Tea Party star defends absurdly racist campaign flyer
Joe Miller (Credit: AP/Chris Miller) This guy is back… Salon Joe Miller’s second attempt to represent Alaska in the U.S. Senate is going even worse than the first If you spent all of last weekend...
View ArticleSouth Carolina exit polls ask voters whether blacks are getting too uppity...
Upset black female (Shutterstock) In the late 50’s I was a little girl born and raised in the North (NYC) where the racism there was subtle. For the most part it was not as newsworthy as the southern...
View ArticleWhy we can’t educate racism away
Want real change? Support a policy shift. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The Week At its root, racism is a structural problem How prejudiced are Americans? The internet knows. Whether it’s racism,...
View ArticleActivist Perfectly Exposes CNN’s Racist Double Standard (VIDEO)
ADDICTING INFO It’s not a terribly difficult concept to grasp: White crime is treated verrrrrry differently than black crime by the “liberal” media. But, for some strange reason, (white) people seem...
View ArticleSegregationists never went away: We just call them “small-government...
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly (Credit: Reuters/Micah Walter/AP/Douglas C. Pizac) SALON Black freedom & opportunity in America has always required the very federal intervention the...
View ArticleI’m a black ex-cop, and this is the real truth about race and policing
A protest in Cleveland, Ohio, after police officer Michael Brelo was acquitted for the shooting deaths of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams. | Ricky Rhodes, Getty Image VOX On any given day, in...
View ArticleTexas Cop Suspended After He’s Caught On Video Grabbing Black Girl By Her...
CREDIT: SCREENSHOT FROM YOUTUBE THINK PROGRESS A video uploaded to YouTube on Saturday shows predominantly white cops detaining, handcuffing and, at one point, physically holding down black teenagers...
View ArticleAmerica’s war on Black girls: Why McKinney police violence isn’t about “one...
(Credit: MSNBC) SALON Many have been quick to dismiss or make excuses for the shocking video out of Texas. Here’s the truth of the matter In just over two months, we will commemorate the 10th...
View ArticleShooters of color are called ‘terrorists’ and ‘thugs.’ Why are white shooters...
Media pundits have already started to use the “mental illness” narrative to characterize suspected shooter Dylann Roof. Why not call him a suspected terrorist? (Facebook account of Dylann Roof) Some...
View Article7 Racist Moments From Your Favorite Disney Movies That Will Ruin Them Forever
Here’s the thing regarding Disney movies: Yes, racism was there but it was everywhere during that time. An unfortunate part of the political and social status quo of the era. Most cinema studios...
View ArticleV.A.-Funded Federal Contractor Rejects 251 Black Applicants, Hires Sloppy...
Undoubtedly the practice is widespread. This is just one contractor that got busted. ADDICTING INFO How the hell does anyone argue racism is a thing of the past when the same criminal prejudice...
View ArticleTea party and Trump supporters can’t accept people like Jorge Ramos and...
attribution: JorgeRamos.com | American DAILY KOS Let’s start with the obvious. Given that the candidate himself has characterized Mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists, we can’t be...
View Article“You think the f*cking Tea Party determines public policy?”: Dick Gregory on...
(Credit: AP/Matt Sayles) SALON Salon talks to activist and comedian Dick Gregory, who will be the subject of a new documentary Dick Gregory’s had a long, rich and strange life as an entertainer and...
View ArticleBen Carson’s destructive lies: 4 racist assumptions endorsed & magnified by...
(Credit: AP/Carlos Osorio) SALON The neurosurgeon-turned-candidate has eagerly joined the GOP in its campaign against racial justice Through the first few months of campaign season, one thing has...
View ArticleRacist Jokes About This Photo Got People Fired and Sparked the Hashtag...
THE ROOT Geris Hilton’s Facebook postFACEBOOK There is a man who goes by the name of Geris Hilton on Facebook (reportedly not his real name) who used to have a job. “Hilton” used to work at Polaris...
View ArticleThe real reason the Republican Party is imploding: It’s still all about race
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. (Credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) SALON What’s causing the GOP’s slide into complete dysfunction? It’s not overheated rhetoric; it’s the politics of race It was only last...
View ArticleRacist Death Threats Rock Univ. Of Missouri: I’ll ‘Shoot Every Black Person I...
ADDICTING INFO The University of Missouri is currently a hotbed of racial tension, and it has quickly escalated. Recently, the school’s president, Tim Wolfe, resigned over accusations of racism and...
View ArticleGovernor Delivers Racist Rant At Public Meeting
CREDIT: AP PHOTO/ROBERT F. BUKATY THINK PROGRESS Drug dealers with stereotypically black names are importing heroin to Maine and leaving pregnant white women behind when they leave the state again,...
View ArticleHow Fox News Celebrates Black History Month
Why do I continue to be shocked by Fox News hosts and guests’ comments about race in general and about Black History month in particular? Here’s why…ks MEDIA MATTERS As most of the country celebrates...
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