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Report: Some fear Pres. Obama might put whites ‘in the back of the bus’

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.23.08 | 9:33 am

As Barack Obama seals the deal on the Democratic nomination, it seems there’s an uptick in writing about both overt and subtle kinds of  racism that infect our language and political psychology. But a…

North Dakota students can’t get enough of that old-timey racist humor

By Tom Elko | 03.28.08 | 11:49 am

North Dakota State University is investigating the NDSU Saddle and Sirloin Club and sorority Alpha Gamma Delta after a racially charged performance at the Mr. NDSU Pageant. The performance…

The next wave: Right churns more Wright fodder, this time from church newsletters

By Steve Perry | 03.27.08 | 4:32 pm

Expect to see more words from Jeremiah Wright coming to your front pages and TV screens shortly — this time concerning anti-Israeli commentaries re-published by Wright in church newsletters.

The arc of the story as it has moved…

One lesson of Wright kerfuffle: DC press corps is Pavlov’s Dog Pound

By Steve Perry | 03.19.08 | 12:04 pm

The right-wing cottage industry that makes its living by unearthing “liberal bias” in news media loves to cart out the fact that traditionally there have been more Democrats than Republicans in newsrooms across the land. But the tarring…

“Not this time”: Text of Obama’s speech on race in America

By Robin Marty | 03.18.08 | 10:44 am

Barack Obama has released the text of this morning’s speech on race, and CNN has already posted an article on it. 

The headline? Obama: Constitution stained by ‘sin of slavery’.

Was that the biggest point of…

Zero hour: Obama delivering ‘important’ speech on race this morning

By Steve Perry | 03.18.08 | 9:49 am

Like any spiritual adviser worth his or her keep, Jeremiah Wright Jr. has led Barack Obama to a place he did not want to go but needed to go. This morning in Philadelphia, Obama is delivering a speech…

Our Own Imus: City Pages Scrubs Editor’s Stereotypes from Story

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.21.07 | 8:46 pm

City Pages’ new editor Kevin Hoffman ventured into Don “Nappy-Headed Hos” Imus/George “Macaca” Allen territory this week in a news item that squeezed three questionable ethnic stereotypes into a wee 291-word piece entitled, “New Delhi Star Tribune:…