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Why I'm Grateful for Joe Wilson and the Fury of Racists

Keli Goff | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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Keli Goff

Some people's racism has been brought to the fore because the America they thought they knew is changing to an America in which a Black man can get elected president and their very own children applaud.

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Obama, America and Race

Robert Slayton | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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Robert Slayton

Obama is a lot of things that are scary, and only one of these is the fact that he is black.

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Jason Linkins

Lanny Davis Wants Everyone To Be Nicer To Each Other

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

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Professional Beltway bile-sack Lanny Davis, in between shilling for Central American coup d'etats and helping Whole Foods CEO John Mackey achieve subject-verb agreement in anti-health care reform op-eds, has found the time for a new hobby: teaching Americans to be nicer to each other!

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The Carter Statement

Hermene Hartman | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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Hermene Hartman

There is no comfortable time to discuss America's racial issues. There is no right time. There will always be something else more pressing. America needs to look its racism in the mirror.

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How Race Turns up the Volume on Incivility: A Scientifically Informed Post-Mortem to a Controversy

Drew Westen | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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Drew Westen

What's been missing from our national discourse on "is it race or isn't it?" is the distinction psychologists and neuroscientists have made for over two decades between conscious and unconscious prejudice.

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Is Racism To Blame For The Angry Discourse In America?

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

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Dr. Judith Rich

The question remains: How do we deal with the mounting anger in America before it's too late and we have another national tragedy on our hands and souls? Are we mature enough as a country to have an honest discourse on the roots of anger in America today?

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Obama at the UN: Will He Sound the Trumpet for Human Rights?

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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Rabbi Abraham Cooper

What an opportunity for Obama, after a tumultuous eight months in office, to announce at the UN an auspicious new beginning for his Administration by sounding America's trumpet as the champion of human rights.

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Bill Clinton: Carter Wrong On Obama And Racism

AP | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton says he doesn't think racism is a principal factor in resistance to President Barack Obama's plan for...

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Carter: Chavez Becoming Authoritarian

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

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BOGOTA, Colombia — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he is disappointed by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and concerned he is increasin...

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I Just Hate Black People

Richard Zombeck | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Anderson Cooper, James Carville, Jimmy Carter, Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Politics News
Richard Zombeck

Maybe the initial motives of a few are social and political but plenty of racist whack-jobs are jumping on the crazy train for their own message.

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Head in the Sand?

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Clarence B. Jones

On issues of race, Obama will forever be either the man who healed the septic wound that runs across the back of this nation, or the man who turned away from the mirror to solve more "practical" issues.

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Sever the Link Between Populism and Racism

Scott Kurashige | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

Read More: History, David Brooks, Racism, Jimmy Carter, Glenn Beck, Immigration, Tea Party, Barack Obama, Media News
Scott Kurashige

David Brooks is a very clever and gifted writer. But his latest piece repudiating the role of race in the vitriolic backlash against Obama just doesn't pass muster.

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Racism, John McCain and Other Republicans

Norm Stamper | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Norm Stamper

In 1976, 30 of my 31 police officers confessed to on-the-job use of the most vile, invective, racist language you can imagine. How do we confront the barefaced bigotry we see today?

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Anger in America

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Joe Peyronnin

Politicians are too focused on scoring short term political points and securing corporate donations for their campaign. No wonder everyone is so angry.

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Defending Unpatriotic Racism

Robbie Gennet | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Robbie Gennet

They say the best offense is a good defense. Our only real defense against right wing insanity is to put them on the defense and keep them there.

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Where Does Social Media Start, and a Mainstream Media News Cycle Die?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

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Phil Bronstein

When and how a news story begins, and what the steps are in between that moment and Jimmy Carter offering his final, funereal judgment, are interesting questions.

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Thank You Jimmy Carter

Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

There's a raging disdain and disrespect for this president unseen in U.S. political history. And it's because he's black. I'll say it again: it's because he's black.

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Jimmy Carter's Words Give Media Outlets a Gigantic Excuse to Look Hard at Racism and Some Obama Critics

Eric Deggans | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

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Eric Deggans

It took a former president using blunt language to get the nation's chattering class to focus on an issue that has troubled some since the first first Tea Bag protestor tossed a pouch of Lipton into the Potomac.

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Who You Calling a Racist?

Michael Wolff | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Michael Wolff

How is it that racism has been so successfully rejected as a description, precisely by the people it is meant to describe? How can they so stubbornly deny their obvious feelings, and why would they want to?

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Carter Racism Charge Triggers Next U.S. Race Debate

Christian Science Monitor | Patrik Jonsson | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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In asserting that some Obama foes are prejudiced, the ex-president rekindles a difficult discussion. The right sees it as a way to squelch legitimate ...

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Do You Agree with President Carter's Comments?

Karen Finney | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Karen Finney

Change -- even change you want or need -- can be scary. Some articulate these fears by saying: "I don't recognize my own country."

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Carter On Racism: White House Disagrees

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama doesn't believe he's being criticized because of his race. Spokesman Robert Gibbs said...

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The GOP Is Too Crazy To Be Racist

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

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John R. Bohrer

The color of the President's skin does not matter to the lunatics dictating the direction of the Republican Party. I mean, it matters in that it's icing on the cake -- but they were baking regardless of all that.

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Jimmy Carter: 'Hamid Karzai Has Stolen the Election'

Aaron Glantz | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

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Aaron Glantz

Carter's comments came as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael Mullen, said the U.S. military would need to send more troops to Afghanistan to battle the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.

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Jimmy Carter: Wilson's Outburst 'Based On Racism' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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ATLANTA (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst to President Barack Obama during a speech to Congress ...

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