John Nichols writes for The Nation: “The coverage of the death at age 92 of the remarkable actress and singer Lena Horne has made mention of the fact that she appeared at A. Philip Randolph’s 1963 ‘March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,’ standing near…
Joseph Stack flew a plane into an IRS office in Austin, Texas. On purpose. That’s terrorism. Calling it anything else, because he was white, is racism.
Sen. Al Franken’s amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill will deny defense contracts to companies that “restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court.” The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act also passed in Congress, which expands existing hate crimes law to include crimes based on victim’s actual or perceived gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
Calling the President of the United States an “Indonesian Muslim turned welfare thug and a racist in chief” is simply outrageous at any time. Mr. Williams has made it abundantly clear that race-baiting is a tactic of choice for those who wish to undermine health care reform and defame President Obama
It is an historical fact that when economic times get rough, race and ethnicity form a dividing line. The present recession has resulted in an enormous setback for people of color.