeat After Me. “It’s NOT the Absentee Fathers!”
Police violence against black suspects cannot be explained by the mythical “crisis of black fatherhood” Read more
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