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South Carolina Republican Calls Candidate for Governor a *%@! Raghead
Well, it seems that hate is so pervasive in South Carolina that even Republicans are turning on each other. During a radio show being taped in a Columbia, SC bar, Republican S.C. Sen. Jake Knotts called Lexington Rep. Nikki Haley, an Indian-American Republican woman running for governor, a “ fu$%^g raghead” several times while explaining…
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Don Cheadle Named UN Goodwill Ambassador
He might be playing a hawk in Iron Man 2, but actor Don Cheadle is more of a dovish, tree-hugging type in real life, and we love him for that. Internationally respected actor Don Cheadle has taken on a new humanitarian role as an environmentalist. He was appointed last Saturday in Kigali, Rwanda, as the…
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Whitening Arizona
Clearly there is something in the water in Arizona. The state that legalized racial profiling and eliminated ethnic studies from its school curriculum is in the news again for another asinine incident – emphasis on as. A group is demanding that faces of Black and Latino students on a public mural be lightened or changed…
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NEWSWEEK: Lessons From the Failure of Artur Davis
In trying to be post-racial, says Newsweek columnist Ellis Cose, the man who might have been Alabama’s first black governor ignored his base. We can’t all be Barack Obama. Artur Davis was supposed to be the Deep South’s first elected black governor. He had arrived at Harvard Law School in 1990-months after Barack Obama was…
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FBI Investigates Shooting, Dragging of Black Man
NEWBERRY, S.C. (CBS/WLTX/AP) The South Carolina shooting death of an African American man whose body was then dragged behind a pickup truck for miles is being investigated as a possible hate crime, after a white man was arrested. Newberry County deputies have arrested and charged 19-year-old Gregory Collins with the murder of Anthony Hill of…
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CBC Members Say Congressional Ethics Office Is Too Powerful
Nearly half of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus have agreed to try to reduce the power of an independent ethics office that Democrats pushed for after gaining control of Congress. Rep. Marcia Fudge, an Ohio Democrat, has worked with 19 other members of the CBC to reduce the amount of power held by…
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Racist Hallmark Card? NAACP Says Yes
The discrepancy is over “wholes” versus “whores.” Members of the NAACP say the audio is questionable. A graduation card sold at local stores has been pulled from shelves after a civil rights group raised concerns about the content. The group claims the card’s micro-speaker plays a greeting that’s racist. It is a graduation greeting from…
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Gary Coleman's 911 Call
Gary Coleman’s panicked wife initially balked at helping him after he suffered an apparent head injury that left him bloodied, according to her 911 call. Shannon Price, 24, tells the operator that Coleman was stricken while preparing her something to eat the evening of May 26 downstairs in their Santaquin, Utah, home. “He just got…
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