A student at a Long Island high school was sent home Friday after showing up to school dressed like Aunt Jemima and toting around a syrup bottle asking, “You want some pancakes?” Commack High School senior, 17-year-old Dean Jeziorkowski, donned a wig, bandanna, and makeup for the costume. School officials ordered the boy to wash […]
The Republican National Committee’s Facebook page raised eyebrows after a racist picture appeared on the group’s fan page. A “fan” of the committee posted a picture of President Obama eating a piece of fried chicken with a caption that reads: “Miscegenation is a crime against American values. Repeal Loving v. Virginia.” Miscegenation or the […]
Racism is alive and well in the good ol’ United States, with skin color still proving to be as much of a social detriment as it has ever been. Even with great money and fame, author Teri Woods discovered that racism is alive and well after she was denied entry into a SoHo nightclub because […]
Racism was once the only ideological mechanism that was thought to power the illogical and inconceivable hate displayed toward President Obama. Recently that method of thinking has been debunked by a pair of Democratic researchers, whom offer a more sinister, silly explanation of what drives right wing nut jobs. Stan Greenberg conducted a study into […]
In an interview with CNN on that aired Sunday the President of the United States does not believe the racism is “the overriding issue” of the savage debate on health care reform. “Are there people out there who don’t like me because of race? I’m sure there are. That’s not the overriding issue here,” Obama […]
Alan Wilson, South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson’s oldest son, spoke out about Former President Carter’s comments on the “you lie” outburst, saying it was “based on racism.” In his presidential center in Atlanta Tuesday (Sep.15), Carter said he believes Wilson’s outburst was racially motivated and made out of fears of an African-American president. “I think […]
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs rebuked allegations made by former President Jimmy Carter that racism is the undercurrent of the recent Anti-Obama backlash. A stammering and seemingly unconvinced Gibbs stood before the press at the White House and said, “The president does not believe that … that … [pause] that criticism comes based on […]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he believes racism is the culprit of the unrest as it relates to the current U.S. President, Barack Obama. During a demonstration in Washington organized by extreme conservative talk show hosts, Carter labeled what’s taking place in American society today “abominable.” ”I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely […]
While Obama’s election had many feeling as though American as nation had overcome it’s long history of racial discrimination, is becoming clear that the president’s race is a problem for many. Congressman Joe Wilson, who now faces a “resolution of disapproval,” seems to have been the spark behind the political racial debate. Some members of […]
Instances of minor racial skirmishes and extreme racial intolerance have risen greatly since the election of America’s first Black President. From the eastern seaboard to the west coast, Black people and African-Americans have been on the receiving end of what some would suggest is a symbolic beating. Police brutality is at an all-time high as […]
