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From The Room: Fox News Doesn't Care About Black People
January 21, 2009 - At Fox News, inauguration day looked like the first afternoon a Negro used the local country club tennis courts following a legal settlement. While there were many forced smiles and obligatory discussions of this "historic" day, there was just as much complaining about the size of the event, the ex...
From The Room: The Audacity of the Vatican
December 23, 2008 - Remember back in November when lots of Black people were on TV saying that they would continue to tell their children that they could grow up to be anything they wanted to be, except now they'd really mean it? Well...Filed under: Obama, race, race relations, post-racial era, Time, NPR, media, first black president, Papacy, Pope, no black Popes, Vatican, religion, Catholicism
From The Room: Yay! Racism Is Over!
December 22, 2008 - We elected a black guy! Pretty sweet. When I turned on the news after Barack Obama won the election, I saw white people tripping over each other to declare that racism was over. Nothing makes me happier than seeing rich white pundits shed a bit of their white guilt in...Filed under: racism, race relations, Barack Obama, racism over, racism declared over, President-elect Obama, race, race in America, U.S., politics, media, Anderson Coopers
From The Room: How Other Minorities Can Rise in the Political World
December 10, 2008 - With the events of the last few weeks, we finally know exactly what black people were willing to give up in order to get Barack Obama in the White House: OJ Simpson. What must other minorities volunteer to get their political ambitions fulfilled...Filed under: OJ Simpson, Barack Obama, black people, race relations, race, U.S., race in America, Jews, Asians, women, Republicans, Latinos
Today is the last day of our pre-post-racial lives
November 4, 2008 - The expected results of today's presidential election will thrust Americans into a "post-racial" society. A "President Obama" means that any black person with a white mother can become president. Also, white people can stop shifting uncomfortably when "Glory" comes on their teevees. Free at last, fr...Filed under: race, race post-race, post-racial, election post-racial, Today's election, election 2008, race in the presidential election, obama racism, american racism, america race issue, america's race issue, first black president, tonight's election, tonight's returns, voting, voting election 2008, presidential election 2008 return, presidential election barack obama, obama to win, mccain to win, who is more likely to win, obama's chances, obama will be first black president, obama first black american preside, obama first black u.s. president
From The Room: Hey, Racists! Let's Make a Deal
October 22, 2008 - Hey, Racists! Let's make a deal. You can tell everyone that you voted for McCain and yell to whomever will listen that you will never/did not vote for a black man. But Racists, guess what? You're alone in that voting booth. No one will ever know. Vote...Filed under: race, racists, racists Obama, racists should vote for Obama, Barack Obama, Election 2008
DNC: Barack Obama is as American as not voting
August 18, 2008 - The Democratic Convention less than a week away, and Team Obama is taking no chances. The New York Times reports that the Senator's handlers an...Filed under: Barack Obama otherness, Obama otherness, Barack Obama other, Obama other, Barack Obama American, Obama American, Obama all-American, DNC American, Democratic National Convention American, Barack Obama race, Obama race, Obama race card, Barack Obama patriotism, Obama patriotism, Barack Obama change, Obama change, Barack Obama shared values, Obama shared values, shared values, interfaith gathering, Obama interfaith gathering, DNC interfaith gathering, Obama email attacks, Davis Guggenheim, Obama grandfather, Obama maternal grandfather, Obama Davis Guggenheim, Obama acceptance speech, Hillary Clinton nomination, Hillary Clinton DNC, Obama Americana
From The Feed: Fox news anchor wasn't saying Obama was a terrorist -- just reporting it
June 10, 2008 - E.D. Hill made an uh-oh yesterday while talking about Senator Obama's "body language." Today on "America's Pulse" she Foxapologizes...Filed under: media, fox, clips, top, race, terrorist fist jab, E.D. Hill, fist bump, barack obama, apology, America's Pulse, what is a fist bump, secret handshake, michelle obama
From The Feed: People who must be unaware that they are on TV continue to discuss the Obama fist bump at length (video)
June 9, 2008 - The fist bump insanity never ends. E.D. Hill and others on Fox News manage to keep a straight face while pretending the Oba...Filed under: media, fox, clips, top, race, terrorist fist jab, E.D. Hill, fist bump, barack obama, what is a fist bump, secret handshake, michelle obama
From The Feed: Harriet Christian, Fox News' best friend, responds to Neil "where are the boobies?" Cavuto (video)
June 3, 2008 - Harriet Christian, the crazed Hillary supporter is reprising her role in "12 Angry Biddies" on "Your World with Neil Cavuto...
From The Room: How to Deal with the Historic '08 Candidacies
March 19, 2008 - This campaign has been tough on everybody, but particularly on members of the media who find themselves stymied when trying to navigate this year's historic candidacy minefield. And since all three candidates have proven to be a bit, shall we say, delicate, a hastily compiled handy reference guide a...
Hucka-seeya!
March 5, 2008 - Former Arkansas Governor, Mike Huckabee finally dropped out of the presidential race Tuesday night, conceding the nomination to John McCain, who had already started ordering his "2008 Republican Nominee" business cards and stationery over a month ago. The squirrel-devouring, bass-playing Baptist mi...Does Mike Huckabee need a Huck-ervention?
February 10, 2008 - With Mitt Romney's departure from the race, John McCain is now the inevitable Republican nominee. That is, unless you ask Mike Huckabee. With big wins this weekend in Kansas and Louisiana, it seems that The Huck actually t...
From The Room: America's Not Ready for A Black President? Sometimes "No" Means "Yes"
February 6, 2008 - When deciding between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, there are plenty of arguments that can be made for either one. However, the argument that drives me insane is when people simply say, "Listen, I'd love for Obama to win, but the truth is the country's not ready for...There are 12 kinds of black people and none of them want to mug you
February 4, 2008 - A consultant for BET has divided African-Americans into twelve demographics. According to the Starcom Mediavest Group, 20% of blacks are "backboners," which includes nurses, postal workers and bus drivers. Backboners tend to "get things done." "Devouts," who are religious non-consumers with modest...
