The Los Angeles chapter of the Al Sharpton-led National Action Network is set to hold a protest Sunday night outside the 87th annual Academy Awards near Hollywood’s Dolby Theater, over what it claims is a lack of diversity in the film business.
Former film star Brigitte Bardot, France’s iconic blonde bombshell and “sex kitten” who reigned supreme from 1952 – 1973, is currently on trial for the fifth time for insulting Muslims and “inciting racial hatred.” Bardot has been fined four times and has also received suspended jail sentences.
On Friday’s broadcast of “Fox & Friends,” Milwaukee County, WI Sheriff David Clarke chastised outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder for his decision to sue the city of Ferguson, MO in the wake of last year’s Michael Brown shooting. Clarke told
Geraldo Rivera said Wednesday that rap music has done more damage to minorities than racism, even citing hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons as part of the problem. Simmons responded Thursday, and did not mince words in his opinion of Rivera.
Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot released a new music video Wednesday to pay homage to Eric Garner, the man who was inadvertently killed last summer after being put in a chokehold by New York City police officers.
After placing second on this year’s Celebrity Apprentice, Fox News Correspondent Geraldo Rivera sat down to discuss the show with HuffPost Live, where he said rap music has done more damage to minorities than racism.
Democrats sure got it good. Louisiana Republican Governor Bobby Jindal dares to agree with CNN’s own reporting about European no-go zones, and the left-wing network brands him an anti-Muslim racist. On the other hand, when Vice President Joe Biden stereotypes Somali immigrants as nothing more than a bunch of cab drivers, the media pretends it didn’t happen. The slur is left completely out of their reporting.
Earlier in the day it was revealed that former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made an effort to suppress audio of remarks he had made on Feb. 6 regarding gun control and minorities at the Aspen Institute. That request from
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that those who thought the legacy of past racism has been solved were “blind” and criticized Congress for its lack of work on civil rights and bipartisanship while expressing a wish that “we
A high school physics teacher is encouraging other teachers to use a unit he has prepared for his students about institutional racism, privilege, and social justice.
On February 7 , Breitbart News reported on a speech by Michael Bloomberg in which he suggested banning young minority males from gun ownership.
Vox has discovered media bias but claims the real victims are Muslims.
Celebrity gossip site TMZ.com approached Malcolm X’s daughter Ilyasah Shabazz and asked her about the “N-word” in hip hop. Shabazz agreed that the widespread use of the word was “ridiculous,” but added that white people should be able to use it in hip hop music as well: “If you’re going to use it, then everybody should be able to use it, right?” she said.
Former White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod took issue with Dr. Ben Carson’s perspective on race relations, saying “I suspect many, many African-Americans in this country wouldn’t agree with his analysis” on Wednesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” “First of all, let
Kanye West was interviewed by Ryan Seacrest Wednesday morning, wherein, in addition to announcing he would be collaborating with Taylor Swift in the near future, he halfway apologized to alternative rock artist Beck for stealing his Grammy moment.
David Haugh, co-host of “Kap and Haugh” on Chicago’s Comcast Sportsnet, responded on Wednesday to a question on what would happen in the situation of the Jackie Robinson West Little League team were compromised of white players. The team, all
Actor Zach Braff apologized on Twitter Monday after he was accused of being racist for comparing Pharrell Williams’ Grammy attire to the outfit of a monkey in the film Oz the Great and Powerful.
Newly-hired Jeb Bush campaign chief technology officer (CTO) Ethan Czahor is under fire for past tweets that referred to women as “sluts” and mocked gay men, but others have surfaced that have a racial bent.
AMC megahit The Walking Dead’s Season 5 mid-season premiere aired Sunday night to 15.8 million viewers, an impressive number for a busy night of TV that included the record-breaking premiere of another AMC show, Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul, and CBS’s Grammys broadcast.
Former White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod said that he believes President Obama “respects” Al Sharpton’s “leadership” on Monday’s “O’Reilly Factor” on the Fox News Channel. “You don’t decide, and I don’t decide who leaders in a community are. Al
Dr. Ben Carson is pushing back against the comical charge that he’s an “extremist.”
A smartphone app that permits users to post messages anonymously is causing some colleges to ban it from their schools’ wireless networks because some racist comments have been posted.
The Berkeley City Council will meet on Tuesday to address several police response-related issues pertaining to vandalism and other incidents because of protests over the deaths of two black men in Missouri and New York.
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” former Obama administration green jobs czar Van Jones said the upcoming 2016 presidential campaign will look like a “rainbow coalition,” on the Republican side which should have Democrats worried. Jones said, “Democrats
Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock’s week just got a little worse after one of his staffers was forced to resign for a series of posts over several years on his Facebook account comparing African-Americans to “zoo animals” engaged in a “mating ritual” and attacking them as “hood rats.”
