Racism defined

Racism: racism 1. Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized. 1.1The belief that different races possess...

Big protest day

The coronavirus doesn’t care about politics, right wing or left wing. From a strictly medical perspective, getting large groups of people together during a pandemic is one of the worst things one can do. This will be taken by some as an attack on the Black Lives...

One day later

I’m sorry to state it so bluntly: Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen needs to be fired. Just one day after issuing a mea culpa, the Oregon Health Authority is immediately back to its standard operating procedures: The Oregon Health Authority on...

An unexpected apology

Since I published Two types of discrimination a few days ago, the Oregon Health Authority has issued an unexpected apology. Not to me. To people who deserve one. It could have been a little better. Patrick Allen, the director of the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), sent...

A matter of degree

Charges against the police officer are elevated in the George Floyd murder. Unclear if this is a good idea. It is unusual but not unique that Minnesota law has three degrees of murder. From the CNN article, here’s some legal definitions: Under Minnesota...