americablog.com - 11/16/2008
—
This is a really disturbing article from the Associated Press. The Southern Poverty Law Center is one of the leading authorities on racism, hate crimes and hate groups in the United States. And, the racists are riled up: Crosses burning. Children chanting, "Assassinate Obama." Racial epithets ...
chicagotribune.com - 11/23/2008
—
chicagotribune.com —
BOGALUSA, La.—Barely three weeks after Americans elected their
first black president amid a wave of interracial good...
feeling, a spasm of noose hangings, racist graffiti, vandalism and death threats is convulsing dozens of towns across the country as ...
(more)
Hate incidents in U.S. surge -
Comments
Blog Reactions
SUNDAY ROUNDUP
News —
... - Tim Graham, Newsbusters [image] Peace in Our Time - Mark Krikorian, The Corner [image] What's the Amplitude, Karl? - DavidNYC, Daily Kos [image] Zell Miller Stumps for Chambliss - M. Corley, Think Progress [image] The 'Center-Right' U.S. Myth - P. Rosenberg, Open Left [image] Obama Will Back Saudi Peace Plan - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air [image] A Nuke-Free Israel? - Shmuel Rosner, Commentary [image] Racial Indicents Since the Election - J. Sudbay, AMERICAblog OTHER NEWS ...
Related Content
Decidedly Racial Obama Goes Racial
pandagon.net 11/7/2008 — by Jesse Taylor
Barack Obama just called himself a “mutt” during his press conference.
I’m going to love the shit out of the next eight years.
Ugly election incidents show lingering US racism
reuters.com 10/23/2008 — By Carey Gillam KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - Two weeks before an election that could install the first black U.S. president, scattered ugly incidents have reflected a deep residue of racism among some segments of white America. A cardboard likeness ...
America goes truly post-racial
theanchoressonline.com 11/6/2008 — Ann Althouse asks an interesting question : Why isn’t Obama that far ahead ?
I have no idea what any of it means, or how next week will turn out - how can anyone project anything in the face of voter “registration” fraud, ...
Post-Racial? Not a Chance
corner.nationalreview.com 11/19/2008 — Obama received the votes of an enormous majority of voters under 25. Why? The author of A Bound Man, today on Uncommon Knowledge:
Everywhere I went on my book tour, young people would come up. "We're beyond your generation," they would tell me. ...
Obama and Racial Polarization
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/12/2008 — It’s a wonderful thing to see a black man preparing to be inaugurated as President of the United States. This, naturally, has led to a lot of feel-good rhetoric about race relations. But it seems to me that there are some ways of looking at the ...
After Obama victory, an outbreak of racial anger
statesman.com 11/16/2008 — ELECTION After Obama victory, an outbreak of racial anger Some in U.S. acting out on feeling of loss spurred by election of black president. By Jesse Washington ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunday, November 16, 2008 Crosses burning. Children chanting, ...
What Obama's Victory Means for Racial Politics
online.wsj.com 11/10/2008 — Barack Obama's election is both an astounding political victory -- and the end of an era for black politics. It is not even 50 years since a group of civil-rights workers challenged racial segregation on interstate bus travel. In 1961, a scared group ...
Barack Obama’s Post-Racial Delusion
lashawnbarber.com 11/8/2008 — A somewhat unorganized collection of post-election thoughts. More to come.
Author Shelby Steele, with whom I shared a discussion panel several years ago, writes about Barack Obama’s delusional “post-racial promise.”
After ...
Let the Post-Racial Era Begin
mypetjawa.mu.nu 11/7/2008 — Let the good times roll:Prosecutors said Hart, who is black, yelled "'White [expletive], [expletive] McCain--you white police can't do nothing anymore.'" With that, she reached through the window of a squad car and slapped a white male officer in the...
President 2.0 —
First Read
From NBC's Abigail WilliamsYesterday, President-elect Obama gave his first virtual fireside chat. The weekly Democratic radio address, also posted as a YouTube video on change.gov, is just a taste of the new style of open governing promised by the ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
