Buidling My American Identity

By: Sarah Viets
Posted: 5/5/08 by the Chicago Flame
(sorry for the re-post)
It appears my writings offend some. They believe my focus on race distorts or clouds the real problems. They say my focus on race continues to divide and distort our American identity.
What I say in response is that my intention is to heal our historic [...]

Employer Sanctions and Border Security is Anti-Civil Rights

By: Sarah Viets
Posted: 4/28/08 by Chicago Flame
(sorry for the re-post)
Some folks vehemently believe US borders are weak and feeble. They believe porous borders threaten American security, strain American social services, decline US wages, and foster unemployment. Now, I can either create a counter argument for each claim, or I can seek to change how immigration [...]

Obama and the bitter truth

By: Sarah Viets
Posted: 4/21/08 – Chicago Flame
On Apr. 6, Barack Obama told a bunch of California supporters that high unemployment in Pennsylvania (who vote in Democratic primaries Apr. 22) is to blame for his support with voters in America’s industrial heartland. He suggested white working class voters gravitate towards social conservative issues because of economic [...]

Rush Limbaugh Defines Black and White Skin

Rush Limbaugh Defines Black and White Skin
By Sarah Viets
Published by the Chicago Flame, March 7, 2008
Rush Limbaugh had a heyday blasting Obama’s speech on race. Limbaugh said for Obama to call his grandmother’s fear of black men “typical for a white person,” Obama has “disowned his white half.” What’s not surprising is how popular [...]

Don’t let Old-Ideas Win: Get out and Vote!

(Article published by the Chicago Flame February 4, 2008.)
I used to embrace Barack Obama’s message of hope. I was truly convinced our nation would nominate an African American man. I actually believed that Obama’s message of hope and change could supercede modern day racial categories, or in other words, racially coded language hidden within [...]

Stop Talking about Race!

Published by the Chicago Flame, March 17, 2008
If Barack Obama wins the presidential nomination for the Democratic Party, or the general election, would his victory say the need to discuss race is somewhat irrelevant?
While some may say his win measures the levels of racial discrimination, would his success address how skin color has been used [...]

Ron Paul, We Love You!

Published by the Chicago Flame, February 4, 2008
by Joel Ebert and Sarah Viets
Finally here comes a man in politics who understands the irrelevance of history! (Praise Ron Paul!) Thankfully we now have someone, in a relative position of power, who understands and perfectly articulates how yesterday has no influence on today. (Woo Ron Paul!) Someone [...]

Pop-Culture: The Monsters are Coming

Published by the Chicago Flame, February 18, 2008
(Inspired by Eric Ward)
Don’t forget, it’s a conspiracy! While our national leaders repeatedly speak of red and orange terrorist alerts, while they warn us of “illegal” invaders, our American leaders inspire fear.
Or do they?
Why am I so jittery? Do I subconsciously mistrust what’s unknowingly familiar? And [...]