Category Archives: Race relations

Clarence Thomas and the black president

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

Here I was, all ready to get indignant over a headline involving Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on a perceived slight against President Obama. TPM has this headline: Clarence Thomas: Obama Is First Black President Thanks To Approval From ‘Elites … Continue reading →

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If I could talk to the animals … part 2

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

So the Mountain Dew ad with the goat in a police lineup with black guys while a white woman tries to identify her attacker was taken down. And now if you look for it on YouTube, you see every television … Continue reading →

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If I could talk to the animals …

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

Really, who doesn’t like goofy talking dog ads? When I had a dog, I used to use that voice with him. He was kind of psychotic, though. Kept biting at flies that weren’t there. The vet called it “Fly-Biting Syndrome.” … Continue reading →

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Rand Paul visits a school full of colored people

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

This past week, Rand Paul, the Republican senator from Kentucky, went to Howard University in Washington to talk to students at the predominantly black university about civil rights. Hilarity ensued. Here’s one of the things the sopping teabagger did to … Continue reading →

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This week in racism: The GOP appeal to minorities.

Posted on March 17, 2013 by

I really don’t need to say anything more than what’s in this summary of a Conservative Political Action Conference panel on race relations held this week: A panel at the Conservative Political Action Committee on Republican minority outreach exploded into … Continue reading →

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This week in racism: the incident at a deli

Posted on March 10, 2013 by

Ta-Nehisi Coates, a columnist for the Atlantic, had a piece in the New York Times this week called “The Good, Racist People” that begins with the actor Forest Whitaker being frisked by an employee at a New York deli who … Continue reading →

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The Injustice of Racial Entitlements

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“McLintock”: a reactionary comedy

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

I was watching this John Wayne movie the other day on YouTube: It’s the 1963 western “McLintock,” with Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, and in the course of it you see: 1) A raging alcoholic as the heroic and admirable main … Continue reading →

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And this is why Fox News is racist

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

Roger Ailes, the head of Fox News, said this in a Vanity Fair interview: “Obama’s the one who never worked a day in his life. He never earned a penny that wasn’t public money. How many fund-raisers does he attend … Continue reading →

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Lost and found in the New York subway

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

There’s a heart-warming piece in Thursday’s New York Times by Peter Mercurio that opens with this: The story of how Danny and I were married last July in a Manhattan courtroom, with our son, Kevin, beside us, began 12 years … Continue reading →

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