racism
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The Most Pathetically Racist Robocall You've Ever Heard Against Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Andrew Gillum
Ok, racists listen up. It’s 2018. If you’re going to be racist, please step your insult game up. Most of the kids born in the 1980s don’t have a clue who the hell Stepin Fetchit was or know that Kingfish was one of the stars of the wildly popular Amos & Andy. If you’re still…
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SF Giants Co-Owner Disavows Racist Congressional Ad Featuring Black Women
San Francisco Giants co-owner Charles Johnson is now trying whitesplain his support of a super-PAC which ran a terribly offensive radio ad during a tight congressional race in Arkansas. The ad, which ran in support of Republican Rep. French Hill in his race against Clarke Tucker, a Democrat, is so bad that even the candidates…
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Republicans Pimp Black Women’s Voices in Racist Radio Political Ad Pandering for Black Votes
We are fully into the political season for the 2018 midterm elections, and the political ads in which candidates take swipes at each other, boast about their accomplishments and say anything that will help them get votes are in full swing. The black vote is of particular concern during this election. We have already seen…
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Before Ye, Trump Had Man in Oval Office Who Threatened and Called Obama a ‘Mongrel’
Before we move on from the Kanye West spectacle in the White House Thursday, let us not forget that one of the stars of the Republican Party is a man named Ted Nugent, who was once primarily known as a rocker—long before most of us were alive. Now, he’s mostly known as a high-profile member…
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Dispatch From a Black Man in Trumpland: Kanye’s Oval Office ‘Minstrel Show’ Ain’t Only About Him
Speaking Thursday on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Don Lemon took it there, calling Kanye West’s performance in the White House yesterday a “minstrel show.” “Him in front of all of these white people, mostly white people, embarrassing himself and embarrassing Americans, but mostly African-Americans,” Lemon said. Others have noted Kanye’s much-discussed mental health struggles…
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A Bigot Is as a Bigot Does? No. Racism Can Be Arrogant or ‘Compassionate’ or Just Convenient
Black Americans and white Americans don’t experience race the same way. Given that, it should surprise no one that we don’t speak or think about it similarly. We have to find a way to bridge that divide. Like it or not, too many white allies and potential allies are so deep in denial about racism…
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High School Soccer Team Accused of Yelling Racial Slurs at Black Players Travels to Away Games With Armed Guards
Last month, soccer players at Connellsville Area High School in Connellsville, Pa., were accused of directing racial slurs at black players during a game against Penn Hills High School in Pittsburgh. The Connellsville players and coaches denied this. A hearing featuring students, parents, coaches and administrators from both sides was held Sept. 24, and it…
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Revisiting Anita Hill: On Racism, Stereotypes and Respectability Politics
“The more things change. The more things stay the same.” My 7th grade English teacher, the black woman who taught me how to write, said that quote in class on a cool spring day in March 2006 and looked at us to explain what she meant. Loads of us scratched our heads in that, “Well,…
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Why Blocking Racist Robocalls Is So Difficult To Do
Blocking people on social media isn’t that hard, nor is it difficult for social media companies like Twitter and Facebook to permanently ban people from their platforms if they determine the user is spreading false information or racist ideologies. Though, as The Spokesman-Review points out, getting rid of racist robocalls is a much more complicated…