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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: racist

racist stories: 19 news summaries

 Couples Retreat Ad Sparks 
 Brit Race Brouhaha 

Black actors left off UK poster—but is US version any better?

Nov 16, 09 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Audiences in Britain are crying foul over a Couples Retreat poster that omits two black actors who were featured on the US version. A film rep tells the Mail that the change was meant “to simplify the poster to actors who are most recognizable in international markets”—... More »

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entertainment • film • racism • advertisements • racist • Couples Retreat

STAND BY YOUR MAN

 I Agree With 
 Beck—Obama's 
 Racist: Murdoch 

Asked about Beck brouhaha, News Corp. chairman is unrepentant

Nov 10, 09 9:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch backed his host over his advertisers in a Sky News interview last weekend, saying Glenn Beck probably shouldn't have called President Obama a racist on the air some months back, but what he said was right. Asked about the Fox host's assertion that Obama made racist comments during... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • racism • Fox News • Glenn Beck • racist • Obama administration • President Obama • Sky News

Mondale: Obama Enemies Show Racist 'Edge'

'I don't like saying it,'
but tone 'harsher than in other times': ex-VP

Sep 24, 09 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jimmy Carter isn't the only grand old man of the Democratic Party to see racism in the opposition to Barack Obama's agenda. Walter Mondale, Carter's VP and the subject of a new documentary, said last night that "Having lived through those years, when civil rights was such a bitter... More »

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Barack Obama • Jimmy Carter • racism • racist • Walter Mondale

OPINION

 Time for Beck to Back Up 
 'Racist' Jab or Apologize 

As advertisers flee, the facts become taboo

Sep 2, 09 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The boycott of Glenn Beck by America's biggest advertisers has reached unprecedented levels, writes Eric Boehlert for Media Matters. "All of Beck's big-time advertisers have fled. All of them." And yet Beck and Fox News seem to have a collective case of amnesia and won't acknowledge the reason—... More »

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politics • Fox News • Glenn Beck • racist • advertisers • President Obama

 Beck: Obama Is a 'Racist' 


Jul 28, 09 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck today called President Obama “a racist,” Politico reports. The Fox News commentator accused the president of having a “deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture” during a discussion of the Skip Gates scandal on a Fox show. When his interlocutor pointed out that... More »

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racism • Fox News • Glenn Beck • racist • Obama administration • cable news • President Obama • Henry Louis Gates Jr

 Transformers From 'Da Hood' 
 Spark Racism Charges 

New characters compared to Jar Jar Binks

Jun 25, 09 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are comparing Transformers to Star Wars, and not in a good way, E! reports. Twin autobots Skids and Mudflap are causing an uproar over ethnic stereotypes. The new characters are from “da hood,” can’t read, and inspired one critic to describe them as—horrors!—“... More »

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entertainment • Michael Bay • racism • Transformers • Star Wars • racist • controversy • Jar Jar Binks • Skids • Mudflap • Tom Kenny • Reno Wilson

 Bush 41: Lay Off Sotomayor 


Jun 12, 09 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Calling Sonia Sotomayor racist for her now-infamous “wise Latina” remark “doesn't help the process,” former president George H.W. Bush tells CNN. "I don't know her that well but I think she's had a distinguished record on the bench and she should be entitled to fair... More »

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George HW Bush • nominee • racist • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich today backed off his remark that Sonia Sotomayor is a “Latina woman racist,” the Boston Globe reports. When he heard the Supreme Court nominee’s now-infamous “wise Latina” soundbite, “my initial reaction was strong and direct,” he wrote in his blog today on... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican • Jeff Sessions • racist • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Latina

 White Supremacist 
 Invited to Queen's 
 Garden Party 

Brits outraged at prospect of leader of whites-only party having tea with royals

May 21, 09 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The convicted leader of a far-right political party is heading to the queen's summer tea party at Buckingham Palace, and Brits are furious, reports the Daily Mail. A member of the whites-only British National Party was given an invitation because of his place on the London Assembly. He decided to... More »

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Queen Elizabeth II • tea • Buckingham Palace • white supremacism • Britain • racist • Nick Griffin • British National Party

(Newser) - A British milk ad showing an angry black-spotted bull "purifying" himself white is racist, consumers are bellowing—charges a UK advertising council has labeled bull. "Viewers were likely to understand that the black-and-white bulls were intended as a metaphor for milk and were unlikely to interpret the purification... More »

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milk • cows • racism • bulls • black • advertisements • racist • television advertising • tainted milk

 Miley Slapped With $4B Suit 

Asian-American woman sues for damages

Feb 12, 09 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The backlash against Miley Cyrus and her "goofy face" photo continues: An Asian-American woman in Los Angeles has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all the city’s Asian Pacific Islanders, E! reports. Lucie Kim wants $4,000 in damages for each of LA’s approximately 1 million... More »

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celebrity • lawsuit • photograph • Miley Cyrus • racist • scandal • Margaret Cho

 Miley Sorry 
 For Real 
 This Time 

Singer apologizes for controversial pic

Feb 10, 09 3:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Miley Cyrus has apologized again for slanting her eyes in a photo leaked last week, this time admitting her action might be seen as "hurtful," E! Online reports. In her first half-hearted explanation, Cyrus said she was just being "goofy" in the picture, which was slammed by... More »

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celebrity • photograph • Internet leak • blog • Hannah Montana • Miley Cyrus • racist • Asian-Americans

 Miley: 'I'm 
 Not Racist, 
 Just Goofy' 

Singer defends controversial pic

Feb 6, 09 4:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Miley Cyrus apologized—sort of—for slanting her eyes in the photo that sparked accusations of racism and the particular ire of a national Asian-American group, the Daily News reports. “I'm sorry if those people looked at those pics and took them wrong and out of context!” the... More »

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celebrity • photograph • Internet leak • blog • Hannah Montana • Miley Cyrus • racist • Asian-Americans

 Not Your Best Idea Ever, Miley 

Eye-slanting not a good 'example' from Disney star

Feb 3, 09 8:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Miley Cyrus’ latest less-than-wholesome stunt? Slanting her eyes in a party pic that's been slammed by an Asian-American group, TMZ reports. “The photograph of Miley Cyrus and other individuals slanting their eyes is offensive to the Asian Pacific American community and sets a terrible example for her many young... More »

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celebrity • photograph • Internet leak • Hannah Montana • Miley Cyrus • racist • Asian-Americans

 Duke: RNC's Steele 
 a 'Black Racist' 

Former KKK member rails against GOP body's first black chairman

Feb 2, 09 2:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Former Louisiana lawmaker David Duke is slamming the Republican National Committee for choosing Michael Steele as its chairman, Bayou Buzz reports. Duke called Steele a “radical Black racist” and a “servile dog of Israel,” and suggested that the Republican base would not suffer Steele’s leadership. Duke... More »

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RNC • Ku Klux Klan • racism • racist • chairman • Lousisiana • Michael Steele • David Duke

 Economy
 Trumps Race 
 Even for
 Some Racists 

Voters openly negative on African Americans

Oct 18, 08 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - It looks like the economic crisis has gained Barack Obama a surprising number of supporters among those who might be considered racists, Politico reports. Even before the events of the past few weeks bolstered the Dem's numbers, a poll showed that a quarter of respondents who expressed negative views of... More »

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Barack Obama • racism • credit crisis • racist • Election 2008 • white voters • financial crisis

Secret Service Bosses Shared Racist Jokes

Emails ridicule blacks, joke about Jackson assassination

May 10, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Secret Service supervisors exchanged racist remarks in emails made public yesterday in a lawsuit filed by black agents, the New York Times reports. The messages were shared between at least 20 top agents between 2003 and 2005. One anecdote jokes about assassinating Jesse Jackson. And, according to the lawsuit, the... More »

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Jesse Jackson • email • Secret Service • discrimination • racism • racist

NDSU Prez Sorry About Obama Skit

Vows probe after student wears black makeup in racy sketch

Mar 29, 08 5:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Dakota State University apologized yesterday for a student skit that depicted Barack Obama in black face paint, the Forum reports. A white student in the sorority sketch wore makeup and an Afro wig to portray the hopeful; he received a lap dance while two students simulated sex and ripped... More »

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Barack Obama • racism • racist • college student • Election 2008

Swiss Rioters Blitz Rightist Rally

Anti-foreigner stance incites violence

Oct 8, 07 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bern was beset by rioters aiming to thwart a pre-election rally by the rightist Swiss People’s Party, expected to dominate this month's elections with its xenophobic platform. Masked protesters threw bricks and gas bombs and outwitted police by operating in small groups and destroying the party stage. The mayor... More »

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xenophobia • Switzerland • immigrant • Swiss People's Party • Christoph Blocher • racist

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