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Harry Alford's Condescension

By Isaiah J. Poole
July 16, 2009

The right-wing blogosphere is abuzz over the supposed smackdown between Sen. Barbara Boxer and Harry C. Alford, who portrays himself as an "African American and a veteran" who is insulted at Boxer's alleged racism and calls her on it. more »

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What The Right, And The Left, Doesn't Get About Race

Submitted by Isaiah J. Poole
Produced by Institute for America's Future
April 29, 2009

A New York Times/CBS News poll this week suggests the nation's racial climate has been dramatically changed by the election of America's first biracial president, with an apparently record high 66 percent of Americans saying race relations are good. more »

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The bigotry that (usually) dare not speak its name

By David Weisman
October 12, 2008

Just a few days ago the New York Sun ceased publication. Never fear, New York Sun columnist Nibras Kazimi is still posting on his own personal blog.

Behold the postmodern bigot, admitting his feelings about African Americans and declaring them healthy. It's liberals who commit reverse racism because the only reason they could possibly be supporting Obama is his race, right? more »

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Sexism, Racism: What Lies Beneath

By Pam Spaulding
From openleft.com
July 15th, 2008

openleft.com — The New Yorker's editor, David Remnick, has come under quite a bit of fire for the decision to run Barry Blitt's illustration of Barack and Michelle Obama. Underneath the polite discourse is our continuing difficulty in having a frank, but constructive dialogue about the third-rail topic of race.

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I could've told them there'd be days like this.

By Michael Kwiatkowski
May 13, 2008

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Recognizing the Race Chasm

By David Sirota
May 11, 2008

The issue of race makes a lot of folks uncomfortable - and that's especially true right now when the nation is closer than ever to electing the first black President of the United States. more »

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A Trip Down Memory Lane In North Carolina

By Cliff Schecter
April 24, 2008

One would have to strain to be shocked that a racist ad is finding its way out of the bowels of conservativism in North Carolina. more »

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Pat Buchanan's Racist Rant

By Isaiah J. Poole
March 24, 2008

MSNBC has another Imus problem, and his name is Pat Buchanan. more »

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Gender vs. Race in Campaign 2008

By Sally Kohn
From movementvisionlab.org
January 11th, 2008

movementvisionlab.org — Gloria Steinem argued that if Barack Obama was a woman, he wouldn’t be elected. That’s probably true. But ranking different forms of oppression is a ridiculous waste of time.

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