Bigotry

When Bigotry Is A Mirror

James Peron | Posted 05.16.2012

James Peron

Some assume that quoting an anti-gay gay means they aren't bigoted. Citing a bigot, even one who is a member of the group against whom he is bigoted, does not exonerate you. If anything, it shows how desperate you are to justify your position.

The Merchants of Bigotry

Sanjay Sanghoee | Posted 05.14.2012

Sanjay Sanghoee

Giving someone like Ted, Rush or Glenn a national megaphone to advocate bigotry, while making a massive profit out of it, has nothing to do with protecting the First Amendment, but with making lots of money. It is big business, pure and simple.

If That's Love, How Bad Is Their Hate?

James Peron | Posted 04.05.2012

James Peron

These consequences of anti-gay Christian fundamentalism include suffering children, sons who hang themselves, older brothers who vanish from the family, distant grandchildren, and lonely deathbeds. All this, they tell us, is done out of love. How much worse could hate be, then?

Trayvon Martin, Draftee

Stephen Herrington | Posted 04.02.2012

Stephen Herrington

I mourn for Trayvon. I mourn for Tulsa. I mourn for a hundred years of lynching. I mourn for three centuries of slavery as I mourn for Wounded Knee and the Trail of Tears.

Steps the FBI Must Take to Remedy Misinformation Campaign About Arabs and Muslims

James Zogby | Posted 03.31.2012

James Zogby

There must be an acknowledgment of the wrong that has been done to our communities and to our country's ability to respectfully engage with Arabs and Muslims. This is vital to our future as Americans.

Gray Lady Bigotry -- The Acceptable Exception

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.26.2012

Gary Shapiro

In her March 18 column, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd wrote a scathing and nasty indictment of Presidential candidate Mitt Romney based on his...

A Fury of Bigotry in an Unhinged Primary Season

Hamilton Fish | Posted 05.03.2012

Hamilton Fish

Political campaigns at their best are a kind of morality play, and now a primary season that was supposed to be about the economy has suddenly erupted into a fury of bigotry and religious zealotry.

In Defense Of Bigotry

Rev. Susan Russell | Posted 04.28.2012

Rev. Susan Russell

Yes, I rise to defend bigotry -- but not to defend acts of bigotry that get in the way of our being that nation "with liberty and justice for all." Rather, I rise to defend the naming of those acts as bigotry.

What I.Q. Study Reveals About Racists

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Searles | Posted 03.28.2012

Are racists dumb? Do conservatives tend to be less intelligent than liberals? A provocative new study from Brock University in Ontario suggests the an...

Why We Should Be Grateful for Newt Gingrich

Monique Ruffin | Posted 03.25.2012

Monique Ruffin

Newt Gingrich is the gift that keeps on giving. Why? Because he brings out from the cover of darkness the shadow that exists within us. He makes no apologies for, nor acknowledges his actions that most of us find unforgivable and shameful.

Being A (Temporary) Ambassador To France

Seth Engel | Posted 03.16.2012

Seth Engel

I believe that, if one has the economic opportunity to do so, travelling is in fact the most American thing you can do.

Paul's Fetish on Civil Rights

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.03.2012

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Paul's oft times uttered quip that private business owners have an absolute right to decide what to do with their own property; to make his point that it is legally wrong to tell private business owners what they can do with their business is laughable.

Am I A Bigot for Not Letting My Kids Celebrate Christmas?

Deborah Gaines | Posted 02.21.2012

Deborah Gaines

My youngest son was entranced by his buddy's Christmas Village and helped "redecorate" it with tanks and soldiers -- now part of their Christmas tradition. "The price of peace is eternal vigilance," his father laughed. All this makes me profoundly uncomfortable.

All-American Muslims, Meet Un-Christ-Like Christians

Christian Piatt | Posted 02.20.2012

Christian Piatt

In railing against the depiction of Muslims as mainstream Americans, the forces behind FFA expose in their own ranks the very fundamentalist type of aggression they claim to fear.

Corporations Pulling Ads From All-American Muslim Are Engaged In Jim Crow-Style Discrimination

Abdulrahman El-Sayed | Posted 02.11.2012

Abdulrahman El-Sayed

By pulling its advertisements from a television show meant to normalize the Muslim experience, Lowe's and other corporations have tapped into that murky history of institutional discrimination.

A New Lowe For Anti-Muslim Bigotry

Kari Ansari | Posted 02.11.2012

Kari Ansari

Sadly, a small group of anti-Islam bigots were able to hoodwink a major American retailer into thinking an innocuous show is some sort of stealth jihad on America.

Keep Religion Out of Politics

Abraham H. Foxman | Posted 01.15.2012

Abraham H. Foxman

All candidates of good faith must swiftly, publicly and definitively reject and repudiate religious-based election appeals.

John and Ken: The Best Apology Is a Farewell Message

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 12.20.2011

Jorge-Mario Cabrera

If Clear Channel is sincere about their intent to serve Los Angeles' diverse communities they should take John and Ken off the air immediately.

Hate: The Tie That Binds the Religious Right

James Peron | Posted 12.13.2011

James Peron

Since fundamentalists make up the bulk of the Religious Right today, and they loathe their Mormon and Catholic allies, what keeps this coalition together? Only finding a perceived enemy, whom they all hate more than each other, allows them to work together.

Know Nothings and Immigrants: Some Things Never Change

James Peron | Posted 12.05.2011

James Peron

The complaints that were made about Irish immigrants are pretty similar to those we hear today about Mexican immigrants. The xenophobes insisted the Irish were lazy, prone to crime, drank too much, and were stealing jobs from good white Americans.

DADT May Be Gone, But Its Bigoted Legacy Remains

Noah Baron | Posted 11.22.2011

Noah Baron

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" might be over, but the legacy of second-class status for LGBT Americans, including those who serve in the military, is not.

Can Ethnic Pride Translate into Hatred?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 11.01.2011

Daniel Cubias

Does being an activist for your own race mean discriminating against others?

The Day Hate Became Everyone's Problem

Abraham H. Foxman | Posted 08.30.2011

Abraham H. Foxman

If the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor was, in the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the "date that shall live in infamy," 9/11 was the "day that hate became everyone's problem."

Anti-Muslim Sentiment Clouds $1M Gift To Joplin Schools

Randy Turner | Posted 10.10.2011

Randy Turner

Who could argue with such an outpouring of humanity? Who could argue with the evidence of the effect Joplin has had on the world? Sadly, some of those who are arguing come from within Joplin.

Confronting Bigotry in Surfing

Zach Weisberg | Posted 09.13.2011

Zach Weisberg

While surfing (like most sports) can be a transcendent unifier, it has also developed an astoundingly ironic and nuanced culture. To a large extent, surf culture thrives on divisiveness.