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A popular radio talk
show host seems to delight in referring to President Obama as Barack
the magic Negro and as a hafrican American. |
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In April of this year,
three professors and a former professor at Columbia University’s
Teachers College received hate mail that contained images of
swastikas.
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Charles Bolden, a black
man, was appointed by President Obama as Administrator of the National Air and Space
Administration ((NASA) on May 24th. |
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The Shack, a book that
depicts God as a big black woman working in a kitchen is widely used
by Christian discussion groups. Some theologians consider the book
to be groundbreaking while others believe that its teachings are
heresy. The fact that the negative stereotypical image of a big
black woman working in the kitchen speaking in stereotypical black
dialect, which conjures up the image of Aunt Jemima, apparently
escapes the sensitivities of seemingly good “Christians”. |
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Sonia Sotomayor, a
Latina/Hispanic was nominated by President Obama as a justice to the
Supreme Court. May 26, 2009 |
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Television and radio
talk show hosts, including convicted felon, G. Gordon Liddy, began
an all out assault on Sotomayor’s race, gender and intelligence.
Liddy questioned the impact of her hormones on her decision-making
abilities.
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Karl Rove a college
dropout questioned the intellectual capacity of Supreme Court
Nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who graduated suma cum laude from Princeton
University.
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An ad placed for a
mechanic by an Albuquerque auto shop listed among its qualifications
“no chile peelers” (Hmm “chile peelers” is that code for people of
Hispanic/Latino descent?)
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On June 3, 2009, a
former secretary and former case manager for retired US District
Judge Samuel B. Kent reported to Congress that the judge routinely
used the “N” word when referring to defendants of African descent. |
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On June 17, 2009, an
eighteen-year old Caucasian male was sentenced to ten days in jail
for putting a noose around the neck of a Hispanic boy and dragging
him from a sidewalk to a parking lot. |
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Sixty-five black and
Hispanic children, members of the Creative Steps camp in northeast
Philadelphia, were asked not to return to a private swimming pool at
a predominantly white private club in Philadelphia. The club
refunded the $1950.00 paid by Creative Steps for the children to
swim there without explanation. When questioned about the incident,
the club president stated that there was concern that the children
would “change the complexion and atmosphere” of the club.
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June 9, 2009, was the
beginning of a series of beatings of homeless Native American males
in Grants, New Mexico. |
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On July twentieth of
this year, Harvard professor, Henry Louis Gates was handcuffed and
carted off to jail for breaking into his own house. Never mind that
Professor Gates produced two forms of photo identification to the
arresting officers before the arrest took place. |
