Racism

The bigotry that (usually) dare not speak its name

Just a few days ago the New York Sun ceased publication. Never fear, New York Sun columnist Nibras Kazimi is still posting on his own personal blog.

Behold the postmodern bigot, admitting his feelings about African Americans and declaring them healthy. It's liberals who commit reverse racism because the only reason they could possibly be supporting Obama is his race, right? more »

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Sexism, Racism: What Lies Beneath

openleft.com — The New Yorker's editor, David Remnick, has come under quite a bit of fire for the decision to run Barry Blitt's illustration of Barack and Michelle Obama. Underneath the polite discourse is our continuing difficulty in having a frank, but constructive dialogue about the third-rail topic of race.

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I could've told them there'd be days like this.

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Recognizing the Race Chasm

The issue of race makes a lot of folks uncomfortable - and that's especially true right now when the nation is closer than ever to electing the first black President of the United States. more »

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Pat Buchanan's Racist Rant

MSNBC has another Imus problem, and his name is Pat Buchanan. more »

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Gender vs. Race in Campaign 2008

movementvisionlab.org — Gloria Steinem argued that if Barack Obama was a woman, he wouldn’t be elected. That’s probably true. But ranking different forms of oppression is a ridiculous waste of time.

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