On Saturday, Water Scott, 50, was shot and killed by Officer Michael T. Slager of the North Charleston, South Carolina, police department, after a traffic stop. According to Slager’s initial report, Scott tried to take his Taser, and in the struggle, Slager had to fire in self-defense. Yesterday, a video surfaced from an anonymous witness. In contradiction of Slager’s account, Scott is seen turning to … Read More
Too Many “Ethnics” On TV?
Wow, this article is offensive. Just the title alone — “Pilots 2015: The Year of Ethnic Castings – About Time or Too Much of Good Thing?” — stinks. [Note to author Nellie Andreeva — the word “ethnic” means “of or relating to races or large groups of people who have the same customs, religion, origin, etc.” — which means white people are “ethnic” … Read More
Suicide Or Lynching?
The last person who saw Otis Byrd before he disappeared was a friend who dropped him off on March 2 at a casino in Vicksburg, Miss. Byrd, 54, enjoyed going to casinos every so often before he went missing, a family member toldlocal television station KMBC. He reportedly attended church regularly and held down various jobs, including work on an … Read More
Michele Fiore Tries Even Harder To Replace Bachman
It was only a few weeks ago that I wrote about Michele Fiore, a local congresswoman in Nevada, where I wondered aloud if she was to become the next Michelle Bachman. It seems that she’s still trying to win my heart, using an offensive racial term common in the 1960s to describe an African American colleague. Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, R-Las Vegas, … Read More
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Racists Lawyer Up
Really? The local chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon is planning to pursue legal action against the University of Oklahoma, and possibly OU President David Boren. The group has hired high-profile attorney, Stephen Jones to represent them. Jones told NewsChannel 4 the group is outraged over President Boren shutting down the fraternity house and branding all SAE members as racists and … Read More
Rush Limbaugh Wonders Why White People Can’t Use Racial Epithets
Facepalm: Rush Limbaugh is at it again. The conservative radio host surely seethed with indignation as he watched every decent-minded human being around him express outrage at a video of fraternity brothers chanting racist lyrics. On Wednesday, he finally spoke up. The problem wasn’t the words that the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) brothers were chanting, Limbaugh claims. It was the … Read More
News That Is Not News
What? There are racists in the Oklahoma State greek system? Really? In Oklahoma? The scandal isn’t that this exists. It’s that it took a viral video for the school to actually do something about it.
The White Male Oscars
I will do my Oscar predictions in the weeks to come, but in case you haven’t heard, not a single actor or actress of color was recognized by the Academy this year, despite a number of acclaimed films featuring non-white casts and directors. The last time there was no non-white in any of the four acting categories, and directing category, … Read More
Excuse Me, But Weren’t We Talking About Something Else?
It wasn’t that long ago when the nation’s focus was on cop-on-black killing. Heck, even some conservative pundits were troubled by what was going on. But then focus changed. Tom Tomorrow documents it: Yup.
3rd Highest Ranking Republican Admits Speaking At White Supremacist Group Conference
A rather auspicious start for the GOP’s attempt to re-brand itself and make itself appealing to minorities: Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the House majority whip, acknowledged Monday that he spoke at a gathering hosted by white-supremacist leaders while serving as a state representative in 2002, thrusting a racial controversy into House Republican ranks days before the party assumes control of … Read More
No Indictments Against Police Who Killed Eric Garner
Unbelievable. And yeah, even Jon Stewart is flummoxed. It is certainly a bit surreal to see Stewart, normally upbeat and cynical, seem so hopelessly frustrated as he spoke about this entire situation. The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook,Daily Show Video Archive Update:
Cowboy Copz
I maintain that, under the legal system and the legal standards, the Ferguson grand jury did not have probable cause to indict Officer Darren Wilson. That should prompt a discussion as to whether the legal system is sufficient to take care of what is clearly a national problem — the prevalence of cop-on-black violence. But that discussion is for another day I write here … Read More
Grand Jury Announcement Today In Michael Brown Shooting
A decision has been reached by the grand jury deliberating whether to bring charges against Darren Wilson, the officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO. I fully expect that no charges will be brought, and all hell will break loose. Pretty predictable actually. Laws give the police wide latitude in using deadly force. Maybe those laws shouldn’t give wide latitude, … Read More
Anonymous Pulls The Hoods Off Klan Members
A number of Twitter accounts allegedly belonging to the Ku Klux Klan have been hacked by the Australian branch of activist group Anonymous. The accounts, including @YourKKKcentral and @KuKluxKlanUSA, were seized after Anonymous declared “cyber warfare” on the racist group. Members of the KKK have been threatening to use “lethal force” against demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri, who are protesting about … Read More
Role Of Black Churches In Elections
A small graph from today’s New York TImes shows why Republicans are so keen to restrict early voting, especially on Sundays — it is when blacks go to the polls: .