Racially Charged Bake Sale Sparks Student Outrage

Plays on N-word in election warning

(NEWSER) - A racist bumper sticker warning against President Obama's re-election is popping up all over Facebook, notes the Huffington Post . The sticker tells readers not to "re-nig in 2012," adding in small print, "Stop repeat offenders. Don't re-elect Obama!" Looks like the sticker comes from a since-removed Facebook page by Stumpy's Stickers, reports WFAA in Dallas. More»

The social networking site claims another victim

(USER SUBMITTED) - Tennessee state Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver is under fire for posting a picture of herself on Facebook ... posing at a Halloween party with her pastor, who is in drag (not the issue) with his face painted black (the issue). The caption the Republican lawmaker typed under the photo adds insult to injury, say critics. It reads: "Aunt Jemima, you is so sweet." More»

Ex-governor takes aim at NAACP

(NEWSER) - The NAACP’s accusation that the Tea Party movement “ harbors racist elements ” got Sarah Palin so fired up that she had to write a Facebook post. “All decent Americans abhor racism,” she wrote , and with the election of Barack Obama “we, as a united people, applauded” the idea that we’d become a “post-racial” society. But now, 18 months later, the NAACP was trying to resurrect “the divisive politics of the past.” More»

South Carolina Republican apologizes, sort of, for racist remark

(NEWSER) - Turns out that pegging a primate as a member of the first lady's family tree on a public website might not be the best career move, as an activist in the South Carolina GOP is finding out. Rusty DePass has apologized after making a comment on a friend's Facebook photo of a gorilla that had escaped from a local zoo, reports local TV station WIS—"I'm sure it's just one of Michelle's ancestors—probably harmless." More»

(NEWSER) - Private colleges across the nation are boosting the number of students they're accepting and the length of their waiting lists in case applicants can't write the tuition check when the time comes, reports the Washington Post. Applications are at a record high 3 million, but universities fear students planning on college may switch plans as families' financial situations continue to suffer. Private college officials are concerned that students may put off school or turn to less expensive public universities, where demand is particularly strong. More»