jack Johnson Archives - Mike South The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Wed, 06 Nov 2024 07:04:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/mikesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 jack Johnson Archives - Mike South 32 32 1788040 Trump posthumously pardons Jack Johnson, first victim of the Mann Act https://mikesouth.com/legal/trump-posthumously-pardons-jack-johnson-first-victim-of-mann-act-25841/ https://mikesouth.com/legal/trump-posthumously-pardons-jack-johnson-first-victim-of-mann-act-25841/#comments Fri, 25 May 2018 07:34:54 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=25841 In a move that should be celebrated by civil libertians, sex workers and hobbyists, President Donald Trump corrected a historic wrong by posthumously pardoning Jack Johnson, the first African American heavyweight boxing champion. Convicted under the Mann Act, Johnson was the first victim of the White Slavery panic from which modern anti-sex campaigns descend.   For more […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/legal/trump-posthumously-pardons-jack-johnson-first-victim-of-mann-act-25841/feed/ 3 25841 Jack Johnson and the modern ‘White Slavery’ panic https://mikesouth.com/race-related/jack-johnson-backpage-and-the-modern-white-slavery-panic-24396/ https://mikesouth.com/race-related/jack-johnson-backpage-and-the-modern-white-slavery-panic-24396/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2018 20:49:05 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=24396 After signing into law the keystone legislation of the moral panic over sex trafficking, President Trump considers a posthumous pardon for Jack Johnson, the first victim of the White Slavery panic from which modern anti-sex campaigns all take their cue. History is more of a tragedy than it is a morality tale. — Christopher Hitchens   Jack Johnson […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/race-related/jack-johnson-backpage-and-the-modern-white-slavery-panic-24396/feed/ 5 24396 Alleged Racism in Porn, Jack Johnson and Adult Awards Shows as Political Platforms https://mikesouth.com/avn/alleged-racism-porn-adult-awards-shows-political-platforms-16265/ https://mikesouth.com/avn/alleged-racism-porn-adult-awards-shows-political-platforms-16265/#comments Sat, 06 May 2017 05:58:48 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=16265 Racism in porn, or more precisely the portrayal of racial stereotypes in pornography, is an issue few in the adult business want to talk about publicly. But back in February 2017, adult performer Ana Foxxx took what many would consider a brave step in exposing what she viewed as racially-based inequities (if not blatant racism) […]

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