Roland Martin talks with author Eric Deggans about his new book "Race Baiter."
White cloaks and pointy hats weren't the only costumes represented at a recent Ku Klux Klan rally to the dismay of many not-so-amused Klansman. A KKK rally promoting anti-immigration was disrupted by a clown lead counter- protest this past weekend in Charlotte, N.C. According to reports, the KKK members were out-clowned five to one as […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Four top leaders of the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood of Texas are among nearly three dozen alleged gang members charged in a sweeping indictment unsealed Friday that accuses them of crimes ranging from capital murder to drug trafficking. Few details were released about the alleged crimes, but 10 defendants are facing charges […]
According to TMZ, FOX NFL analyst Terry Bradshaw is “really upset” because he’s being accused of racism. The accusations come in light of him comparing a Reggie Bush touchdown run on Sunday to someone chasing a “bucket of chicken.” However, Bradshaw tells TMZ there’s a simple explanation — that his co-analyst-host, Jimmy Johnson, is a […]
A vigil is set tonight in the Louisiana town of Winnsboro where a 20-year-old black, female college student was set afire Sunday night in a park and her car smeared with racial slurs and the letters KKK. The mother of Sharmeka Moffitt said the young woman is expected to undergo surgery today at a LSU […]
Surviving slavery, segregation and discrimination has forged a special pride in African-Americans. Now some are saying this hard-earned pride has become prejudice in the form of blind loyalty to President Barack Obama. Are black people supporting Obama mainly because he's black? If race is just one factor in blacks' support of Obama, does that make […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Republicans tried to distance themselves Saturday from a Republican state representative's assertion that slavery was a "blessing in disguise" and a Republican state House candidate who advocates deporting all Muslims. The claims were made in books written, respectively, by Rep. Jon Hubbard of Jonesboro and House candidate Charlie Fuqua […]
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The chief federal judge for Montana plans to step down from the post and take a reduced caseload next year after forwarding a racist joke involving President Barack Obama. U.S. Courts spokeswoman Karen Redmond said Thursday U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull of Billings will take senior status March 18. That means […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Ku Klux Klan leader from North Carolina has been convicted on weapons and explosive charges related to a plot to blow up his county sheriff. A jury convicted Charles Robert Barefoot Jr. of Benson on six felony counts this week, including conspiracy, possession of stolen guns and receipt of explosives […]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled in favor of a white administrator at Winston-Salem State University, Shira Hedgepeth, who claims she was fired from her job because of reverse racism. According to reports, Hedgepeth claimed she was told she did not have the proper skills to stay in her position after her department was restructured. […]
While the turnout in the country’s most populous areas may determine the outcome of the presidential election, organized hate finds victory in the nation’s small cities, towns, villages and hamlets. And the Republican Party is having a hard time tamping it down. Earlier this week, the chairman of the Mecklenburg County (Va.) Republican Committee called […]
A man in Texas decided to make a statement against President Obama by hanging an empty chair from a tree in front of his Northwest Austin home. A fold-up chair, with an American flag attached to it, was hung from a tree in front of Bud Johnson’s home in the Spicewood Estates area Wednesday night, […]
