Obama Racism

More Racist Online Musings From Young Republican Candidate Revealed

The Daily Beast | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics


Thirty-eight year old Audra Shay's campaign to become the next chairman of the Young Republicans went from obscure to infamous over the past week, aft...

This May Sound Racist, But We're Just Not Down with Green People

Disgrasian | Posted 05.07.2009 | Comedy


Disgrasian

Is it too much inclusiveness? What I mean specifically is...who the hell are these green people?

Doug Fox, North Carolina Official, Resigns Over Racist Email

AP | Mark Johnson | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics


North Carolina's top liquor regulator resigned Tuesday after sending an e-mail that reportedly showed a watermelon patch outside an altered photo of t...

Townhall: Michelle Obama is a Bitch, Get It?

Chris Kelly | Posted 03.23.2009 | Media


Chris Kelly

If you read Burt Prelutsky's columns, you'll see that he isn't a racist; he just has a lot of thoughts about how black people should behave. Ah, Christian-sponsored humor. That's not just funny. That's Jesus funny.

The Murdoch Non-Apology

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 02.24.2009 | Media


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The loud demands will continue that Murdoch back up his kind of sort of apology with real action. But he won't. There's simply too much money in racial trash talk.

Brown v. Monkey

Jehmu Greene | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media


Jehmu Greene

A cartoon is misinterpreted and black organizations see an opportunity to make noise. Meanwhile, Rihanna is beat down by Chris Brown and commentary in the black community is, "What did she do to cause it?"

The Dark Side of Parody

Emil Wilbekin | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media


Emil Wilbekin

Plain and simple, Black folks don't like to be compared to animals -- especially nonhuman primate mammals.

Chimp Cartoon Writes NY Post Editor's Obit

Michael Wolff | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media


Michael Wolff

The fact that Col Allan is now being hung out to dry, and his obituary written, over a cartoon, is more mind blowing to Allan than to anyone else.

Why the New York Post's Crazed Chimp Cartoon Matters

Eric Deggans | Posted 02.20.2009 | Media


Eric Deggans

At a time when the newspaper industry is drowning in red ink, can the New York Post really afford to shrug off an image that has inspired so much anger and condemnation as "just a cartoon?"

Chimp Cartoon Makes Murdoch a Chump

Michael Wolff | Posted 02.19.2009 | Media


Michael Wolff

The Post's editor has described their affect to me as a "post-modern" tabloid, where everybody understands that they are aping, so to speak, its own traditions; it's an exaggeration of an exaggeration, and everybody is in on the joke.

The Cartoon and Trafficking in Racial Symbolism

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 02.19.2009 | Media


Michael Fauntroy

Sean Delonas and the New York Post have hidden behind the horrific details of an event in Connecticut to traffic in racist imagery and gratuitous violence in the name of parody.

How the New York Post Monkey Cartoon Should've Looked

Lee Camp | Posted 02.19.2009 | Media


Lee Camp

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... and They Dreamed

Val Strange | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics


Val Strange

MLK's charismatic call for erasing the divide between blacks and whites still speaks to us today. The similarity of Obama's auspicious message is uncanny. And change: Ready or not, here it comes.

Chip "Barack The Magic Negro" Saltsman's RNC Campaign Ad

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics


Matthew Filipowicz

It's nice to see people being comfortable with who they are. Chip is inspiring Republicans around the country to stand up and say "We are white. We are racist. We are proud."

'Watermelon Roll': More Racism from 'Team Sarah'

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics


Geoffrey Dunn

There is something very ugly happening out there in the hinterlands these days--a brewing cauldron of racist anger being directed at President-elect Barack Obama.

Alaska Racist Emails Against Obama On State Accounts Probed

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska officials are investigating racist jokes about President-elect Barack Obama that have been circulating on state gover...

Obama Win Forces Brazil To Take A Tolerance Check

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 12.05.2008 | World


RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — What struck the Brazilian woman most forcibly as she watched U.S. election returns on television was seeing Barack Obam...

Banish the Black Box

Hermene Hartman | Posted 12.03.2008 | Chicago


Hermene Hartman

As we listen to hard working, intelligent people who lived aborted dreams rather than fulfilled ones, you can't help but to wonder if the Black Box will ever be eliminated.

Less a "House Negro" and More an "HNIC" or Better Yet "The Spook"

Shola Lynch | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics


Shola Lynch

Coming out of a presidential primary and election where race was only skirted around, it is a bit shocking for al-Qaida to take it to the school yard.

I was Thinking...

Sam Greenfield | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics


Sam Greenfield

1) If you are asking for a loan, don't fly in by private jet to firm things up.

Race Crimes Around Country Spurred By Obama's Win

AP | JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics


Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars. Incidents ar...

Did Tiger Woods Pave the Way for Barack Obama?

David Murray | Posted 11.11.2008 | Chicago


David Murray

It's impossible to know for sure what Woods has done over the last decade to soften up white America for a black presidential candidate with similar qualities.

Polish Lawmaker Slurs Obama: Left's 'Black Messiah ... End Of White Civilization'

AP | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics


WARSAW, Poland — Poland's Foreign Ministry has condemned a conservative lawmaker who called U.S. president-elect Barack Obama the "black messiah...

O.J., Post Obama

Derrick K. Baker | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


Derrick K. Baker

In America, sadly, there still are far too many people who see our next president when they see O.J. Simpson.

No Bradley Effect Seen In Presidential Race

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Whether whites supported Barack Obama or not, they don't seem to have lied to pollsters about it. Obama's election triumph on Tues...