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On AlterNet: race

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "race"

Gook: John McCain's Racism and Why It Matters

Gook: John McCain's Racism and Why It Matters

Jason Barnett, The Uptake AlterNet: Video. July 23, 2008.
A new book chronicles McCain's racist views.

The Hypocrisy and Racism of the San Diego Minutemen

The Hypocrisy and Racism of the San Diego Minutemen

Kyle Hussein de Beausset, Citizen Orange AlterNet: Video. July 22, 2008.
Caught on tape at the National Council of La Raza.

Nelson Mandela's Activist Legacy

Nelson Mandela's Activist Legacy

Brave New Films, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 21, 2008.
Charlie Rose celebrates Mandela's 90th birthday.

New York Times Blames Obama for not Eliminating Racism in America

New York Times Blames Obama for not Eliminating Racism in America

Zenbowl, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. July 16, 2008.
The stats are manipulated and the foundation of the argument is faulty; not to mention the man isn't even in office yet.

Black Ohio Neighborhood Denied Water for Decades

Black Ohio Neighborhood Denied Water for Decades

Eoin O'Carroll, Christian Science Monitor. July 14, 2008.
A federal jury found that local authorities were denying a black community public water service because of their race.

Is It Getting Easier to Raise a Biracial Child?

Is It Getting Easier to Raise a Biracial Child?

Heidi Schnakenberg, AlterNet. July 11, 2008.
Our "interracial couple" status was never a huge issue. Then, we became pregnant.

Race-Baiting Former Senator Jesse Helms Has Died

Race-Baiting Former Senator Jesse Helms Has Died

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 4, 2008.
Conservative Republican railed against "Negro hoodlums", opposed the Voting Rights Act, backed terrorists, and died an unrepentant segregationist.

Surviving a Weekend with America's Premiere Pro-White Activist Group

Surviving a Weekend with America's Premiere Pro-White Activist Group

Gabriel Thompson, AlterNet. July 4, 2008.
Meet the Council of Conservative Citizens -- a group that offers a biblical defense of slavery and laments the surivival of African babies.

Wall-E's Wal-Mart Robot Conspiracy Exposed

Wall-E's Wal-Mart Robot Conspiracy Exposed

Brave New Films, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 1, 2008.
The Wall-E theory of humanity.

Nader Plays the Race Card

Nader Plays the Race Card

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. June 30, 2008.
Nader holds Obama to a different standard than he holds McCain or any other white mainstream politician; a standard based solely on his color.

Don Imus Remix: What Color Is He?

Don Imus Remix: What Color Is He?

ZP Heller, Huffington Post AlterNet: Video. June 30, 2008.
A spoof of Imus's latest racist remarks.

There's Something Missing from Mommy Lit

There's Something Missing from Mommy Lit

Deesha Philyaw, Bitch Magazine. June 28, 2008.
Bookstores are brimming with motherhood memoirs. But why are so few of them penned by women of color?

Today in Incongruity: Nader Accuses Obama of

Today in Incongruity: Nader Accuses Obama of "Talking White"

Pandagon AlterNet: PEEKJune 25, 2008.
Black and white confuse former Green.

LA Teacher Fired for Teaching Students to Think

LA Teacher Fired for Teaching Students to Think

Feministe AlterNet: PEEKJune 20, 2008.
Students rally behind inspirational instructor.

Draft Dave Chapelle!

Draft Dave Chapelle!

Kathy G, The G-Spot AlterNet: PEEK. June 20, 2008.
Satirist needed to deflate race-based absurdity choking national discourse.

Domestic terrorists plotting against Obama

Domestic terrorists plotting against Obama

David Neiwert, Orcinus AlterNet: PEEK. June 16, 2008.
Militia bust reveals right-wing plans for race war.

Race and Extreme Inequality

Race and Extreme Inequality

Dedrick Muhammad, The Nation. June 14, 2008.
Will Obama's presidential candidacy signal a change for impoverished African-Americans?

Combatting Dishonest Military Recruitment

Roberto Lovato, Of America AlterNet: PEEK. June 12, 2008.
How the military recruits young people of color into endless war.

Fox News: Racist to the Core

Fox News: Racist to the Core

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: Election 2008. June 12, 2008.
The news network plays the racial card and attacks Michelle Obama.

Clint Vs. Spike: Eastwood Misses the Point of Lee's Criticism

Clint Vs. Spike: Eastwood Misses the Point of Lee's Criticism

Trey Ellis, Huffington Post. June 11, 2008.
As is typical in this kind of exchange, the white accused of racism fails to understand the subtlety of the black complaint.

The Media Don’t Care About The Other Kind Of Terrorists

The Media Don’t Care About The Other Kind Of Terrorists

David Neiwert, Firedoglake AlterNet: Media and Technology. June 11, 2008.
In the media's eyes, only brown people are terrorists.

The Sorrows of Race and Gender in the 2008 Election

The Sorrows of Race and Gender in the 2008 Election

Robert Jensen, AlterNet. May 30, 2008.
Much of what made progressive movements great has been lost in America's pathological entitlement, exceptionalism, and imperialism.

Too Poor to Parent

Too Poor to Parent

Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: PEEK. May 26, 2008.
Why does society blame black mothers for one of our nation's pressing social ills?

Too Poor to Parent?

Too Poor to Parent?

Gaylynn Burroughs, Ms. Magazine. May 23, 2008.
Black children are twice as likely to enter U.S. foster care than white children. The culprit: our inattention to poverty.

Pat Buchanan's Racist Paranoid Freakout

Pat Buchanan's Racist Paranoid Freakout

Brave New Films, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. May 15, 2008.
You know you're in trouble when Chris Matthews is the voice of reason...