Tag: racism
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Mississippi, where it’s always 1964
Disturbing. We asked voters on this poll whether they think interracial marriage should be legal or illegal- 46% of Mississippi Republicans said it should be illegal to just 40% who think it should be legal. Guess which GOP candidate does best among that 46 percent? Palin’s net favorability with folks who think interracial marriage should…
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Noted & Quoted, Vin Diesel edition
HILTON: I went out with that guy last night. Which guy? HILTON (points to an actor in Saving Private Ryan): We were making out, but then we went somewhere where it was bright and I saw he was black and made an excuse and left. I can’t stand black guys. I would never touch one.…
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Only in Mississippi. And maybe Alabama. Arkansas, perhaps …
When you can’t bring yourself to condemn efforts to recognize a founder of the Ku Klux Klan on Mississippi specialty license plates, you have no business being president. This is the same Haley Barbour who, in a recent interview, defended the notorious Citizen Councils. Related Articles Forget Haley Barbour. Spidey has gone white pridey.…
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The courage of a 9 yo
Ronald McNair, killed in the Challenger explosion 25 years ago, would merit remembrance had he never become an astronaut. In 1959, when McNair was just nine years old, he famously made a scene at the Lake City Public Library. Residents stared the African American boy down and watched as he walked to the main counter…
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Is Rush Limbaugh a racist?
“First they came for Rush Limbaugh and called his satire racist, and I didn’t speak out because Rush Limbaugh is a conservative,” a Breitbart blogger opines. “Then they came for Dr. Laura and called her commentary racist, and I didn’t speak out because Dr. Laura is a conservative…” I’ll gladly speak out, though I’m not…
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Sanitizing history
From the people who gave you the epithet-free version of “Huckleberry Finn”: “I’ll never be out-African-Americaned again!” —George Wallace
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