If it hadn’t have been for Spike Lee, I might have blissfully ignored “Django Unchained,” the much-talked-about Quentin Tarantino movie about a revenge-minded slave set in pre-Civil War America. There’s nothing like a race-based pop culture contretemps to provoke racial chatter.... Read more»
We’ve made a lot of progress on bigotry, but Chick-fil-A teaches us we still have a long way to go... Read more»2
We are part of an Anglo-Saxon heritage. Except those of us who are not, in this great melting pot of a nation.... Read more»
After 16 months as police chief of Jasper, Texas, Rodney Pearson was fired by a newly elected City Council that said he was never qualified to hold the job. His dismissal has dredged up bitter memories of the town’s not-so-distant past.... Read more»
In a risky move, Mitt Romney has chosen to go all-in with white voters. But he’ll have to walk the fine line of racial pandering and denying it. Americans no longer elect overt racists.... Read more»5
Last week I offered Russell Pearce’s anti-Mexican jihad as an example of the kind of overt racism that is no longer tolerated in politics. Now just a few days later we learn that J.T. Ready, Arizona’s leading white supremacist, appears to have committed a murder-suicide.... Read more»1
French president Nicolas Sarkozy is staring down the barrel of the electoral gun, an underdog going into next month’s second-round presidential election vote.... Read more»
Is Mitt Romney’s campaign strategy too risky for a candidate of his abilities?... Read more»
Mexico, Latin America’s biggest online video user, is abuzz about web videos of rich folks trashing poor folks. The scenes of abuse have spotlighted an evil that Mexicans rarely admit to: racism. (with videos)... Read more»
A common heart disease drug may also alter subconscious racial attitudes, a new study has found.... Read more»1
Many have succombed to Linsanity — the excitement surrounding New York Knicks player Jeremy Lin. Unfortunately, his celebrity carries a racial edge to it.... Read more»
Migrants and advocacy groups on both sides of the border urged the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the controversial Arizona immigration law that has sparked outrage in Mexico.... Read more»9
A street riot tore through parts of north London’s impoverished Tottenham neighborhood Saturday night, leaving eight police officers hospitalized, after a protest against the shooting death of a young man turned into a full-scale riot. (with video)... Read more»
A new generation heads to college this month, the class of 2014. Among them is a powerful young woman named Emma, a liberal who will major in political science at Virginia Tech, in that state’s conservative south…... Read more»
Smart v. Stupid: Conservative politics over the past two years has a common thread that looks an awful lot like an attempt to maintain white supremacy. But it’s a tragic mistake to try to defend the dominance of white-centric culture.... Read more»1
Smart v. Stupid: Bloggers seldom have the benefit of an editor, but one has to wonder if it would have made any difference to Andrew Breitbart, the man who published the salacious snip of a speech by USDA employee Shirley Sherrod, then labeled her a racist. The next day, we all found out that she was exactly the opposite of what he’d claimed.... Read more»4
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