What you should be reading:
Featured Firefox Extension: Secure Firefox with NoScript
“Firefox extension NoScript prevents unauthorized web sites from running JavaScript, Java, Flash, or other plug-ins to keep your browsing sessions safe.”
(tags: websecurity firefox)
The Debate Link: The Exchange Rate of Whiteness
“Goldstein examines the way Jews in American history (from about the post-Civil War era to after WWII, with an epilogue dealing with the present day) a) thought of Blacks, b) conceptualized themselves as a “race”, and c) identified as White.”
(tags: books racism Jews Blackfolks)
Have you heard of the book “How the Irish became white”? It’s great, about how Irish-American immigration was used to bolster whiteness and Jim Crow.
Turns out we weren’t always white, either!
Oh yeah, I’ve read it. You’re right, it’s great.