During Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s The Ed Show, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) discussed the recent protests in Murrieta, CA surrounding the transport of undocumented immigrants to a processing center in the city.
There can be no possible comparison between what was said about McDaniel and the Protocols, because what was said about McDaniel is true: he is a racist
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.
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.
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?
It’s a sad day for many in the Asian American community and specifically the Japanese American community as the POTUS accepted the resignation of the the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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.
Republican heads will certainly explode after First Lady Michelle Obama told high school grads to stand up against the same bigotry and discrimination that is the bread and butter of the Republican Party.
Donald Sterling, Los Angeles Clippers owner of racist and misogynistic infamy, doesn’t understand why you think he’s a racist. So he’s explaining it again to you.
On Thursday night’s edition of The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart, along with correspondent John Hodgman, addressed the recent Donald Sterling controversy while also sending up the current inequitable relationship in sports between team owners and the athletes.
Florida Democratic candidate for governor, Charlie Crist, went there and called out the Republican Party’s racism towards President Obama during an interview on Fusion.
On Sunday’s broadcast of Meet the Press, renowned television journalist Bryant Gumbel pointed the finger directly at the NBA and former commissioner David Stern for allowing Clippers owner Donald Sterling to get away with racist comments and behavior for years.
The Western anti-government movement has a long tradition of racism, and Cliven Bundy is part of that tradition.
Cliven Bundy is obliterating Sean Hannity and Fox News by claiming that they still support him, because they are right on, and they understand his racist views.
By admitting that Republicans exaggerate about voter fraud to justify their vote suppression strategy, Paul will raise the ire of his base who share Bundy’s belief that African Americans are “better off” disenfranchised and as property.
On Sunday, Dr. William Lewis Corporon and his fourteen year-old grandson, Reat Griffen Underwood, were killed by neo-Nazi Frazier Glenn Cross. Dr. Corporon died in the parking lot behind the Kansas City Jewish Community Center. Reat died a while later in the hospital. They were at the community center because Reat was going to audition…
In the aftermath of Attorney General Eric Holder’s remarks at a National Action Network event on Wednesday, white conservative pundits have used their airtime to complain about Holder ‘playing the race card.
Hobby Lobby’s owners have brought forth a case to the SCOTUS asking for an exemption from part of the Affordable Care Act that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.
There is a recurring theme in Republican outrage over President Obama’s executive actions that centers on an African American President doing the same thing a white president (George W. Bush) did less than six years ago with no cries of presidential overreach.
Gallup released the results of a study on Monday showing the racial breakdown of political party affiliation since 1995. More white Americans have shifted party allegiance to the Republican Party, or have at least indicated they lean Republican.
Mainstream media outlets like CNN and the Washington Post are encouraging racism, and racist attacks on President Obama, by falsely reporting that Ted Nugent’s latest hate speech was an apology to the president.
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.
After family patriarch Phil Robertson’s racist and homophobic remarks during a GQ interview, Duck Dynasty’s viewership has dropped by nearly 50%.
I’m sorry, I have to chime in as the morons on the right are making something out of nothing about the Coca-Cola commercial celebrating diversity during the Super Bowl.
After an MSNBC tweet called out Republican racism, RNC chairman Reince Preibus deemed Republican Americans a protected class and announced a boycott of the lean forward network.
Cracker Barrel is going the route of Hobby Lobby and Chick-fil-a, specializing in serving bigots and/or racists – aka, the “conservative” crowd.
I was told if I didn’t shut up, somebody would burn a cross in my yard. I was only nine, so such threats meant nothing to me.
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.
RNC @GOP claimed in a tweet, “Today we remember Rosa Parks’ bold stand and her role in ending racism.”
Instead of a public outcry against blatant racism, main stream media failed to report the story on every evening newscast across the country.
On Meet The Press today, Bobby Jindal excused the race based Republican attempt to delegitimize Obama by with a bogus claim that Democrats did the same thing to Bush.
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.
The head of the Missouri Rodeo Cowboy Association resigned today, but blamed the racist weekend display at the Missouri State Fair on a “rogue rodeo clown.”
The rampant racism borne of white supremacy is nearly exclusive to Republican supporters and sadly, many politicians aligned with the GOP.
When Congressman Yoho denounced a tax on tanning beds as “racist”, he illustrated the GOP’s unwillingness to grasp the scope of real racism.
Joe Scarborough unloaded on Sean Hannity this morning for using racism to justify George Zimmerman’s actions, and to gin up his ratinga.
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
Ted Nugent blamed the death of Trayvon Martin on a surge in black racism that is caused by the Obama presidency.
On CNN today, Gov. Rick Perry took a break from stealing the rights of women to let African Americans know that there is no racism in the justice system.
George Zimmerman’s acquittal has put the exclamation point on America’s new and much more subtle racism, which is defined by the claims of conservatives that racism is dead.
The list of charges conservatives have leveled at the President that they claim are irrefutable impeachable offenses that demonstrate their complaints are a cover for racism and anger over losing.
Rush Limbaugh tried to defend his racism by blaming President Obama for inspiring the racism of the right.
One never imagined Scalia would openly declare his racism and disdain for the most basic of rights in an open and free democracy, but then again it is Antonin Scalia.
Barack Obama, may go down as the only president in the nation’s history who excelled in spite of hostility borne of racism, and an opposition party intent on sabotaging his presidency.
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.
The John McCain dustup this morning over his tweet comparing Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a monkey has revealed the values of the GOP.
On Meet The Press today, Colin Powell made mention of several recent racist attacks by Republicans on President Obama, and called the party out for their use of racial code words.
Ever since Democrats passed the Civil Rights Act and championed policies supporting minorities, whites have been defecting from the party.
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?
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.
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.
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.
While there are some Republicans holding on to the myth about voter fraud, others are more candid about their intent, not to mention the inherent racism that goes with it.
By accusing Obama of racism toward white people, the Fight Bigotry Super PAC is the perfect haven for real racists to invest their money.
A Palestinian official accused Romney of racism based on his speech today in which he suggested that the Israeli culture is more advanced than the Palestinian culture.
The real travesty is the media’s failure to report and condemn the race-baiting throughout the Republican primary continuing with Romney’s blatant racial appeal to Americans .
So why would the Heritage Foundation want to repeal the Affordable Care Act? To be blunt? Because Obama is black.
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.
President Obama’s decision was not based on race, but the response from the right is inherently racist and little else.
The mainstream media is subtly helping to further a racist stereotype by acting shocked and even a little afraid by the aggressiveness of Obama’s reelection campaign.
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.
The hope for a post racial America has been crushed as racism is front and center in the recent news cycle.
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?
Americans should be humiliated that in 2012 Republicans sport racist bumper stickers as campaign slogans.
Sarah Palin had a Facebook meltdown last night because President Obama dared to use her own words in context in a campaign ad. Naturally, in writing her defense, she doubled down on the things said in the ad while claiming they were taken out of context. The President’s ads are writing themselves this election season…
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…
On MSNBC tonight, Alan Grayson took apart Newt Gingrich and called out his racist presidential campaign.
Of course Republicans assailing poor minorities is nothing new, but for the candidates for the GOP nomination racism is part of the platform.
Rush Limbaugh took a moment on his radio show to as he put it, “clear something up once and for all.” He said, “I, Rush Limbaugh, am not a racist,” which is interesting because I don’t know many non-racists who feel the need to discuss the Obamas’ slave blood, or more importantly feel the urge to differentiate between Obama’s black half and white half, as Limbaugh did.
In a special comment on the Shirley Sherrod story, Countdown host Keith Olbermann dished out his usual wrath against Fox News and Andrew Breitbart, and he told President Obama that he must stand up against these racist attacks, “You, sir, must stand up against this attack on you and this nation.”
On his Fox News program today, Glenn Beck accused the NAACP of using racism as a tactic for political gain. Beck said, “Racism is now being used as a tactic for political gain. The NAACP is now trying to intimidate Tea Partiers passing a resolution to condemn ‘the racist elements in the Party.'” Beck lecturing about racism is like an arsonist discussing fire safety.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) showed up on Fox and Friends today to claim that there is absolutely no evidence of racism in the Tea Party. Bachmann said, “The assertions that were made by some of my colleagues during the health care debate, there’s no record of it. Nothing on audio tape, nothing.”
FNC contributor John Stossel was on Fox News’ America Live today where he voiced his agreement with Kentucky GOP Senate candidate Rand Paul that part of the civil rights ought to be repealed so that businesses can discriminate based on race. Stossel said, “It’s time now to repeal that part of the law because private businesses ought to get to discriminate… it should be their right to be racist.”
On his radio show today, Rush Limbaugh managed to revise the history of the 2008 presidential election to claim that the Democratic primary, not the general election, was full of, “racism and bigotry, and debating if Obama was authentic.” Limbaugh is obviously confusing the Democratic primary with the general election.
Thanks to some seriously inappropriate words from Democratic Senator Majority Leader, Harry Reid, the GOP are up in arms while trying to spin their racist behavior on to the Democratic Party.
On his radio show today Rush Limbaugh upped his race baiting rhetoric by claiming that Barack Obama is promoting racism, “He is promoting this, just as he is ACORN, just as he is Van Jones. He is racism.”Of course, in Limbaugh’s mind Obama is promoting racism by being black. The racism in the GOP is not an Obama conspiracy.
Today on his radio show, hypocrisy was on the air as, Glenn Beck ranted about the danger of false cries of racism. Beck wanted to see the evidence that Rep. Joe Wilson is a racist. I think that is a great idea, and Beck himself should be held to the same standard. We should ask Glenn Beck to present his evidence that President Obama is a racist.
In a piece on the NBC Nightly News former president Jimmy Carter stated the obvious. Many of the people who hate President Barack Obama the deepest hate him because he is black. Carter said, “I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man.”
On her Facebook page today, Sarah Palin showed her support for Glenn Beck today by inviting all of her followers to watch Beck. Someone needs to ask Palin, if she also agrees with Beck that President Obama is a racist?
Comedian Bill Maher was on MSNBC’s Hardball tonight, where he offered his unique take on the Sonia Sotomayor hearings, “All these white people, especially white men who are so incensed about reverse racism and Sotomayor because the problem for too long is Puerto Rican women have had their boot on the neck of white men.” Check out the video.
The never ending war of words between former Sec. of State Colin Powell and talk show host Rush Limbaugh escalated today to include Obama Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Powell said of Limbaugh’s claims of reverse racism that it was, “nonsense.”Powell said that the GOP has a race problem.
In a startling bit of racism, Manuel Miranda, a former aide to Republican Sen. Bill Frist told conservative bloggers that, “We aren’t like African Americans. We think like everyone else.” This begs the question, for Mr. Miranda how do African Americans think differently from everyone else? I’d love an explanation.
While serving as guest host of Bill Bennett’s radio show, RNC Chairman Michael Steele agreed with a caller’s description of President Obama as Barack the Magic Negro. This is in contrast to his condemnation of this attack when he was running for RNC chair.
Stephen Colbert managed to work a joke about Trump’s racism and the KKK into his monologue.
Conservatives spent Easter weekend lying about President Biden and trying to divide Americans because they cannot run on their policies, and so they depend upon turning us on one another in any way possible.
After trust in Kensington Palace was undermined due to Kate Middleton’s photo manipulation scandal, tabloids tried to drag Prince Harry and Meghan Markle into the mess with false allegations against professional photographers.
Donald Trump has been a keynote speaker at CPAC since 2017, and increasingly since then it has modeled itself in his image. That transformation seems almost complete as during 2024 CPAC, Nazis were welcomed.
Nikki Haley claimed that America wasn’t founded as a racist country, and Steven Colbert responded with a brutal and historically accurate joke.
Vivek Ramaswamy has run into resistance from Iowa Republicans no matter how much he campaigns in the state because some voters think that he is a black Muslim.
Of the 14 major presidential polls taken in the past month, President Biden leads in 9 of them, which suggests that it is inaccurate to suggest that Trump is leading the 2024 election.
Stephen Miller’s MAGA group America First Legal is trying to stage a boycott of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade because they are accusing Macy’s of discriminating against straight white men.
Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino’s son Matt Madrazo is in charge of monetizing Twitter’s hard-right turn with a hoped for $100 million in political ads to influence U.S. elections in one direction, even as Elon Musk takes billions from U.S. taxpayers.
Ad companies warned CEO Linda Yaccarino that instead of desperately trying to lure companies back to the platform even as Musk continued his hate tweeting, she should save herself by resigning.
Rep, Jamie Raskin (D-MD) called out Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for moments earlier on the same program refusing to condemn Elon Musk’s antisemitism.
SNL used its cold open to have Trump interrupt the Republican debate that featured ripped-from-the-headlines gaffes and his New York fraud trial.
The third Republican debate has featured candidates spewing Putin talking points and wallowing in racism and Islamophobia as five dying presidential campaigns pander for votes.
A seemingly clueless Mike Johnson, now stupefyingly elevated to the position of Speaker with very little experience under his belt and a world of what he doesn’t know overwhelming the bits he can grasp, told Sean Hannity last night that he would charge ahead with impeachment against President Joe Biden.
Mike Johnson doesn’t treat the majority of Americans as human beings. He dehumanizes them in both policy efforts and rhetoric. He is also a ringleader against democracy. This is exactly who the Republican Party is now.
The Biden-Harris Administration announced that for the first time, federal agencies are making it clear in writing that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 “prohibits certain forms of antisemitic, Islamophobic, and related forms of discrimination in federally funded programs and activities.”
There’s been very little coverage of this very unsettling continuation of a shared purpose between Hungary and leading Right wing figures in the U.S., including CPAC. On Monday, Elon Musk met with the President of Hungary Katalin Novák after he missed the “Demographic Summit” in Budapest.
