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racism stories: 179 news summaries

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 Arab Singer's 'Monkey' Lyric Enrages Nubians

Black Egyptians demand song be banned

Nov 18, 09 1:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Egypt's 2 million-strong black community has been outraged by a Lebanese pop song that refers to them as monkeys. The song by Haifa Wehbe, one of the Arab's world's biggest stars, includes a child singing: "Where is my teddy bear and the Nubian monkey?" Nubian lawyers have filed an... More »

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Egypt • racism • singer • lyrics • Haifa Wehbe

 'Kramer' Parodies Racist Rant 

Curb episode jokes about comedian's tirade

Nov 17, 09 2:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Michael Richards makes fun of the racist fit that derailed his standup career on the latest episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. The show has a black character deceive Richards—playing himself—as part of a ruse by Larry David. Richards corners the character and begins to scream: "If only... More »

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Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • comedy • racism • Michael Richards

 Case of Line-Cutting 
 Sparks Racial Firestorm 

Young black woman faces 15 years in dust-up at Wal-Mart

Nov 16, 09 11:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Trial is set to begin in a case of Wal-Mart line-cutting that has turned into a racially charged media circus. Heather Ellis was arrested almost three years ago after an incident that began when she switched checkout lines at a Missouri store—to join her cousin in a faster queue,... More »

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police • Ku Klux Klan • racism • Missouri • Wal-Mart • criminal charges • Heather Ellis • checkout

 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

 Ex-Editor Sues 'Racist' NY Post 

Employee says boss called her 'Cha Cha #1'

Nov 10, 09 5:56 PM CST
(Newser) - A former associate editor of the New York Post says she was fired for complaining about the paper’s racist and sexist atmosphere. Sandra Guzman, who identified herself as the “only female editor of color at the Post,” is suing parent News Corp. Her suit claims she was... More »

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African Americans • New York Post • sexism • racism • chimpanzees • News Corp

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

 Biased? 
 Harvard 
 Wants to Know 

Web test tries to suss out implicit prejudice via picture exercise

Nov 1, 09 5:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Do you have a subconscious love of gays—or hatred of white people? There's an app for that. Actually, it's a website that's part of a study by Harvard, the University of Virginia, and the University of Washington . “Project Implicit” gathers personal information, then puts you through a... More »

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Internet • Malcolm Gladwell • racism • University of Washington • website • University of Virginia • bias • scientific study • Harvard University • prejudice

Hotel Owner Forces Latino Employees to Change Names

NM innkeeper forbids speaking Spanish

Oct 26, 09 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A hotel owner who demands that Latino workers change their names to Anglicized versions and not speak Spanish in his presence is causing a stir in New Mexico. Larry Whitten laid down the law: Martín (mahr-teen) and Marcos are now just Martin and Mark, and employees he considered insubordinate... More »

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Iraq • New Mexico • racism • Latinos • Spanish • Hispanic • cultural heritage

 Coulter: 'All 
 Prez Assassins 
 Were Liberals' 

Behar tells her to 'stop it'

Oct 23, 09 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative screed scribe Ann Coulter insisted yesterday that every presidential assassin in history has been a liberal. "They're all liberals—assassin by assassin by assassin," she spilled on CNN's Joy Behar Show. An angry Behar retorted: "Wait a minute. Don't make that jump from murder, terrorist to... More »

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Ann Coulter • conservative • racism • assassination • CNN • Joy Behar • assassination attempt • assassin • right wingers • liberal

(Newser) - It turns out race isn't what's fueling the conservative opposition to Barack Obama, at least according to focus groups conducted by a Democratic organization. It found that white, self-identified conservatives believe Obama is harboring a "secret agenda" intended to destroy America's founding principles and turn it into a socialist... More »

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Barack Obama • socialism • racism • conservatives • President Obama

GOP Pol
Ripped Over
'Redneck Rap' 

Anti-Obama video touts opossum, 'the other dark meat'

Oct 16, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kansas lawmaker Bill Otto brushed off accusations of racism after his "Redneck Rap" video was pulled from YouTube yesterday. The Republican sported a hat describing opossum as "the other dark meat" in the video, in which he slams President Obama's policies and then repeats the hat's slogan, adding,... More »

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YouTube • Republican • Kansas • racism • rap video • President Obama

 French Vogue 
 'Black Face' 
 Sparks Row 

October edition triggers debate on racism

Oct 14, 09 2:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Dutch model painted black from face to toe in French Vogue has triggered angry charges of racism. The photos of model Lara Stone, taken by US photographer Steven Klein, are part of the magazine's October issue honoring models and photo shoots through history. What French Vogue and the photographer... More »

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fashion • racism • model • Vogue • black • photographers • blackface • French Vogue • Lara Stone • Steven Klein

OPINION

 Columbus 
 the Crusader's 
 Legacy Endures 

Americans forget religious fervor drove the 1492 expedition

Oct 12, 09 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - This Columbus Day, James Carroll invites us to reconsider the man and his motivations. Pop culture has secularized Columbus, concentrating on his mission in search of gold, spices, and trade routes. That ignores his central motivation: expanding the dominion of Christianity. An “old Crusader” ambition motivated Columbus, Carroll writes... More »

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Spain • India • America • Muslim • racism • Columbus Day • Christopher Columbus

 Gangs, Race, and 
 More Limbaugh 
 NFL Slams 

Talk show host has repeatedly bashed players and culture of football league

Oct 12, 09 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al Sharpton has urged the NFL to block Rush Limbaugh's purchase of the St. Louis Rams, calling him “anti-NFL.” Sharpton was particularly disturbed, Politico reports, by a “recent statement that the NFL was beginning to look like a fight between the Crips and the Bloods without the... More »

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NFL • St. Louis Rams • Al Sharpton • Rush Limbaugh • Crips • racism • Bloods • gang violence • Donovan McNabb • pro football • Rush Limbaugh racist quotes

Jackson 5 Skit Sparks Outrage—It's in Blackface

Guest judge Harry Connick Jr. calls out Australian TV performers

Oct 8, 09 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - A popular Australian TV variety program is under fire internationally for a skit that depicted Michael Jackson in whiteface and the rest of the Jackson 5 in blackface. Guest judge Harry Connick Jr., was shocked. “We’ve spent so much time trying to not make black people look like... More »

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Australia • racism • TV shows • Michael Jackson • Jackson Five • blackface • television program • Harry Connick Jr. • variety show

OPINION

 Obamas Have Dinner, 
 Racists Erupt 

Response shows ugly nature of American mood: Silva

Oct 5, 09 6:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - This weekend Chicago Tribune reporter Mark Silva wrote up a pool report about Barack and Michelle Obama's quiet anniversary dinner—and quickly found it flooded, on a Sunday, with hundreds of angry comments. Many focused on the first couple's use of a motorcade, which every president has used, but several... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • White House • racism • anniversary • right wingers • first families

 Aging Brains Can't 
 Fend Off Stereotypes  

Research suggests older adults have stronger recall for stereotypical information

Oct 1, 09 6:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The way the brain ages may make older people more inclined to prejudice, with new research suggesting that the elderly may have greater difficulty suppressing stereotypes. In one study, young and old adults were read stories which, in the words of the researchers, “allowed for stereotypic inferences” about blacks,... More »

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elderly • stereotypes • racism • old age • prejudice

OPINION

 Downtrodden Detroit 
 Can Rise Again, Green 

Cheap labor, empty factories, can-do legacy scream green revolution

Sep 24, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Detroit of Daniel Okrent’s childhood is gone. The “elm-lined streets” of the “City of Homeowners”—“the place that America once knew as the Arsenal of Democracy”—have become “the urban equivalent of a boxer's mouth, more gaps than teeth.” A devastating... More »

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Detroit • Michigan • racism • manufacturing • renewable energy • auto industry • politicians • urban blight • Daniel Okrent

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

Black Caucus Worries About Resurgent Racism

Anti-Obama anger troubles CBC ahead of triumphant annual conferences

Sep 23, 09 6:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Congressional Black Caucus is enjoying unprecedented power, with more of their members in leadership roles than ever before, not to speak of one of their number in the White House, but many are disturbed by changes in the political atmosphere, Politico reports. As the 42-member group holds its annual... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • African Americans • racism • Barbara Lee • Democratic Party • Jim Clyburn • Congressional Black Caucus

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