Racism Watch Desk

Issues:

• Affirmative Action
• Welfare
• Drugs/War on Drugs
• Crime
• Youth

Extra! articles:

• Dobbs' Choice: CNN host picks immigration as his ax to grind, by Peter Hart (1-2/04)
• With Friends Like These: Black youth stereotyped by progressive columnist Bob Herbert, by Mike Males (1-2/04)
• Homegrown Terrorists: WMD found—in Texas, so media yawn, by Richard Bottoms (3-4/04)
• O'Reilly's Racist Slurs--in Context, by Jim Naureckas (06/03)
• The Blair Witch Trial, by Jim Naureckas (06/03)
• Disrespect, Distortion and Double Binds: Media treatment of progressive black leaders, by Jacqueline Bacon (3-4/03)
• White Noise: Voices of color scarce on urban public radio, by Steve Rendall & Will Creeley (9-10/02)
• Reparations and the Media: A slanted arena for discussions of slavery recompense, by Jacqueline Bacon (5-6/02)
• Who's On the News? Study shows network news sources skew white, male & elite (5-6/02)
• Test-Score "Facts" Need Media Scrutiny: In voucher study, an average is not just an average, by Phyllis Vine (3-4/01)
• Think Tank Monitor - Fronting for Big Coal: Halting global warming would be racist, PR insists, by By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman (9-10/00)
• Digital Divide Provides Opportunities for Corporate Spin: How to Win Puff Coverage By Donating Computers (3-4/00)
• Anything but Racism: Media make excuses for "whitewashed" TV lineup (1-2/00)
• Only "Elegant" Victims Need Apply (John Tierney) (5-6/00)
• Trent Lott's Sex-Free Scandal, by Steve Rendall (3-4/99)
• "Old Days" Slow to Haunt Lott: Press Missed Tips on Racist Ties (3-4/99)
• Affirmative Action Ignores Women-- And Discrimination (1-2/99)
• Polls Apart: Manufacturing an Anti-Bilingual Latino Majority (11-12/98)
• Media Blackface: "Racial Profiling" in News Reporting (9-10/98)
• Media Preferences: The Myth of Popular Opposition in the Affirmative Action Debate (5-6/98)
• Criminal Communities: "Racial Dualism" puts White Supremacy in the Media Crime Frame (1-2/98)
• Hate Talk and Politics (8/97)
• End of Racism? (3-4/96)
• 50,000 Watts of Hate: Bigotry Is Broadcast on ABC Radio's Flagship, by Jim Naureckas (1-2/95)
• Racism Resurgent (1-2/95)
• Lani Guinier: "Quota Queen" or Misquoted Queen (7-8/93)
• New York Post: Militant White Daily (1-2/93)
• For Media Decision-Makers, Urban Problems Are Old News (7-8/92)
• Press Finds "New Candor" in Old Stereotypes (7-8/92)
• The Loudest Silence Ever Heard: Black Conservatives and the Media (7-8/92)
• Innocent Americans, Predatory Asians (4-5/92)

Action Alerts:

• MSNBC's Double Standard on Free Speech: "Turd World" is OK-- "anti-war, anti-Bush" is not (3/7/03)
• GE, Microsoft Bring Bigotry to Life: Hate-talk host Michael Savage hired by MSNBC (2/12/03)
• Genocide, A Casino...What's the Difference? (2/16/01)
• Why Does Tim Russert Associate With Don Imus' Bigotry? (3/1/00)
• CBS Sees Immigrants as an 'Army of Invaders' (2/2500)
• Hate Radio Makes a Comeback (9/3/99)
• ABC Agrees With Drug Industry -- Affordable Medicine for Africans Is Dangerous (7/16/99)
• News Advisory: National Media Should Cover Racist Links of Prominent Elected Officials Like Rep. Bob Barr and Sen. Trent Lott (12/11/98)

CounterSpin Broadcasts:

• Danielle Worthy on voting rights and the black press (9/17/04)
• Kim Crenshaw on Al Sharpton (8/6/04)
• Steve Rendall on Public Radio Survey (10/4/02)
• Dan Tokaji on Downey Police Shooting (9/13/02)
• Ina Howard on Network Source Study (6/4/02)
• Kate Martin on Secret Detention (11/2/01)
• Pamela Newkirk on Black Journalists, White Media (9/29/00)
• Makani Themba Nixon on NY Times on Race (8/11/00)
• George Curry on Emerge Shuts Down (6/16/00)
• Police Abuse: Diallo and the LAPD (3/3/00)
• TV Diversity (1/14/00)
• King Leopold's Guest (12/31/99)
• Network Whitewash (9/17/99)
• Race and the Media (1/29/99)
• "20/20" and Mumia Abu-Jamal (12/11/98)
• Repression on the Reservation (12/4/98)
• Network "Brownout" Study (7/17/98)
• Children's take on race in the media (6/5/98)
• Bigotry on prime time TV (4/24/98)
• Greed and racism shape Chiapas media coverage (1/16/98)
• Race, racism and the left's response to it (10/31/97)
• NBC on rape and racism (12/6/96)
• Church burnings (7/12/96)

Reports & Press Releases:

• Media Play Catch-up on Lott’s Latest Endorsement of Racism (12/11/02)
• Who's On the News? Study shows network news sources skew white, male & elite (Extra!, 5-6/01)
• Patrick Buchanan -- In His Own Words (2/26/96)
• Broadcast Outlets Should Cover Majority Leader's Public Scandal--CNN, New York Times Cover The Story, but Network News Outlets Still Silent on Lott's Racist Connections

Media Beat columns:

• Determined Journalism Can Challenge Injustice (9/19/02)
• Honoring King While Clouding His Legacy (4/2/98)

Books:

• Don't Believe the Hype: Fighting Cultural Misinformation About African-Americans, by Farai Chideya (Plume, 1995)
• The Media in Black and White, edited by Everette E. Dennis and Edward C. Pease (Transaction, 1997)
• The White Press and Black America, by Carolyn Martindale (Greenwood, 1986)
• Fantasies of the Master Race: Literature, Cinema & the Colonization of the American Indians, by Ward Churchill (Common Courage, 1992)
• The TV Arab, by Jack Shaheen (Bowling Green, 1984)

Links:

• News Watch from the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism
• Asian American Journalists Association
• National Association of Black Journalists
• Native American Journalists Association
• The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education--promotes racial and ethnic diversity in media
• Colorlines. A publication of the Applied Research Center and the Center for Third World Organizing.
• World African Network. News and information aiming "to create a new vision of people of African descent."
• Black Media Foundation. Aims to "improve the level of communication arts skills in communities outside the so-called mainstream."