Racial Issues

MSNBC Guest: Zimmerman Defense Invoked Lynching Justification to Protect ‘White Womanhood’

MSNBC Guest: Zimmerman Defense Invoked Lynching Justification to Protect ‘White Womanhood’

Mychal Denzel Smith, a social commentator and contributor to The Nation magazine, claimed during a Sunday morning broadcast of MSNBC’s “UP” that Zimmerman’s defense team invoked the same strategy that one would for a lynching and went on to note that they attempted to inflame the all woman jury by showing them a shirtless photo […]

Were Sarah Palin’s Comments about Pres. Obama Racist? (VIDEO)

Were Sarah Palin’s Comments about Pres. Obama Racist? (VIDEO)

In an ugly moment on Fox News, Sarah Palin attacked President Obama on Saturday. When asked a question about the pursuit of Edward Snowden, Palin went into attack mode stating: But with Obama deciding to just oh I guess lead from behind on this issue too, that’s the community organizer in our president. That’s a […]

A Broken Promise in Texas: Race, the Death Penalty and the Duane Buck Case (VIDEO)

A Broken Promise in Texas: Race, the Death Penalty and the Duane Buck Case (VIDEO)

On June 9, 2013 the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. released a new video highlighting the racial discrimination in the Texas death penalty system and the shocking case of death-sentenced prisoner, Duane Buck. Mr. Buck was sentenced to death in Harris County (Houston), Texas, after his trial prosecutor elicited testimony from a psychologist […]

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