Black kids turned away from a private pool for fear that it would "change the complexion" of the facility: 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. "I heard this lady, she was like, 'Uh, what are all these black kids doing here?' … Read More
Nobody’s Down With The GOP
Ugly numbers from the latest Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll: REPUBLICAN PARTY FAV UNFAV NO OPINION ALL 24 71 5 MEN 32 63 5 WOMEN 16 79 5 DEM 5 94 1 REP 70 22 8 IND 15 78 7 OTH/REF 19 76 5 NON VOTERS 14 81 5 WHITE 31 64 5 BLACK 3 94 3 LATINO 8 86 … Read More
Rush’s Unique Colorblindness
Rush, on Hannity, June 5, 2009, on what makes the GOP so great: We don't look at a group of people and pick out the number of blacks in it and the number of whites and the number of women. Colorblind Rush, today, on his show: Colorblind Rush, also today: "It is offensive to the sensibilities of millions of people … Read More
Goldstein’s Sotomayor Analysis Complete
I referenced this before: Over at SCOTUSblog, Tom Goldstein notes all proverbial ink being spilled over Sotomayor's race, along with the implicit and explicit statements that her supposed bias will prevent her from judicating equally and fairly. So he decided to do something novel… read her decisions. Goldstein is done with his analysis, and the results should put to rest any claim … Read More
Tom Goldstein Reviews Sotomayor’s Decisions
Over at SCOTUSblog, Tom Goldstein notes all proverbial ink being spilled over Sotomayor's race, along with the implicit and explicit statements that her supposed bias will prevent her from judicating equally and fairly. So he decided to do something novel: It seems to me that there is an infinitely simpler and more accurate way of figuring out whether Judge Sotomayor decides cases … Read More
Conservative Punditry “WTF?” Statement Of The Day
National Review's Mark Krikorian — who, believe it or not, is executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies — drops in this little gem at the Corner: During slavery and Jim Crow, a number of blacks moved abroad, to Europe or Africa or the USSR, but again, these movements never gained much traction…. Actually, I think very few slaves … Read More
New Blood To Lead GOP
The Republican whisper campaign to remove its own leader gets louder: Steele May Face No Confidence Vote Republican insiders tell Political Wire that a no confidence vote on RNC Chairman Michael Steele is likely to be called after the NY-20 special election on March 31 — regardless of whether Republicans win the seat or not. Katon Dawson, who came in … Read More
Hitler Youth
Me head esplode: The father of 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell, denied a birthday cake with the child's full name on it by one New Jersey supermarket, is asking for a little tolerance. You name your child after the world's most, uh, intolerant (to say the least) man in history, and then ask for tolerance? I. Don't. Think. So. Heath Campbell … Read More
Say What?
Sentence contained within the Chicago Tribune's article on the increases in hate incidents since Obama's election: Even some white supremacist leaders who describe themselves as moderates say they are alarmed. Yes, the moderate supremacist leaders. Not to be confused with the conservative or liberal white supremacist leaders.
“Secret” White Supremists Not So Secret Anymore
I don't know much about British politics, but apparently the British National Party is a whites-only supremist nationalist facist party there. They spout Holocaust denial nonsense — you know the type (hopefully, not well). Anyway, their rather expansive secret membership list is no longer "secret" having been made available for download here and here. The list includes BNP members who are also parliamentary candidates, … Read More
The Cotton Belt
Fun with maps. The top map shows the 2008 Presidential results. Blue counties voted for Obama, red ones for McCain (darker hues representing larger majorities). The bottom map dates from 1860 (i.e. the eve of the Civil War), and indicates where cotton was produced at that time, each dot representing 2,000 bales of the stuff. Obviously, there's a strong relationship going … Read More
That Was Then….
WorldNutDaily informs us: The original targets of the Ku Klux Klan were Republicans, both black and white, according to a new television program and book, which describe how the Democrats started the KKK and for decades harassed the GOP with lynchings and threats. The book is by David Barton, who is, shall we say, not the most reliable of historians. … Read More
Oy Vey, Maria
Oh, Marie Jon Apostrophe. You’re so self-parodying, it’s not even fun anymore: Hope and change worth having without an Obama racial test Ok. So I’m going to gather from Marie’s awkwardly worded headline, that she is in favor of hope and change. Not in favor of Obama’s racial test (I guess we’ll have to wait and see what that means), … Read More
Jesse’s Grill
You might wonder why I havent opined on the passing of Jesse Helms and his bigoted foul legacy. It’s because I was taught not to speak ill of the dead. Besides, we all know he’s in hell. UPDATE: But here’s a column from David Broder written in 2001 (when Helms was still alive), which pretty much sums it up with … Read More
Rush’s Not-So-Subtle Racism
Here’s the big fat one, on his radio show, talking about the recent floods: Limbaugh: I want to know. I look at Iowa, I look at Illinois—I want to see the murders. I want to see the looting. I want to see all the stuff that happened in New Orleans. I see devastation in Iowa and Illinois that dwarfs what … Read More