" Charge: In 1987, a 15-year-old black girl named Tawana Brawley went missing and was found four days later covered in dog feces and with racial slurs written on her body. She claimed that at least two and...
Sure, Jesse is an old fool who doesn't know how to act. But his latest gaffe shows how none of us is really ready for this moment. On one level, it is easy to dismiss the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.'s crudely worded metaphorical threat to castrate Barack Obama for...
"1. She got typecast The moron’s idea of “understanding” something is to pigeonhole it, file it in with things from the past that it may resemble. Morons don’t like to look too closely at stuff, knowing that details serve only to confuse, not to enlighten....
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Hundreds of people turned up for a protest in the streets of New York today against the decision to clear all three officers in the shooting death of Sean Bell.The decision to clear the officers was revealed...
created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 465 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
"At a White House celebration of Black History Month held by President George W. Bush, the Rev. Al Sharpton was one of the guests of honor.
But then things got awkward."
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Freedom of speech took another blow when a Golf Channel anchor
says something stupid and is now suspended for words that were “hurtful
and grossly inappropriate”"Golf Channel last night announced that it...
Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton has pointedly stated that Democrats are ignoring the race issue in the US. The logic of this assault to some degree excuses the Republican field of candidates who all but ignored...
created by nquotes | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1303 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Update:" Guess everyone is making money. looks like the word ni**er is the new money maker
HONOLULU - Television bounty hunter Duane Dog Chapman's son taped
a private phone conversation in which the reality...
"Something happened to Air America talk show personality Randi Rhodes in New York. Before the blood was even dry in her incident--as yet still undefined-- Air American host Jon Elliott issued a blistering attack on "the right wing hate machine" that he said had attacked...
created by PEP | 4 years ago 314 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
The Jena 6 rally started today, and NowPublic staffers are all over it. Look below for a list of NP stories covering various aspects of the rally -- and feel free to add your own in the Comments section.School...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1384 views | 42 recommendations | 13 comments
Eddie Griffin gets bit by the N word."MIAMI (AP) - A standup routine by black comedian Eddie Griffin was stopped after he repeatedly used the N-word, a magazine's spokesman said Wednesday.
Griffin, who has...
created by gmony714 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1081 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
I'm not highlighting the article below for a "gotcha" piece, but to point out a funny little instance of the identity crisis of online reportage. Ease of reference shouldn't seduce us into knee-jerk...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 512 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
"Don Imus was a fool to apologize for his remarks calling the Rutgers' Women's' Basketball team "Nappy Headed Hos." This is not to say that the aforementioned team is either nappy headed or sexually promiscuous...
created by killfile | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 570 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Don Imus/MSNBC - CBS UPDATE - 4-12-2007
"Where is the equity?
Where is the context calculation?
Where is their collective gun always aimed?
This is NOT a defense of Don Imus and the general degradation of behavior found throughout our society.
This posting is a calling...
created by Edmund Jenks | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1036 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
"Soul legend James Brown's body has been placed in a crypt at his home in Beech Island, S.C., according to a spokesperson for his friend Rev. Al Sharpton.
Rachel Noerdlinger said Sharpton presided over a private...
created by ricknight | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 580 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments