Kal Penn Discusses the “Hilarity” of Joel Stein
Earlier this week, “unfunnyman” Joel Stein wrote a racist piece about how his hometown of Edison, New Jersey — a town…
Category: Racism
S. Carolina State Senator Calls Nikki Haley (and Obama) a “Raghead”
S. Carolina State Senator, John “Jake” Knotts, Jr., called fellow Republican State Senator Nikki Haley (and President Obama) a “raghead” on an…
Prescott Mural Controversy Follow-up
Steve Blair, the Prescott AZ city councilman who made several racist statements on his radio talk show over a public…
Racism in Prescott, AZ Targets Schoolchildren
SB1070: Arizona’s anti-immigration law that, in essence, legalizes racial profiling of non-White Arizonans. HB 2281: a law that bans ethnic…
Boycotting “The Last Airbender” and “Prince of Persia”
I don’t know nothun’ ‘bout “Avatar: The Last Airbender”. Seriously. I haven’t seen so much as five seconds of the…
Is SB 1070 a Modern “Chinese Exclusion Law”?
Last month, Arizona passed an insidious piece of legislation known as SB 1070 — a law that makes being an…
Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies
Last week, I wrote a blog post over at Change.org about an Arizona bill that was scheduled to be signed…
Lincoln Denounces Racist Attack Ad
I wrote last week about a political attack ad airing in Arkansas (link contains video), criticizing senatorial hopeful Bill Halter who…
This Stereotype Affects You, Too
I recently agreed to blog on Change.org, a large progressive activism site, as one of their regular Race in America…
Racist Political Ad from Arkansas Targets South Asians
Check out this racist political ad airing right now in Arkansas: The ad was created, and is being aired,…
Chinese Americans Join Protest against AZ Anti-Immigration Law
The media seems intent on painting SB 1070, the bill signed into law last week that would make being an…
“This is Alabama. We Speak English.”
Check out this thiry-second TV ad, called “Language”, from Tim James, a Republican running for Albama governor. Don’t worry, I’ll wait.…