By Kimberley Johnson on November 29, 2014
cocaine, drugs, Racial Issues
Racial Issues, Videos
Dr. Farrah Gray posted the video and status below on November 28. It is a news story from earlier this year about a black business owner in Schenectady County who was targeted and framed by police. An undercover informant entered the smoke shop owned by Donald Andrews, placed crack cocaine on the counter and then […]
By Kimberley Johnson on November 20, 2014
ethic cleansing, fear mongering, kansas
Extremists, Immigration, Racial Issues
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is a leader in the anti-immigrant movement. On his radio program on Sunday, he warned that it is possible that a Hispanic majority in the United States could conduct an “ethnic cleansing.” Kobach was responding to a caller who asked, “When one race or culture overwhelms another culture, they […]
By Samuel Warde on November 19, 2014
Bill Cosby, Fox News, Racial Issues, Racism, Videos, Women's issues
Fox News, Racial Issues, Scandals, Videos, Women's Issues
Fox News has jumped into the controversy surrounding rape allegations made against Bill Cosby. Taking the position that “liberals are turning on Bill Cosby over rape allegations,” Fox News host Howard Kurtz claims Cosby’s treatment by the media is driven by distinctions between how conservatives view Cosby versus the opinions of liberals. Kurtz writes and […]
By Samuel Warde on November 1, 2014
Berkeley, Bill Maher, Free Speech, Racial Issues, Racism, Videos
Free Speech, Racial Issues, Videos
As the Los Angeles Times reports, “there’s a special kind of irony emanating right now from the UC Berkeley campus. A group of offended students is trying to get the political satirist Bill Maher banned as the school’s winter graduation speaker, even as the campus is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement.” […]
By Samuel Warde on October 27, 2014
Dear White People. Racial Issues, Entertainment, Movies, Videos
Entertainment, Human Interest, Racial Issues, Videos
“Dear White People,” the Sundance Festival breakout movie is creating waves in more ways than one. Justin Simien’s first feature film, “Dear White People” was described by New York Times film critic A.O. Scott as one of the smartest and most fearless debuts in a long time: “knowing but not snarky, self-aware but not solipsistic, […]