Posts Tagged ‘Racism’

Dateline Los Angeles: Glamorous Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan caused controversy today when she referred to Barack Obama as “our first colored president” in an interview with Access Hollywood (which is only available on something called “television”)!  Apparently, nobody’s told the dreamy actress that dark-skinned leaders have recently made it known that they should be called [...]

This morning, I spoke to a (white) friend who immigrated to the US from South Africa.  He tells me that he’s having trouble deciding which meant more to him, his vote for Barack Obama or the one he cast  in 1994 for Nelson Mandela.

From CrooksandLiars:

This is one of the most inspiring stories I’ve ever read. Here’s the first paragraph and a photo of Ms. Jones:

Amanda Jones, 109, the daughter of a man born into slavery, has lived a life long enough to touch three centuries. And after voting consistently as a Democrat for 70 years, she has voted early for [...]

Why do Republicans always use the same unoriginal, dumb tactics to try and keep black people from voting?
A phony flier, purporting to be from the Virginia Board of Elections, is circulating in the African-American-heavy Hampton Roads region of the state, falsely informing people that, because of expected high turnout, Democrats should vote on November 5th.
The election is [...]

The thought process and political insight of a McCain voter in Florida:
“I don’t believe these polls,” said America Blanca, a 44-year-old small business owner from Miami who wore a red dress and was visibly pumped up by the rally. “Not one of them. Because it’s the kids answering the polls on the computers. Their parents [...]

Reputed double-minority Matt Drudge has the red headlines up at his site. To him, the news of the day is not that Colin Powell today endorsed Barack Obama, but that he (Powell) claims that the endorsement has nothing to do with race. Drudge helpfully reminds readers that Powell previously said that having a black president would [...]

Yesterday, it was Alabamians acting in a way most people would expect of them. Today, a group of California Republicans are feeling a little defensive after getting caught creating and distributing this vile,  monumentally dumb Obama food stamp “parody.”

My favorite part of this story is not the schadenfreude at seeing these racists get busted, and [...]

Today’s New York Times has an interesting article on southerners’ (particularly Alabamians) views of the presidential election and Barack Obama’s race (Via TPM):
“He’s neither-nor,” said Ricky Thompson, a pipe fitter who works at a factory north of Mobile, while standing in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart store just north of here. “He’s other. It’s in [...]

And by “stick to the issues,” I mean erect a racist billboard depicting Barack Obama as a terrorist:

(H/T: SD)