Category Archives: Race

O'Reilly's Non-Existent Arizona Immigrant Crime Wave

Posted on 05/04/2010 by Peter Hart

Fox host Bill O'Reilly searched around for a reason to support Arizona's harsh new immigration law, and seemed to settle on the fact that there is a crime wave in Phoenix (5/3/10): Arizona had to do something. In the capital … Continue reading →

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George Will Thinks You Don't Know Any Latinos, Either

Posted on 04/28/2010 by Jim Naureckas

George Will, defending Arizona's draconian new immigration law, concludes his column (Washington Post, 4/28/10) with this today: Arizonans should not be judged disdainfully and from a distance by people whose closest contacts with Hispanics are with fine men and women … Continue reading →

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A Part of the National Psyche

Posted on 03/11/2010 by Jim Naureckas

Victor Davis Hanson notes that one reason for American exceptionalism may be that we did not inherit from England "a large underclass of only quasi-free people attached to barons as serfs." Sadly, a worse institution took root here, but never … Continue reading →

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O'Reilly's Lament: We Can't Make Fun of Arabs Anymore

Posted on 01/21/2010 by Steve Rendall

On the January 15 edition of his show, while chatting with Ray Stevens, who recorded the song "Ahab the Arab" nearly 50 years ago, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly seemed to become nostalgic for a time when making fun of … Continue reading →

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Fox-Friendly Poll on Imaginary White House Policies

Posted on 10/27/2009 by Peter Hart

Ijust received an email (from this guy's PR outfit)with the subject line: President Obama's Attacks on Free Speech Opposed by Most Americans, Zogby/O'Leary Poll Finds Tell me more! Here's one of the "questions" asked in the poll,tailor-made for Fox News … Continue reading →

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'Rush the Racist' Bidding for St. Louis Rams?

Posted on 10/07/2009 by Steve Rendall

"Rush the Racist?" is the headline over a commentary written by retired NFL receiver Keenan McCardell on the Washington Post's sports blog, the League–and the question many football fans might ask upon hearing the news that Rush Limbaugh is bidding … Continue reading →

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Bill Bennett, Please Leave Frederick Douglass Alone

Posted on 09/22/2009 by Jim Naureckas

William Bennett at the Values Voter Summit (AlterNet, 9/22/09): I don't know why more of the African American leadership doesn't talk about Frederick Douglass…. Probably because of his deep devotion to Lincoln, and his deep devotion to this country. Frederick … Continue reading →

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The 'Progressive' Multicultural Anti-Semitism of KPFK

Posted on 09/21/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

The Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report (Fall/09) is calling attention to Pacifica Radio network member station KPFK for airing the Spanish-English show La Causa's "naked anti-Semitism." According to the SPLC, the weekly program's hosts, Augustín Cebada and Rafael Tlaloc, … Continue reading →

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Are Obama's Critics Racist? Why Don't We Listen to Them?

Posted on 09/16/2009 by Jim Naureckas

Former President Jimmy Carter's statement (NBC, 9/15/09) that "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, that he's African-American," has generated widespread discussion … Continue reading →

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Yes, It Is Possible to Exaggerate How Hated Obama Is

Posted on 09/14/2009 by Jim Naureckas

"It is difficult to overstate President Obama's unpopularity in most of Louisiana," writes Campbell Robertson in a front-page New York Times article (9/11/09). Yet Robertson managed to pull it off. Robertson continues: "He lost handily to Senator John McCain here, … Continue reading →

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TV Sports' 'Little, Teeny-Tiny, Super Cute White Hope'

Posted on 09/14/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Intern Katy Kelleher at the Jezebel.com blog (9/9/09) has made a worthy attempt at "unpacking all the different levels of sexism and racism that are operating subtly behind the scenes" in recent coverage of professional women's tennis. On the new … Continue reading →

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'Personal Responsibility' Over 'Legacy of Racism'

Posted on 09/02/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Printing a letter to the editor from Leila McDowell (8/26/09), the New York Times has "Another Look at Obama's Speech to the NAACP"–from the group's on vice president of communications. McDowell starts with the fact that the "Times distinguished itself … Continue reading →

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The Fabulously Unsurprising Lies of Glenn Beck

Posted on 08/31/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Eva Paterson (Huffington Post, 8/28/09), president and founder of the Equal Justice Society, has a response to Glenn Beck's assertion that "I want to point out the silence; no one has challenged these facts" after having been "smearing White House … Continue reading →

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Anti-Hate Activists Win S.F. City Media Resolution

Posted on 08/12/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

The Hispanic/Latino Anti-Defamation Coalition, along with the National Hispanic Media Coalition (8/11/09), "applauds" the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for being "the first elected body to take a stand against hate speech in media" by having approved unanimously a resolution … Continue reading →

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Can Shock Radio Save the Fox Business Network?

Posted on 08/11/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

News Corpse blogger Mark Howard (8/10/09) calls the fact that "industry sources are reporting that Don Imus is in talks with the Fox Business Network to simulcast his Imus in the Morning radio program" a "de facto admission by FBN … Continue reading →

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