Category Archive: racism

Dec 05 2012

Tell Me Again About Our Post-Racial Society

Lovers holding hands. Image courtesy Tanjila Ahmed.

Actually, tell it to Ashley Miller’s dad, who disowned her for dating outside her race. He apparently didn’t get the memo about racism being a thing of the past. A scene with two lovers holding hands in which there is some contrast in skin tone is, to him, so intolerable that he must cut his …

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Jul 16 2009

Sessions Succombs to Friendly Fire; Elsewhere, Buchanan Takes Aim at GOP’s Foot

A number of things has the far right completely unhinged, but they’re really coming apart over Sotomayor’s nomination: But a few right-wing activists not only think they can still rally some opposition to Sotomayor’s nomination, they’re doing so in the cheapest, most ridiculous way possible. Yesterday, we noticed that the Committee for Justice had just …

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Jul 02 2009

No, Really, Rep. Chassaniol: You’re a Racist

How do we know this? Well, there’s the small matter of belonging to a racist organization: This past weekend, the white supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC) held its annual conference at the Cabot Lodge on the campus of Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss. The “surprise guest,” Mississippi State Sen. Lydia Chassaniol (R-14th District), was …

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May 02 2009

When Racists Attack: House of Representatives Edition

Stay classy, Steve: Yesterday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) took to the House floor for an hour-long speech consisting of tired denunciations of Obama shaking hands with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and more hysterical complaints about how new hate crime legislation protects gays. During his tirade, King decided to direct part of his vitriol at the …

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