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Leader's Slaying a 'Declaration of War': White Supremacists

S. African bludgeoned by black farm worker

(Newser) - A top member of a South African white supremacist group says the slaying of their leader is "a declaration of war" by blacks against whites. Andre Visagie also vowed today to avenge the death of Eugene Terreblanche and says his group will warn soccer teams to avoid the 2010...

Tanning Salon Tax Is Racist&mdash; to Whites

 Tanning Salon Tax 
 Is Racist— 
 to Whites 
glenn beck guest host
Mar 31, 2010 9:23 AM CDT

Tanning Salon Tax Is Racist— to Whites

Fake-baking 'light-skinned Americans' unfairly targeted

(Newser) - The new tax on tanning salons may appear to be a measure to fight skin cancer, but according to yesterday's guest host on Glenn Beck's radio show, it's actually a racist attack on white people. "Who uses tanning?" Doc Thompson railed. "Is it dark-skinned people? I don't think...

Tea Partiers Hurl Slurs at Black, Gay Reps

'People have been just downright mean,' says one rep

(Newser) - Congressional Black Caucus members John Lewis and Andre Carson ran smack into a large crowd of protesters screaming "kill the bill"—and punctuating their chants with the N-word. The sentiment didn't appear to be a rogue one: As Barney Frank waded through a crowd of protesters, he was...

Police Arrest 16-Year-Old in Wal-Mart Race Incident

Online 'bragging' helped the case

(Newser) - New Jersey police have arrested a 16-year-old boy and charged him with using a public-address system in a Wal-Mart store to ask "all the black people" to leave, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer . He faces up to a year in a juvenile detention center if convicted on charges of harassment...

Wal-Mart Announcement Tells 'All Blacks' to Leave

Company apologizes for 'appalling' incident

(Newser) - A New Jersey Wal-Mart is checking security footage to find out who used the PA system to order "all black people" to leave the Washington Township store. Over a dozen black customers were in the store when a male voice said: "Attention Wal-Mart customers, all black people must...

Bill O'Reilly's New Target: Tom Hanks

 Bill O'Reilly's 
 New Target: 
 Tom Hanks 
karl rove piles on, too
Mar 16, 2010 9:37 AM CDT

Bill O'Reilly's New Target: Tom Hanks

Fox News host doesn't get why actor keeps saying we're racist

(Newser) - Bill O’Reilly's favorite new target: Tom Hanks. The Fox News host says the actor is unfairly claiming racism was behind our attack on Japan during World War II ... and behind the current War on Terror. The actor, while promoting his miniseries The Pacific, told Time that we “wanted...

Wal-Mart Black Barbie Price Cut Sparks Uproar

Sends harmful message, say activists

(Newser) - Wal-Mart has dropped the price of a black Barbie doll in a move that's raising a ruckus. "Both are great dolls," carefully emphasized a Wal-Mart spokeswoman. But the price was cut $2 for a black Ballerina Teresa Barbie from the $5.93 for the white version because the...

Tenn. Exec Fired Over Michelle Obama Chimp Email

Tourism board blasts Walt Baker's 'deep misunderstanding'

(Newser) - The tourism exec who compared Michelle Obama to a chimp in email was fired today, the Tennessee Hospitality Association announced today. Now-former CEO Walt Baker’s “email reflects a deep misunderstanding of the nature of hospitality and our role as an association,” the statement reads. “His email...

Racist Email About First Lady Stings Tenn. Exec

Hospitality official forwards comparison of Michelle Obama and chimp

(Newser) - A Tennessee tourism executive is backtracking after forwarding an email that compared Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee. Tennessee Hospitality Association CEO Walt Baker has apologized to "anyone who is offended by this action" and "the people of Tennessee, and to anybody that has either seen or been affected...

Teachers Bounced for Black History Parade Hailing OJ

RuPaul, Dennis Rodman also honored in controversial march

(Newser) - Three elementary school teachers in Los Angeles who decided a felon, a drag queen, and Dennis Rodman belonged with Harriet Tubman and President Obama in a parade of black history icons have been suspended. Some community leaders are accusing the teachers, who are white, of racism and are calling for...

Race Riots Erupt Again in Italy
 Race Riots Erupt Again in Italy 
Feb 15, 2010 5:07 AM CST

Race Riots Erupt Again in Italy

North Africans battle South Americans in Milan

(Newser) - Milan exploded in race riots this weekend after an immigrant from Egypt was killed during an argument with a group of South American immigrants. A group of North African immigrants rampaged through the northern Italian city, overturning cars and attacking shops owned by South Americans. Milan's deputy mayor told the...

Calling Obama 'Professor' Is Palin Code for 'Uppity': Prof

Palin's brainy slam is really a racist slam, says longtime pal

(Newser) - When Sarah Palin told Tea Party activists last week that President Obama was "a professor of law standing at the lectern," she wasn't just tapping into populist anti-intellectualism—she was also making a not-so-subtle attack on the president's race. So says Harvard professor and longtime Obama pal Charles...

Michael Steele Suggests Racism Fuels His Critics

'Is it because a black man is chairman?'

(Newser) - Michael Steele suggests his race has something to do with the knocks he's taken since becoming chairman of the RNC in an interview with Washingtonian magazine. The interview isn't online yet, but Greg Sargent of Plum Line has an early peek: Steele acknowledges that he can "take things too...

Avatar Racist? They're Aliens, Not Black

Donna Britt sees Cameron flick as an 'indictment of intolerance'

(Newser) - For all those who crow that Avatar is racist, a simple fact “bears repeating,” Donna Britt writes. “The Na'vi are aliens. Not black.” Far from being racist, the “movie is an indictment of intolerance,” intended to “portray the ugliness of technologically advanced cultures...

Ex-Wrestling Promoter Plans All-White Basketball League

AABA open only to 'natural born citizens'

(Newser) - An Atlanta-area sports promoter has announced plans for—brace yourself—a whites-only pro basketball league. Dubbed the “All-American Basketball Alliance,” the league would only be open to “natural born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race.” The commissioner, former pro-wrestling promoter Don “Moose”...

GOP: Stop Playing the Race Card, It's a Dem Sham
GOP: Stop Playing the
Race Card, It's a Dem Sham
Jonah Goldberg
Jan 12, 2010 9:25 AM CST

GOP: Stop Playing the Race Card, It's a Dem Sham

Steele shouldn't be playing the Democrats' game

(Newser) - Harry Reid deserves all the grief he's getting for his gaffe but the Republicans should have resisted the temptation to play the race card, writes Jonah Goldberg. Michael Steele is right when he says the Democrats have double standards on racism, but calling for Reid to resign will ensure the...

Flip-Flopping Steele Backed Lott in '02
 Flip-Flopping Steele 
 Backed Lott in '02 
THAT WAS THEN
Jan 11, 2010 11:20 AM CST

Flip-Flopping Steele Backed Lott in '02

RNC chair didn't call for resignation over racial comments

(Newser) - If Michael Steele truly thinks Harry Reid’s current situation is similar to Trent Lott’s, he should be pushing for Reid to stay as Senate majority leader. But since he’s not, he’s flip-flopping, Mike Allen writes in Politico . In 2002, Maryland's newly elected lieutenant governor weighed in...

'Negro' Box on 2010 Census Raises Ire

Government contends older blacks use the term

(Newser) - Census respondents this year can identify themselves as “black, African-Am. or Negro,” which does not sit well with some black Americans. “It’s a bad vibe word,” a man tells the New York Daily News of the Negro identification. “Doesn’t agree with my heart....

US Viewers Slam 'Racist' Aussie KFC Ad

Yanks are misinterpreting ad, says KFC

(Newser) - An Australian Kentucky Fried Chicken ad featuring a white cricket fan befriending a black crowd with a bucket of fried chicken has been blasted as racist in the US. The Australian fan in the ad asks "Need a tip when you're stuck in an awkward situation?" while surrounded by...

Locavores No Better Than Racists
 Locavores No Better 
 Than Racists 
OPINION
Dec 29, 2009 8:12 PM CST

Locavores No Better Than Racists

Both value one group's concerns over another's

(Newser) - Proud of yourself for going totally local for your Christmas dinner this year? Did you put on your white hood and go burn a cross afterward? Because the locavore movement is really just a thinly veiled cousin of tribalism and racism,” Ethan Epstein writes of the “profoundly misguided”...

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