Edward Rhymes

Edward Rhymes is a Mint Press columnist and author of "When Racism Is Law & Prejudice Is Policy: Prejudicial and Discriminatory Laws, Decisions and Policies in U.S. History." Rhymes is an authority in critical race theory and black studies, and is featured in several textbooks. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology. Visit his website, www.rhymesworld.com, or contact him at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at @drRhymes .

Invisible Sports Asterisks: Jackie Robinson Film Highlights Who’s Missing From History

The film “42” details the life of baseball legend Jackie Robinson’s as he becomes the first Black player to play major league baseball in America.

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This month the new film about Jackie Robinson’s life, “42,” was released. It details the trials and travails of the baseball legend as he becomes the first Black player to play major league baseball in America. There are some, and at times this writer is one of them, who believe that too great of an emphasis is placed on sports -- that a

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When Counterterrorism Is Terrorism, Who Deems The State Radical: Rationalizing Government Radicalization

Edward Rhymes The past few days we have heard a great deal about radical Islam and the supposed radicalizing of the Tsarnaev brothers. Much has been said, for example, about the influence of “radical Islam” in Chechnya in the evolution of these two young men from laid-back characters to alleged killers. There has even been […]

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By Edward Rhymes

Edward RhymesThe past few days we have heard a great deal about radical Islam and the supposed radicalizing of the Tsarnaev brothers. Much has been said, for example, about the influence of “radical Islam” in Chechnya in the evolution of these two young men from laid-back characters to alleged killers. There has even been speculation that this was

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High Hypocrisy: Obama Administration Refuses To Recognize Maduro Presidency In Venezuela

Rhymes In a little over a month after the death of Hugo Chavez, Venezuelans elected his former vice president and hand-picked successor Nicolás Maduro. This, as one might expect, was not without controversy (albeit a manufactured one).   Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles is continuing to challenge the results of his presidential race against Nicolás […]

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By Edward Rhymes

RhymesIn a little over a month after the death of Hugo Chavez, Venezuelans elected his former vice president and hand-picked successor Nicolás Maduro. This, as one might expect, was not without controversy (albeit a manufactured one). Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles is continuing to challenge the results of his presidential race

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Traitor For Truth: Israeli Journalist Highlights Double-Standard In Judgment Of Palestine’s Right to Resist

Incomplete version Edward Rhymes   “Throwing stones is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule. Throwing stones is an action as well as a metaphor of resistance. Persecution of stone-throwers, including 8-year-old children, is an inseparable part — though it’s not always spelled out — of the job requirements of the foreign […]

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By Edward Rhymes

Incomplete versionEdward Rhymes  “Throwing stones is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule. Throwing stones is an action as well as a metaphor of resistance. Persecution of stone-throwers, including 8-year-old children, is an inseparable part — though it’s not always spelled out — of the job requirements of the foreign ruler, no

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An Invitation To Whiteness: Why Not Addressing White Privilege Entrenches Social and Economic Inequality

A few years ago, this writer wrote: that until White privilege is addressed and eradicated, it will continue to be the serpent in any and every Garden of Eden of feminist, liberal or progressive creation. And as we view the landscape of American social, political and economic life, we can see, not so much a re-introduction […]

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By Edward Rhymes

A few years ago, this writer wrote: that until White privilege is addressed and eradicated, it will continue to be the serpent in any and every Garden of Eden of feminist, liberal or progressive creation. And as we view the landscape of American social, political and economic life, we can see, not so much a re-introduction of White privilege, but

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The Disease of War, A War Of Disease: The Health And Human Rights Cost Of Our “Liberation” Of Iraq

Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes twenty years of peace to make a man; it takes only twenty seconds of war to destroy him —- Baudoin I of Belgium, address to joint session of U.S. Congress, May 12, 1959. There has been a tremendous amount of light, including […]

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By Edward Rhymes
A sole, the only remaining part of a shoe, that lays where it was left by its wearer, most likely killed when fleeing men in U.S. fighter planes along the Highway of Death. (Photo/Christian Briggs via Flickr)

Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes twenty years of peace to make a man; it takes only twenty seconds of war to destroy him —- Baudoin I of Belgium, address to joint session of U.S. Congress, May 12, 1959. There has been a tremendous amount of light, including by this writer, shed on the lies and deceptions in the

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Palestinians, Blacks, Native Americans: The Parallels Of Oppression

No two or three stories are exactly the same and most assuredly there are differences in the African/Native-American and Palestinian narratives. Nevertheless, the similarities are too striking to ignore. These three groups are linked by the commonalities of their pain, dehumanization and betrayal.   The universal disempowerment playbook In order for disenfranchisement to occur and […]

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By Edward Rhymes
Ferguson

No two or three stories are exactly the same and most assuredly there are differences in the African/Native-American and Palestinian narratives. Nevertheless, the similarities are too striking to ignore. These three groups are linked by the commonalities of their pain, dehumanization and betrayal.   The universal disempowerment

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