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Really. Desperado has already discussed the Sherrod incident here, shared excellent commentary here and here, so I won't rehash the whole mess.  You know what happened. But it's ok, really, it's not the right-wing media's fault, you see.  According to Ann Coulter, Breitbart was set-up by evil liberals.  The whole key to this story is that Andrew Breitbart was set-up. He was sent a tape as we now know was massively out of context. It didn't look...

As I was watching Rachel Maddow's opening segment tonight it brought to mind this comment from Huey Freeman on this morning's post about the Shirley Sherrod firing. Huey wrote:"...what I find to be the most troubling is the story that's not being covered, which is that the right is making a concerted effort play on people's racial fears to bring down the Obama Presidency...The right is playing a sinister game. Instead of trying to...

In a continuous effort to keep it classy among right wingers, Rush Limbaugh, Head of the GOP,  yesterday offered the following commentary regarding the death of Yankee owner George Steinbrenner. From Media Matters: "That cracker made a lot of African-American millionaires.  He fired a bunch of white guys as managers left and right." Listen for more:   I'm not going to say he can't say this stuff, that's what free speech is for.  I am just so...

A wise man once told me, "When you throw a rock at a pack of dogs, the one that gets hit is the one that yells first and loudest." Yesterday, the NAACP threw (emphasis added):"Late this afternoon the NAACP passed a resolution calling on all people -- including tea party leaders -- to condemn racism within the tea party movement. "We feel it's very important that we educate our membership about the tea parties," said Anita...

    Desperado sent me this gem from Media Matters: So... race relations were fine until people started "making it about slavery?"  Was he educated in Texas or South Carolina or something? I almost feel like I'm insulting my readers if I give you a detailed list of the pre-civil-war race clashes.  Of the free blacks that were captured, sold to slavery, beaten, children ripped from them and sold, and on and on and...

Not that it's any great surprise after the immigration law, the targeting of ethnic studies courses, and cracking down on teachers with accents, but the bigots in Arizona are at it again. This time demanding that children's faces on a mural be "lightened": "A group of artists has been asked to lighten the faces of children depicted in a giant public mural at a Prescott school...The "Go on Green" mural, which covers two walls outside...

An update of a story from last summer which confirms one of the eternal truths of life--what goes around, comes around. To refresh your memory:"More than 60 campers from Northeast Philadelphia were turned away from a private swim club and left to wonder if their race was the reason.The Creative Steps Day Camp paid more than $1900 to The Valley Swim Club. The Valley Swim Club is a private club that advertises open membership. But...

When did Arizona completely lose it's ever-loving mind? We haven't discussed the controversial immigration bill yet, but I'm sure everyone is well aware that recently, Arizona passed a law requiring state police to stop any person who looks illegal and require them to show proof that they are U.S. Citizens.   We've seen some supporters of this law contend that it's about illegals, and those hispanics shouldn't have anything to hide if they're not illegals, and...

I wanted to share this fantastic piece with our readers (and encourage you to bookmark the website it comes from).  This really puts a lot of our objection to the tea party methodology into perspective. Imagine if the Tea Party Was Black - Tim Wise  Let's play a game, shall we? The name of the game is called "Imagine." The way it's played is simple: we'll envision recent happenings in the news, but then change them up...

Everyone here knows my pal, Juanita of Juanita Jean's World's Most Dangerous Beauty Salon.  She has a great piece today about the Brazoria Country Commissioner's resolution naming April  "Confederate History and Heritage Month".  As she points out, though, they rewrote just a wee bit of history in their resolution, claiming that Texas didn't fight in the Civil War over slavery, forgetting these two really important tidbits:Sam Houston resigned the governor's office when Texas voted to...