24
Supreme Court Allows Texas To Enforce The Most Draconian Voter ID Law in The U.S.A.
By a vote of 6-3 The Supreme Court is allowing Texas’ draconian voter ID law to be enforced for this year’s election.
Tagged racism
37
The Real Threats To America’s Security Are Conservatives Within Our Borders
The biggest threat to America is not radical Islamists or a foreign power, but homegrown extremists intent on creating an Aryan nation founded on biblical principles.
19
Why Police Treated Cliven Bundy Differently Than Michael Brown Is As Clear As Black and White
Contrast law enforcement’s overwhelmingly violent military response to peaceful, and unarmed, African Americans protesting the cold-blooded murder of an unarmed African American teenager at the hands of a white Ferguson police officer and one can hardly claim law enforcement does not apply a different standard to armed whites as opposed to unarmed African Americans.
27
Conservative Says Obama Is a Racist Then Calls Him a “Spade”
Conservatives, and primarily Republicans, have noticed their racist tendencies are attracting a bit too much attention and for the second time in a month are attempting to distract Americans with accusations that President Obama is a racist who hates and is waging a war on white people.
40
Fox: Saying Michael Brown was Unarmed Is Misleading Because He Was An Adult Male
While Michael Brown’s family and friends gathered for his funeral on Monday, Fox continued down the Reich wing brick road of blaming Michael Brown for his own death.
4
Anger And Grief Boil Over In Ferguson In Wake Of Unarmed Young Man’s Senseless Killing
What began as a peaceful candlelight vigil to remember a teenager who was viciously shot down Saturday by a police officer turned into a night of rioting and looting.
27
CNN Intentionally Avoids the Truth About the Tea Party and The GOP
CNN doesn’t want to deal with the undeniable connection between the GOP, Tea Party, Fox News, and elements of the Neo-Nazi movement.
44
African American Woman Compared To Ape in Instagram Photo by Coworkers
Lisa Fisher, an African American woman, was shocked to find her photo posted on Instagram by coworkers, being compared to an ape.
35
Conservative Racists Are Attacking the Bergdahl Family for Associating With Obama
The giveaway that all the animus toward Sergeant Bergdahl is based in conservative racism usually reserved for people of color, particular the person of color in the Oval Office, is the Republican hypocrisy they have demonstrated over the past five years holding President Obama to a different set of standards than his white Republican predecessors.
4
Some Clarification And Background Regarding Japadog and Racism
An article of mine recently received a lot of comments from folks who feel that I was too sensitive or going overboard on my P.C. after I found a story by The Los Angeles Times titled: If your hot dog is topped with seaweed or noodles, it must be a Japadog.
42
Conservatives Use Racism To Try To Discredit Neil deGrasse Tyson and Cosmos
It was just a matter of time before the opposition and criticism of astrophysicist and Cosmos host Neil deGrasse Tyson became overtly racist, and it is no real surprise that Fox News provided a nationally-televised forum for a white supremacist.
26
Japadog: A Disgusting Fusion of Corporate and Ethnic Racism
Japadog? Really? Is The Los Angeles Times really promoting racism by playfully using a racist slur in their headlines to highlight a fusion of Japanese food and hot dog?
15
What the Media Calls Agendaless Is Really the Republican Plan To Destroy America
Political pundits are wont to claim Republicans obstruct governance and oppose policies and agendas that benefit the entire nation because they are clueless and lack issues, policies, and agendas, but that is not the case.
2
Did Conservatives Kill School Busing Because It Was Actually Working?
As the successes of school busing have been forgotten, maligned, and legally deterred, school segregation has become the norm again
30
Eric Holder Calls Out the Rampant Subtle Racism in American Culture
In Holder’s commencement speech, he noted that racially-motivated outburst from the likes of Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling were much less of a threat to equality than the more subtle, everyday racism such as what he sees in the criminal justice system.
15
Led by Darrell Issa, House Republicans Are Taking America Back to McCarthyism
This week, Issa took a page straight out of McCarthy’s tactics and for the first time since the McCarthy era called for a vote to hold a witness in contempt for exercising her Constitutional 5th Amendment right.
34
Surprise! Racist LA Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Also Hates Women
LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racism has been the worst kept secret in sports, but his sexism and hatred of women has gone unacknowledged and unpunished for decades.
5
Schuette v. BAMN … An Example of Whitewishing
When whites decide racism is over … that’s “whitewishing”
16
If Republicans Don’t Want to be Compared to Nazis, They Should Stop Acting Like Nazis
Republicans, like the Nazis, want to enforce through legislation obedience to and a belief in a mythical white paradise
1
Michael Dunn’s Racism Couldn’t Be Hidden Behind Stand Your Ground
Although it is tragic that racial animus is not a prosecutable crime, there are instances when the result of racism can be prosecuted. Yesterday a Florida jury convicted a man for expressing racial animus with a firearm.
22
New Rule: Its Not OK To Call Republicans Racist, Even When They Admit To It
Earlier this week, Reince Priebus tried to punish MSNBC with a boycott for calling out Republicans on their racism.
22
Hypocrite Mike Huckabee Supported Contraception Coverage While Governor of Arkansas
Setting aside the incredible affront to women, Huckabee’s opposition to contraception coverage in insurance plans is a hundred-eighty-degree departure from his position when he was governor of Arkansas.
0
A Guide to White Privilege for White People Who Think They’ve Never Had Any
Economically disadvantaged white people have the hardest time accepting that they have white privilege, but they do.
25
King Ended the Reign of Terror So Now It’s Time For the Truth About White Privilege
White people have largely ended violence. Now, it is time for telling the truth about privilege and facing what it means to lose it.
2
Today It’s President Obama Fighting For the Opportunities That Dr. King Sought
Today it is President Obama fighting Republicans to give all Americans the opportunities Dr. King sought for people of color, and besides not acknowledging income inequality even exists, Republicans are redoubling their advocacy of Reagan policies.
5
Eliminating Poverty Is More Than Just Putting Dollars In The Pockets Of The Poor
An implicit goal of the War on Poverty was to make the US a true meritocracy, and in this sense, it missed its target.
50
Conservatives Call For The Lynching of President Obama
A racist conservative Facebook group “America the next generation” created a photo-shopped image of President Barack Obama with a hangman’s noose around his neck.
18
American Apartheid 2014
I wrote just the other day that Americans should not expect any major progress on immigration reform in 2014. In that post, I pointed to William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), who is on record for warning that if the Tea Party can’t stop immigrant “invasion” there will be violent revolution….
25
Racist Tea Partiers Claim African Americans Take Advantage of Slavery
The anniversary of the end of slavery was remembered by a tea party leader by admonishing African Americans to stop complaining their ancestors were indentured servants.
15
RNC Tries to Cover Tracks Over Tweet Saying Racism has Ended
People took to Twitter and other social media lambasting the RNC for suggesting that racism ended in 1955. The RNC has tried to backtrack since.
13
‘People With Conventional Views’: Welcome To The Real Modern Family, Washington Post.
The political and media firestorm about Richard Cohen’s recent column, as typical, missed the real issues.
32
GOP Hypocrites Criticize The ACA Website But Stood By Bush’s Medicare Part D Roll Out
Instead of decrying the Medicare prescription plan as an abject failure, Republicans denouncing the ACA’s rollout as a reason to abandon the entire law asked Americans to be patient.
20
Red State Racists Give Paula Deen a Ten Minute Standing Ovation
Paula Deen’s popularity in a Republican state like Texas is not an aberration. It appears to correlate with the level of racism in former Confederate states.
8
Tribalism … and You
You’ve surely heard that the civil war in Syria, and the broader tensions in the Middle East and Africa, are about tribalism. Let’s learn about tribalism … and you.
17
The Mainstream Media Continues to Ignore Rampant Republican Fueled Racism
Instead of a public outcry against blatant racism, main stream media failed to report the story on every evening newscast across the country.
8
Republicans Are Doing Their Best to Kill Dr. King’s Dream
It’s good that Dr. King is not around to see his dream set back 50 years because it is contrary to Republicans and their supporters’ dream who still judge a man by the color of his skin
22
Not O-KKK: How The Events in Decatur and Duncan Showcased Fox News’ Overt Racism
Fox News’ coverage of the events in Duncan and Decatur showcased what it has become: A network determined to appeal to its racist, bigoted base.
7
Supporters of Stop-and-Frisk are Lying With Numbers
Supporters of stop-and-frisk policies love to toss around statistics about race and crime. Whether they know it or not, they’re simply lying with numbers.
36
The Confederacy Rises Again and Assumes The Identity of Republican Racism
The rampant racism borne of white supremacy is nearly exclusive to Republican supporters and sadly, many politicians aligned with the GOP.
23
House Republican Calls Obama a Racist Because of Tanning Salon Tax
Freshman Republican Rep. Ted Yoho is telling his constituents that President Obama is discriminating against white people because Obamacare contains a 10% tax on tanning salons.
49
After Huntington Beach Riot, We Need to Talk about White Youth and Violence
Sunday’s rioting in Huntington Beach, California is sparking a national conversation about white youth and violence. It’s about time.
37
Joe Scarborough Slams Sean Hannity For Using Racism to Gin Up Ratings
Joe Scarborough unloaded on Sean Hannity this morning for using racism to justify George Zimmerman’s actions, and to gin up his ratinga.
6
For the past 2 Plus Years Republicans Have Stolen The Rights of People of Color
For the past two-and-a-half years since Republicans took power in states and Congress, there has been a sustained assault on people of color to deprive them of their constitutional rights.
17
Zimmerman Verdict Reactions Prove That The New Initials Of Racism Are G.O.P.
It is time for Americans to call out white supremacy and racism in all its forms regardless the certain attacks by Republican Party faithful screaming those identifying dog-whistle racism are racists
145
Right Wingers Post Fake Race Riot Video After Zimmerman Verdict
Videos of rioting in Miami began circulating quickly after last night’s not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial. But there was no riot in Miami.
5
The Sailer Strategy and the Post-Policy GOP
Progressives often criticize Republicans for doing nothing to help create jobs. I understand the criticism, but it misses a key point. Today’s Republicans are about identity politics, not policy.
29
Bill Maher Calls Out Scalia, Trump and Palin For Being More Racist Than Paula Deen
Bill Maher claimed that Antonin Scalia, Sarah Palin, and Donald Trump, are more racist than Paula Deen.
6
Report by Young Republicans Says Young Voters Alienated by GOP Extremism
‘Closed-minded, racist, rigid, old-fashioned’: Those are the words young, ‘winnable’ Obama voters associate with the ‘Republican Party’.
40
Meet Roan Garcia-Quintana, South Carolina’s non-Native Tea Party Nativist
Havana-born Roan Garcia-Quintana doesn’t want America to be for others what it has been for him
130
Republicans Can’t Hide Their Racist Obama Hate
At CPAC, conservatives lambasted Obama for all manner of fallacious sleights, but in one panel the underlying reason for all Republican extremism and hate was laid bare; sheer racial animus.
19
America’s Capitalism Has Embraced White Slaves as Well as Black
American capitalism supported white indentured servitude before and alongside black slavery and relinquished it only reluctantly.
41
Republicans Have Created Racist Frenzy With Baseless Obama Gun Confiscation Talk
the NRA, Republicans, and so-called patriots are driving gun fanatics and racists into frenzy by asserting President Obama is on a mission to confiscate guns, and invalidate the 2nd Amendment.
91
Conservatives Revel In Their Racism As They Mock First Lady Michelle Obama
The real issue is not Mrs. Obama’s body shape, it is her presence as First Lady that challenges the historic view of a black woman’s, or any African American’s, place in American culture.
0
Right Wing Propaganda Has Done Nothing But Incite Fear and Hatred of All Americans
What Americans are witnessing today is the culmination of four years of ultra-right wing propaganda inciting fear of change and hatred for other Americans; all Americans.
18
Martin Luther King’s Dream is Unattainable So Long as Republicans Promote Inequality
As the nation remembers Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream of an America where all men are created equal, it is evident that King’s dream is unattainable so long as Republicans promote inequality.
180
GOP Responds to Obama’s Gun Control Executive Orders With Threats of Civil War
President Obama issued benign executive orders to quell the bloodshed from military-grade weapons, and Republicans responded with threats of civil war.
164
Desperate Gun Fanatics Are Pushing Civil War as a Response to Gun Control
The reaction from gun-proliferation addicts over the past week have revealed a deep-seated belief among firearm fanatics that simply talking about gun control is a cardinal sin worthy of civil war.
19
Fox News Uses Racist Code Words To Attack Obama and Susan Rice
Fox News put their racist dog whistle on high today as they claimed that it would be arrogant for President Obama to nominate Susan Rice to be secretary of state.
12
A Revealing Look at Racism’s Role in Which Party White People Support
Ever since Democrats passed the Civil Rights Act and championed policies supporting minorities, whites have been defecting from the party.
101
Let’s Be Honest, Red States Want to Secede Because the White Guy Didn’t Win
The secessionists whose real reason for wanting to leave America has nothing to do with the Founders, the Constitution, or the economy and everything to do Barack Obama’s skin color.
56
Election Results Reveal White Racism Remains Firmly Entrenched
Analysis of the white vote reveals they choose Romney by significant margins. What does this mean when it comes to race issues in the USA?
99
Republicans Label President Obama and the American People the Enemy
Republicans are laboring under the fallacy that President Obama and his supporters are enemies because they rejected the great white hope as president.
26
From John Sununu to Sarah Palin, Racism is the Lexicon of the Right
Whether it’s Sununu or Palin, the hatred for our president will continue, and supporting today’s Republican Party only fans the flames of racism.
19
Mitt Romney is the Executioner Who is Leading His Supporters to the Gallows
There is no demographic that supports Romney that is not inexorably linked to their own destruction and unfortunately, to their family members, friends, and this country’s future.
22
A Close Listen Reveals Mitt Romney’s Religious Bigotry
Romney’s message to the Muslim world that religious bigotry is an American value informs that he is not, and never will be, ready to be on the world stage in any capacity.
14
Obama, Poverty, Racial Politics, and the White Vote
Critics have been saying President Obama has not done enough to address poverty. They don’t seem to understand the reasons he couldn’t.
32
Republicans Transcend Birtherism and Embrace Brazen Racism
What is happening in the Republican Party transcends dog-whistle racism and birtherism; they are brazen racists counting on bigots to help them win an election.
12
Extremists Listen to Republican Rhetoric and Prepare for Race War Against Obama
America is fracturing apart and when these heavily-armed groups begin shooting it is all down to Republicans inciting opposition to President Obama and violence against the government.
10
The Mainstream Media is Shocked but Romney’s Racist Lies Are Nothing New
The mainstream media has largely ignored the fact that Mitt Romney’s racist lies are not a change or anything new.
19
Entitled Pandering Pathological Liar Mitt Romney Adds Racism to His Resume
When Romney said that no-one asked to see his birth certificate, he really told Americans that he is a pandering racist who thinks too highly of himself.
188
Virginia Republicans Call for Armed Revolution if Obama Wins in November
In a newsletter the Virginia Republican Committee is telling Republicans that if President Obama wins reelection, armed revolution will be their only option.
18
Why Caving To Republican Extremists is Not an Option
In America, the crackpots are close to controlling the very government that they are bound and determined to destroy.
21
Racists Create Their Own Super PAC to Accuse Obama of Racism Against Whites
By accusing Obama of racism toward white people, the Fight Bigotry Super PAC is the perfect haven for real racists to invest their money.
1
The Dreams of Romney-Ryan Are Dangerous to Nearly Everyone
This ticket will absolutely depend on low-information voters enamored with right wing media. In point of fact, the vast majority of this country would be harmed by the policies these men represent.
10
The Real Motivation Behind Repealing ObamaCare is Racism
So why would the Heritage Foundation want to repeal the Affordable Care Act? To be blunt? Because Obama is black.
17
Rush Limbaugh Thinks African Americans are as Dumb as His Listeners
Rush Limbaugh claimed to be speaking for black America on his show, saying that African Americans feel Obama has abandoned them and Romney will win if Obama loses the “black vote”.
19
The Right’s Warped Racism: The Firing of Joe Williams
Hypocrisy: It’s okay for conservatives to call Joe Williams a racist, but it’s not okay for him to say that Mitt Romney is very comfortable around white people.
21
Right Wing Pseudo-Patriots Are too Dumb To Realize Healthcare Reform is Freedom
An entire segment of the population is not intelligent enough to realize they were handed the precious gift of access to healthcare by the Supreme Court.
3
Republicans Advance Their War on Minorities and the Poor With Public Transportation Cuts
The war on public transportation is in full swing, like the war on all things public waged by the right. Like so many of their offensives, the motivations include racism and hatred toward the poor.
17
How the Supreme Court Removed the Republican Party’s Best Obama Hate Disguise
By removing the last legitimate challenge to the healthcare reform law, the Supreme Court effectively removed the shroud conservatives had been using to hide their Obama hate,
44
President Obama Maintains His Dignity When Faced With Racist and Bigoted Attacks
It is a sad commentary that a man of President Obama’s stature, intelligence, and even-keeled resolve has been the subject of such rancid racism in a country like the United States.
20
Racist Business Profits From The Killing of Trayvon Martin
Racist business owners are cashing in on the controversy surrounding the killing of Trayvon Martin.
7
Michele Bachmann’s Tar Baby Obama Racism Masks the GOP’s Sticky Situation
Unable to discuss the issues. Republicans like Michele Bachmann have to resort to using racism against President Obama in order to hide their real agenda.
Zimmerman Arrested, Now What?
It’s not enough to vote for the President and leave the trench work unattended. You have the power to change to change the Castle Doctrine. Do something. Now.
3
As Obama Runs For a Second Term Racism Takes Center Stage
The hope for a post racial America has been crushed as racism is front and center in the recent news cycle.
5
The Desperate Need for Broad-Left Coalitions In the Era of the Corporateer
The two-fisted right-wing war on the working and middle-class has arrived and only wave after wave of Broad Left coalitions can truly stem the tide of fully corporatized America.
Fox News Accuses Obama of Using Trayvon Martin to Provoke Racial Confrontation
Fox News continues to demonize Trayvon Martin and President Obama by claiming that Obama is using the shooting to provoke a racial confrontation.
From Obama to Trayvon Martin, the Consequences of Right Wing Race Baiting
There is a culturally relevant connection between the racial hatred ginned up by Republican leaders against President Obama and the shooting of Trayvan Martin.
Trayvon Martin, Racism in the United States, and You
If George Zimmerman is not prosecuted, how many extremists will see this as license to declare open season on your son, your daughter, your husband, your wife?
From Islamophobia To Obama: The Right’s Growing Subculture Of Hate
There is a subculture of hate that is growing in response to an African American in the White House and the GOP presidential hopefuls are inflaming it with coded references to taking America back.
30
Sarah Palin Unveils 2012 Strategy: Insane Racism Redux
Sarah Palin was on Fox News’ Hannity last night lecturing Obama on how he needs to stop trying to take this county back to pre-Civil War times when people weren’t equal to work hard. We all know slaves never worked hard, and were glad when their long fight to gain equal standing to work hard…
57
Georgia Attempts To Restart The Civil War With Bill To Nullify Federal Laws
There are Americans who dearly want to repeat the Civil War experience and in Georgia, Republican legislators took the first step towards reviving the North/South conflict.
2012 Primer: How Obama Haters Use Labels To Redirect Thoughts And Behavior
When the Obama bashing starts, the onus is on you to question the agenda of the person with the mike or access to a computer.
17
The Real Reason Saul Alinsky Strikes Fear Into The Heart Of The Right
- Uncategorized
The right’s Saul Alinsky phobia comes from a belief that only certain kinds of Americans should have power, and the rest should be passive recipients of whatever the powerful inflict upon them.
8
Cults of Personality – The GOP’s 2012 Narratives
The Republican presidential hopefuls have established cults of personality in line with Max Weber’s model of charismatic leadership
60
Rush Limbaugh Is Outraged That The Obamas Are Living Like Entitled White People
Wealthy elitist Rush Limbaugh is super mad that the Obamas are worming their way into living “high†on the “hog†like the white peeps. The nerve.
58
Racism Is A Vital Piece Of The 2012 Republican Platform
Of course Republicans assailing poor minorities is nothing new, but for the candidates for the GOP nomination racism is part of the platform.
Pat Buchanan Blames Blacks and Hispanics For America’s Education Woes
Recently, Pat Buchanan cited a racist who claims that the statistics of the Paris-based OECDs Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests in reading, math and science skills of 15-year-olds in over 30 countries suggest that America’s low standing is because of the diminished learning ability of Hispanic and Black students. In other words, Buchanan believes that Black and Hispanic students have lower IQs than white and Asian students and are responsible for the decline in performance on standardized tests.
20
Conservative Joe Rehyansky Advocates Corrective Rape for Lesbians
Joe thinks the lesbians should be allowed to join the military so that they can be raped into changing into good little heterosexuals. Subdue them with the penis, seems to be Joe’s battlecry. Because what lesbian can resist a penis or ten?
15
Barack Obama, High Priest of Baal
When Republicans recently declined to meet with President Obama, it was a rejection of Old Testament proportions. The degree of concern over President Obama’s religion is truly astounding. How can any God-fearing Republican have any time at all for any liberal? It’s like inviting a Canaanite to dinner, or for the Republicans in this case, agreeing to meet with the high priest of Baal in his house.
