There is no evidence that racial or ethnic profiling decreases terrorism. Instead, it alienates the very constituencies that are needed to prevail against terrorist plots.
Andrea Nill, Think Progress AlterNet: Immigration. January 25, 2010.
Santa Clarita councilman Bob Kellar made the remark at an anti-immigration rally, but insists he did not mean to "express animosity towards non-whites."
Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: World. January 13, 2010.
In remarks made on his TV program, Robertson claimed that Haitian slaves won their freedom by bargaining with the Devil, who just got his due. (With video)
Melissa Harris-Lacewell, The Nation. January 12, 2010.
If we weeded out every lawmaker guilty of racial insensitivity, Congress would be empty. A far bigger problem is the structures of inequality reflected in gaffes like Reid's.
A voter referendum prohibiting the construction of minarets in Switzerland is part of a disturbing, anti-Muslim trend that's been working its way through Europe for years.
Melissa Harris-Lacewell, The Nation. November 30, 2009.
With Michelle Obama in the White House, I expected a resurgence of the Claire Huxtable stereotype. Instead, hideous depictions of abusive, irresponsible black moms are everywhere.
Michelle Chen, ColorLines RaceWire. November 18, 2009.
We can argue about the nuances of immigration reform all we want. But the real conversation begins when -- and only when -- we acknowledge elements of structural racism.
