Apparently the civil rights movement was not enough for Lee Daniels. The director is currently hyping Lee Daniels’ The Butler, which chronicles the story of Eugene Allen’s 34 years as a butler in the White House and climaxes with the
With hardly any scrutiny or skepticism, the mainstream media allowed one of the most powerful persons in the world to attack a powerless sales clerk as a racist. And now that this anonymous sales clerk has branded Oprah Winfrey a
On Sunday, Trayvon Martin’s father was named an honorary captain of the Florida A&M football team. Tracy Martin delivered a speech to the team on Sunday, after which coach Earl Holmes said, “I told him I’d love him to talk
A Swiss sales assistant caught in the middle of Oprah Winfrey’s media racial firestorm claims that she’s tired of being bullied and lied about by the powerful billionaire and cable network owner. Speaking anonymously, the sales clerk Oprah has publicly
Many are asking questions about the silence from civil right “leaders” such as Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton about the recent beating of a white student by three black classmates on a Florida school bus, given their role
Geraldo Rivera offered an official excuse for his late July tweet of his half-naked, 70-year-old body: he was drinking, he was lonely, and he was impressed by his own body. On his radio show, he answered questions from Eric Bolling
A recently uncovered Democrat anti-gun “guide” titled “Preventing Gun Violence Through Effective Messaging” urges politicians to use high profile gun incidents–like the “Trayvon Martin killing”–to cower pro-gun politicians and silence the NRA. The guide was compiled before the shooting at
Earlier this week, Florida’s Sheriffs Association voted to support the state’s Stand Your Ground law in the aftermath of the George Zimmerman Trial. The association’s new president, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, announced it agreed to support the law without
A mural of a man who looks like George Zimmerman shooting a likeness of Trayvon Martin was unveiled Friday at the state Capitol of Florida. A mirror sits in the spot under a hoodie where Trayvon Martin’s face would be,
Film director Spike Lee says he has resolved the situation caused by his retweet of a Florida family’s address thought to belong to George Zimmerman, the man since acquitted in the self-defense shooting of teen Trayvon Martin. In a Reddit
Actor Samuel L. Jackson reacted like many of his Hollywood peers to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. An injustice had been done, essentially, via the acquittal. Now, Jackson is drawing attention
Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, both of whom immediately polarized the tragic death of Trayvon Martin, are being criticized for their silence about a vicious school bus beating in which three black teens mercilessly brutalized a white classmate last month.
For some reason, we’re back to having a debate over whether it was immoral to drop the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (I know the anniversary dates are what prompt the annual hand-wringing session. I just don’t get why
Rapper Ja Rule is free after spending two years in jail for tax evasion and possessing an illegal weapon. He quickly joined the national conversation on the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin as well as the problem of crime
Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade, who tweeted photos of himself in a hoodie after the death of Trayvon Martin, posed on the cover of the September issue of Ebony Magazine with his two sons in hoodies. The cover reads, “We Are
O’Reilly Factor producer Jesse Watters sat in on the panel on Fox News’ The Five Monday and discussed Oprah Winfrey’s recent comparison of Trayvon Martin to civil rights martyr Emmett Till. Trayvon Martin, parallel to Emmett Till,” Oprah told
The torture and death of black teen Emmitt Till in 1955 stands as one of the most gruesome examples of racism in America. Here’s how History.com describes Till’s last hours on earth for the “crime” of flirting with a white
On Friday, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced a national initiative it titles “Trayvon’s Law,” designed to “end racial profiling, repeal stand your ground laws, form effective civil complaint review boards to provide oversight of
A New Orleans resident, MerrittLandry, has been charged with attempted second-degree murder for shooting a teenager, Marshal Coulter. Thefourteen-year-old victim reportedly had a history of thefts, according to his own motherand brother, and was seen casing Landry’s home, according to
Jay Carney told the White House press corps Wednesday that the Obama administration does not have an official comment on the sexual harassment allegations against San Diego mayor Bob Filner. A member of the press corps asked Carney if the
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), speaking at a news conference convened to support Rep. John Conyers’ (D-MI) End Racial Profiling Act, said Florida teen Trayvon Martin died because of racial profiling. “Civil rights is still the unfinished business of this nation,” Cardin
Florida Governor Rick Scott wants an apology from race-focused activist Jesse Jackson for comments he made during a visit to the state in protest of the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin. Jackson likened Florida
(AP) Police dashcam video released Wednesday shows George Zimmerman being pulled over and given a warning for speeding outside Dallas. A Florida jury acquitted him in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin.
The emotional and psychological toll that comes from being demonized by the media is often ignored by society as a whole. Having every detail of your life looked at and twisted into the most unfavorable spin possible places a heavy
In preparation for the release of Oscar-bait film The Butler, Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, and director Lee Daniels (Precious) sat down with Parade magazine. The film chronicles a butler (Whitaker) who works in the White House through seven administrations. Winfrey
Florida Gov. Rick Scott launched a broadside at Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday over Jackson’s inflammatory attacks on the state in the aftermath of the George Zimmerman acquittal for the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Jackson said on Tuesday that Florida
On Wednesday, after international reports that George Zimmerman, acquitted over the shooting of Trayvon Martin in Florida, was pulled over in Texas for speeding, the Zimmerman family released a statement excoriating the media for its attempts to trace Zimmerman’s whereabouts:
On Wednesday, White House press secretary Jay Carney explained that President Obama had not commented on the sex scandals involving San Diego Mayor Bob Filner or New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner because “his job is not to comment
Students in San Diego middle schools and high schools will soon be asked to participate in discussion of the George Zimmerman case. The school board voted unanimously on Tuesday to allow such discussions to take place. According to ABC 10,
Anthony Weiner has dropped to fourth place in a July 29 poll released by Quinnipiac University of the Democratic candidates for mayor of New York City, behind City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (27%), Public Advocate Bill de Blasio (21%), and
(AP) The mother of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin and a prominent black lawyers’ organization are keeping up the pressure for repeal of “stand your ground” self-defense laws.
Lee County, Florida Sheriff Mike Scott sent a letter to Lee County Branch NAACP president James Muwakkil explaining his disdain for the way he believes the NAACP ignores “epidemic” black-on-black violence in certain parts of Florida while allegedly trying to
In this week’s installment of Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam YouTube video series, “The Time and What Must Be Done,” the controversial minister uses the shooting of Trayvon Martin to argue that America was “not made” for minorities, imploring his
The advancement of the black community in America stalled and has actually regressed ever since Democrats took that community under their wing in the 1960’s. As the decades have passed, it’s become apparent Democratic social policies are not advancing
Apparently the only thing you need to do to make a conservative movie is show a family that’s not a freak show and religious people who aren’t nuts. Oh, and if your villain is a female ghost you’re also anti-woman.
The saga of the “Racist and Proud” anti-Zimmerman hoax has resulted in a retraction from both the New York Daily News and the photo was eventually pulled from the Daily Mail. The hoax resulted in an Austin, Texas woman having her life
Illegal immigrants attended the town hall event in Racine, WI, where House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) openly discussed the strategy by which he and House GOP leadership plan to pass an immigration reform package. “One young immigrant,
Juror B29 was the “only minority in the jury” that found George Zimmerman not guilty, and during a interview aired on ABC’s Good Morning America she said Zimmerman’s case should not have even gone to trial. The juror, who went
High school basketball players from an AAU team from Atlanta called the Game Elite’s 17U squad decided that they wanted to make a statement after the George Zimmerman acquittal: they arrived in Las Vegas for a tournament and wore shirts
The U.K.’s Daily Mail has finally removed an article proven false by an exclusive interview with Breitbart News from their website, although no statement was provided to readers to inform them that the story had been based on a falsehood. The Daily Mail had