Archive for the 'Racial Mattters' Category
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 6:28pm ET
Cavuto suggests Congress should have warned that “[l]oaning to minorities and risky folks is a disaster”
Summary: On September 18, Fox News’ Neil Cavuto conflated giving home mortgages to minorities with risky lending practices, suggesting that there should have been “a clarion call that said, ‘Fannie and Freddie are a disaster. […]
Posted in Racial Mattters, Financial Institutions, Minorities |
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
‘Misgivings?’
Are we now so PC that the word ‘prejudice’ is off the table?
Enlightened self-interest and simple observation should have made this race a stroll to a landslide, but the twin curses of stupidity and ignorance are making it a horse race.
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AP | RON FOURNIER and TREVOR TOMPSON | September 20, 2008 08:36 PM
Deep-seated […]
Posted in Society, Democrats, USA, Racial Mattters, 2008 Presidential Campaign |
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Obama says he opposes slavery reparations, apology
By CHRISTOPHER WILLS, Associated Press Writer 39 minutes ago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes offering reparations to the descendants of slaves, putting him at odds with some black groups and leaders.
The man with a serious chance to become the nation’s first black president argues that […]
Posted in John S. McCain III, Society, Movies, Advertising, USA, Racial Mattters, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama |
Friday, August 1st, 2008
John McCain is a racist
August 1, 2008 - 7:14am.
By DOUG THOMPSON
John McCain, a member of the House of Representatives in the mid-1980s, often held court at a table near the bar at Bullfeathers, a popular Capitol Hill watering hole, telling jokes and matching hangers-on drink by drink.
As a Capitol Hill chief of staff, I often […]
Posted in John S. McCain III, Racial Mattters, 2008 Presidential Campaign |
Friday, June 27th, 2008
“Grover Norquist is Karen Hughes with a beard.”
–anonymous Viking Edda.
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Images: (Grover) via latimes.com (Karen) image.cbsnews.com
Story.
Posted in Racial Mattters, 2008 Presidential Campaign |
Friday, May 9th, 2008
The Clintons and Jim Crow racism
May 9, 2008 - 7:59am
By DOUG THOMPSON–Capitol Hill Blue
Hillary Clinton Thursday admitted that she is the candidate of dumb whites - no more, no less.
As her campaign continues its slide into the dustbin of political also-rans, she told USA Today that she should be president because ignorant white people want […]
Posted in Hillary Clinton, Racial Mattters, Arkansas, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama |
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
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Boortz: “[P]rimary blame” for Katrina goes to “worthless parasites who lived in New Orleans”Summary: On his nationally syndicated radio show, Neal Boortz made disparaging remarks about Hurricane Katrina victims, stating, “When these Katrina so-called refugees were scattered about the country, it was just a glorified episode of putting out the garbage.” Boortz also described New […]
Posted in Katrina, African-Americans, Radio, Racial Mattters |
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Coburn puts hold on civil rights cold cases bill.
Think Progress
This summer, “legislation to beef up investigations into unsolved murders from the civil rights era” passed the House by an overwhelming margin of 422-2. But the bill is being held up in the Senate, where Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has put a hold on the bill […]
Posted in African-Americans, Racial Mattters, Oklahoma, Inhofe, Coburn, Civil Rights |
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Julie Myers
Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Julie Myers, who oversees illegal export investigations as head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has apologized for condoning a Halloween party costume depicting a black dread locked prisoner.
(Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)
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This AP story is from Think Progress.
Bush official lauded racially offensive Halloween costume.
Julie Myers, head of Homeland Security’s […]
Posted in Homeland Security, Racial Mattters, Immigration |
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Columbia To Give ‘Noose’ Security Tapes To NYPD
Reports Claiming They Refused To Provide Video ‘Untrue’
CBS 2’s Magee Hickey contributed to this report.
NEW YORK (CBS) ― Columbia University officials are handing over the surveillance video that could help them identify a suspect who left a noose on the office door of a professor, and say an […]
Posted in Education, Racial Mattters |
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
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Columbia University Teacher’s College professor Madonna Constantine said tears sprang to her eyes when she saw a noose hanging on her office door. (ABC News)
Students Call For Reform at Teachers College
By Joy Resmovits
PUBLISHED OCTOBER 11, 2007
A simple piece of rope—looped, knotted, and left on a office door in Teachers College two days ago—sat at […]
Posted in Bush, Education, Music, Racial Mattters |
