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.
Adam Luna, America's Voice. November 24, 2009. The Federation for American Immigration Reform is holding auditions to promote hate. Here's how you can get the part!
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.
Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. November 17, 2009. In a recent study, prejudiced people were more likely to support the health plan when it was linked to Bill Clinton, than when it was linked to Obama.
David Neiwert, Orcinus AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 13, 2009. They're being much more public in their full-on expressions of racism, nativism, and xenophobia.
Aaron Glantz, New America Media. November 10, 2009. NAM Editor Aaron Glantz spoke to former Marine Corps Cpl. Dave Hassan, who served in Iraq. Hassan said that while he was there, racist language was so pervasive he used it himself.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. October 19, 2009. I'm no constitutional scholar, but I don't think there's any guaranteed right to own an NFL team written anywhere in the constitution.
Dave Zirin, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. October 16, 2009. Rush: "This is the latest assault on people who believe in rugged individualism and liberty and freedom."
Kos, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. October 14, 2009. It's ugly stuff, and CNN can't ignore it forever. The network has a choice. Either attract Latino viewers, or alienate them. It certainly can't do both.
Jonathan L. Walton, Religion Dispatches. October 10, 2009. The president reminds Glenn Beck, and those who identify with his white neo-nationalism, of the lie of their own professed superiority.
Michelle Goldberg, The American Prospect. October 2, 2009. For years, the religious right tried to lose its racist image, reverting to homophobia as its hatred of choice. As it joins the Tea Party fray, it may once again have to own both.
Don Hazen, AlterNet. September 29, 2009. Protest campaigns urging CNN to dump Dobbs are gathering momentum. Will 'the most trusted name in news' do the right thing?
Melissa Harris-Lacewell, The Nation. September 24, 2009. Racism is not the the sole domain of Republicans, Conservatives or Southerners. Being liberal does not give you a free pass on racial politics.
Aimee Allison, AlterNet. September 22, 2009. The Discovery Channel's series spreads dangerous myths, focusing on the worst racial stereotypes and uses sensational police footage to depict crimes of poverty.
Media Matters, Media Matters for America AlterNet: PEEK. September 17, 2009. America's Voice, the National Council of La Raza and the Southern Poverty Law Center, among others, want CNN to dump Lou Dobbs for spouting racially-charged conspiracy theories.
