Racism News

Unforgivable Blackness…

The President of the United States is a black man, but some things still need to change
Boris Kodjoe owns a mansion in Atlanta. But when he goes to answer his door, the black actor knows what it’s like to be an outcast.
‘When I’m opening the door of my own house, someone will ask me where [...]

Henry Louis Gates Jr. : “1 Million Black Men In Jail In This Country… I Was One Of Them”

Interview with the Post
‘There are one million black men in jail in this country and last Thursday I was one of them,’ he said in an exclusive interview with The Washington Post Tuesday morning. ‘This is outrageous and that this is how poor black men across the country are treated everyday in the criminal justice [...]

Henry Louis Gates Jr. Arrested Trying To Get Into His Own Home

Remember how we totally solved racism that one time?

Black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. is accusing a Massachusetts police department of racism after being arrested while trying to get into his locked home near Harvard University.
Police say they were called to the home Thursday afternoon after a woman reported seeing a man try to pry [...]

MSNBC’s Pat Buchanan: White People Built This Country

That’s not an interpretation of what he said. That’s a direct quote from resident MSNBC crazy racist Pat Buchanan.

Black slaves picking cotton

Chinese Railroad Workers

Hispanic Farm Labor

Conservative Free Republic Posts Racial Slurs About Obama Kids

Onward, onward.
‘A typical street whore.’ ‘A bunch of ghetto thugs.’ ‘Ghetto street trash.’ ‘Wonder when she will get her first abortion.’
These are a small selection of some of the racially-charged comments posted to the conservative ‘Free Republic’ blog Thursday, aimed at U.S. President Barack Obama’s 11-year-old daughter Malia after she was photographed wearing a t-shirt [...]

Lee Lucas: Today’s GOP Bigot Eruption

New Jersey state assembly candidate Lee Lucas thinks its perfectly fine to throw the “n” word around.

Conservatives Circulate Photoshop Of Obama With Bone Through His Nose

Continue to keep it classy, wingnuts. Then scratch your heads and wonder why a party and political ideology that cultivates racist white males as its base is having so much problems in the 21st century. (via Sarah)

Young Republicans Struggle With Calling Obama A “Coon”

The republican party, and the slightly wider conservative movement, either has to purge racism or resign itself to being a minority that isn’t taken seriously.

Tea Party = Racist Recruitment Rallies

Stormfront and other un-American hate groups see some nice prospects at the right-wing tea parties. The anti-immigrant rallies have also been busting at the seams with racists. That’s a clear path back for the right.

Conservative + South =

You bet, more racism about President Obama. This time from an aide to Tennessee State Sen. Diane Black. Republican of course.
This is not to be confused with the guy from a couple days ago who compared Michelle Obama to a gorilla. Or the conservative mayor who sent around a picture of the White House and [...]

Rusty DePass: South Carolina Republican Activist Compares Michelle Obama To Gorilla

This, by now, is standard operating procedure for the right in America. Which is the minstrel act of folks like Sonja Schmidt will always be just that.

So It’s Not Just Me

I also get creeped out when I’m driving on Jefferson Davis highway.

Pat Buchanan Fears Hispanics

It’s good when some things remain consistent, even in these times of change.

Tammy Bruce Calls Obama Family “Trash”

Because to some in wingnut nation, blacks will never be good enough. Thankfully, the American people have a whole other idea about that.

Sean Hannity’s Subconscious: OMG The President Is Black!

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that when speaking about Obama and the NCAA Tournament, what came out of Sean Hannity’s mouth was almost NAACP.
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Racist Texas Shakedown

More southern awesome.
You can drive into this dusty fleck of a town near the Texas-Louisiana border if you’re African-American, but you might not be able to drive out of it—at least not with your car, your cash, your jewelry or other valuables.
That’s because the police here allegedly have found a way to strip motorists, many [...]

Watermelon Mayor Dean Grose Resigning

Dean Grose, the Republican mayor who sent around that picture of watermelon surrounding the White House has resigned in shame. Don’t let the door hit you.

Murdoch’s NY Post

Well, at least they come right out and compare the President to a monkey. Don’t hide the racism, wingers!
>> New York Post Chimp Cartoon Compares Stimulus Author To Dead Primate
>> Is the NY Post comparing Obama to a chimp?

Ann Coulter Defends White Supremacists

Well, duh. She’s like the Fuhrer’s press secretary.

The Next Right = The Same Right

As Vice President-elect Joe Biden noted during the 2008 convention, the GOP continues to offer more of the same.
Chip Saltsman, a candidate for chairman of the Republican National Committee, sent committee members this month a holiday music CD that included “Barack the Magic Negro,” a parody song first aired in 2007 by talk show host [...]