OPINION
AK gov. steals Dems' after-glow; could attract indy, Hillary voters
Weekly Standard Aug 29, 08 3:15 PM CDT
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John McCain turned heads by choosing Sarah Palin today as his running mate, and the Weekly Standard explains why she’s the right woman for the job. Democrats just wrapped their glitzy convention, but the Sunday talk shows will be abuzz with Palin chatter. The mother of five softens McCain’s “crotchety” image and revives his reputation as “fly-boy and gambler."
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Blacks say they're targeted by security
Boston Globe Aug 27, 08 3:35 AM CDT
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Harvard University is reviewing its security procedures after black students and professors charged that they're being unfairly targeted, the Boston Glob e reports. A six-member committee will review the campus force following a number of incidents, including one in which a black professor was stopped when he was mistaken for a robbery suspect.
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OPINION
Documentary traces one couple's story through New Orleans disaster
Salon Aug 21, 08 5:50 PM CDT
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Trouble the Water , a new documentary, is ostensibly about Hurricane Katrina, centered around home-video footage shot during the disaster by a resident of New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. But the film, which frames Kimberly Roberts’ footage within a larger context, transcends that one event to put forth a peerless discussion of race in America, Andrew O’Hehir writes in Salon.
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BBC Aug 13, 08 4:19 PM CDT
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French authorities are investigating the sale of T-shirts bearing anti-Semitic slogans that date to 1940, the BBC reports. The shirts carry the slogan "Jews not allowed in this park" in German and Polish, reproduced from signs posted in Lodz, Poland, during World War II. Almost all of Lodz's Jews perished in the Holocaust.
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ANALYSIS
Aides didn't defend Obama on McCain's 'race card' accusation
Politico Aug 5, 08 12:23 PM CDT
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The Democratic primary battle ended months ago, but many in both Hillary and Bill Clinton’s circles still harbor a grudge over the way her campaign was painted as racist, Ben Smith writes in Politico. This ill will is coming back to haunt presumptive nominee Barack Obama as he grapples with the McCain campaign's suggestion he is now playing the race card.
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'There were things I wish I hadn't said,' he tells ABC
ABC News Aug 4, 08 6:56 AM CDT
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Speaking in his first broadcast interview since the Democratic primaries, Bill Clinton conceded he made mistakes during his wife's presidential campaign, but declared to ABC News: “I am not a racist.” He said he has regrets about the campaign, but “not the ones you think"—though he refused to elaborate.
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Fellow musician accuses John Lydon of Sex Pistols in racist attack
Guardian (UK) Jul 22, 08 6:21 PM CDT
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The lead singer of British band Bloc Party says he was the victim of a racist attack by the frontman of punk legends the Sex Pistols and his cronies. Kele Okereke, of Nigerian descent, was left with a split lip and bruises after the incident Saturday in Barcelona with John Lydon—aka Johnny Rotten—and an entourage one witness told the Guardian was “a gang of racist thugs.”
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OPINION
Cynicism has killed satire, perhaps even humor altogether, in post 9/11 age
Salon Jul 15, 08 1:28 PM CDT
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Many writers are scratching their heads at the incensed reactions provoked by the New Yorker ’s Obamas-as-terrorists cover. Here’s some rebuttal: Liberals “have come to regard all images or texts that contain negative stereotypes as too politically dangerous to run,” Gary Kamiya writes in Salon. “Not a single work of satire could ever pass this paranoid test” in which merely acknowledging racism “is to be racist.”
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Group long barred black docs, kept mum on civil rights
Washington Post Jul 10, 08 8:17 AM CDT
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The American Medical Association is to offer a full apology today for more than a century of racism against African Americans, reports the Washington Post. The country's largest medical association effectively barred black doctors for many years and stayed silent while the country was divided on efforts to end racial discrimination.
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OPINION
'Perceiving insult' hurts discourse at all levels
Wall Street Journal Jul 7, 08 1:18 PM CDT
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The story of an indicted Indiana student janitor underlines "super-heated capacities for perceiving insult" that color race issues in America—issues playing out in the presidential contest, too, Dorothy Rabinowitz writes in the Wall Street Journal . "Its presence is evident in this election campaign," she writes, "which has seen more than a touch of readiness to impute some form of racism to all tough criticisms of Barack Obama."
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Soccer body looks into banners, chants in stands during Euro game won by Turkey
Associated Press Jun 27, 08 5:01 PM CDT
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European soccer authorities are looking into allegations Croatian fans held Nazi banners and made racist comments during a June 20 match with Turkey, the AP reports. The Croatian Football Federation denounced the bad conduct, saying it “is not a characteristic behavior of true Croatian fans, who showed good behavior and friendly relation to other fans.”
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THE GLOSSIES
3 of 4 support him, despite racial differences
Esquire Jun 15, 08 4:15 PM CDT
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McCain may lead Obama by 10% among white voters, but three of four white supremacists say they prefer the Illinois senator, Esquire reports. The Director of the White Aryan Resistance calls Obama a "black racist," but still supports him because of McCain's economic policies. He "hates the transnational corporations more than any black person."
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Network pays $485K, promises to tone
down language
Variety Jun 6, 08 8:13 AM CDT
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A UK media watchdog has fined MTV Europe $484,500 for having a potty mouth, Variety reports. The network repeatedly uses “highly offensive language and material” in its videos and shows, often before 9pm, the family-viewing cutoff point. An MTV rep said the firm “takes this sanction and fine very seriously” and was working to clean up its language.
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