Tag Archives: racism

“I think she’s one of the weakest candidates I’ve ever seen in the history of our country. I mean, intellectually, just really kind of the bottom of the barrel. I think it’s just a failure from top to bottom. I think she was a DEI hire and I think that that’s what we’re seeing, and I just don’t think that …

ABC News reports: The three University of Alabama System campuses on Tuesday shuttered diversity, equity and inclusion offices— and opened new offices — to comply with a new Republican-backed law attempting to ban the programs on public college campuses in the state. The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, along with the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of …

The Tennessean reports: On the same day on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett dismissed the qualifications of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and Vice President Kamala Harris, calling both women “DEI hires.” Burchett called Cheatle a “DEI horror story,” referring to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to expand opportunities for women and people of color in workplaces. He told …

First, a report from the New York Times: A little over two months ago, Elon Musk found himself at Montsorrel, the palatial Palm Beach compound of Nelson Peltz, the famed activist investor. Mr. Musk knew the sprawling grounds well, having stayed in the guesthouse. The topic of conversation was a bit different than usual, though: Mr. Peltz had brought together …

Media Matters has the transcript: ROB SCHMITT (HOST): Do these donors really think that Kamala Harris is going to do better in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania than Joe Biden would? I mean, that’s — because it can’t be anybody else, right? SEBASTIAN GORKA (GUEST): Rob, you’re being logical. Stop it. All right. She’s a DEI hire, right? She’s a woman. …

Mediaite reports: The World Boxing Council— one of boxing’s four major sanctioning bodies — has expelled Ryan Garcia for his bizarre, slur-filled rant on social media. Garcia, who was recently suspended for testing positive for PED use in his match against Devin Haney, spoke in a Twitter Spaces Thursday when he went on an unhinged rant about Black people, Israel, …

Reuters reports: One late afternoon in mid-May, a half dozen Hispanic day laborers were paid $20 each to parade in front of the White House on camera, holding signs with slogans like “I Love Biden” and “I Need Work Permit for My Family.” The stunt was orchestrated by Nick Shirley, a pro-Trump online influencer. “We want to take you to …

The Daily Beast reports: The white trad-wife TikToker who casually dropped the n-word in a cooking video that went viral Monday is already paying for her ignorance, with her employer, Rophe of the Carolinas, announcing it had let her go with immediate effect on Tuesday. The woman at the center of the controversy, Lilly Gaddis, referred to her friends’ husbands …

Madison’s CBS affiliate reports: The father of a Baraboo High School graduate forcibly pulled the district superintendent away from his daughter as she crossed the stage to receive a congratulatory handshake during the school’s graduation ceremony Friday. The man, who is not being named to protect his daughter’s identity, ran onto the stage just after the girl had been handed …

Slate reports: The Supreme Court, he argued, should overrule every precedent that limits gerrymandering—including the landmark cases establishing “one person, one vote”—because it has no constitutional power to redraw maps in the first place. And he places much of the blame for the court’s allegedly illegitimate intrusion into redistricting on a surprising culprit: Brown v. Board of Education. Brown was, …

The Guardian reports: A dark money group with ties to Trump’s inner circle dropped more than $90 million on ads described as vile, racist and transphobic in the second half of 2022 alone, new tax records obtained by Documented and the Guardian reveal. The staggering sum makes the newly created group, which is based out of the nerve center for …

“Thanks for having me, that was a fantastic opening monologue. I too am a fan of yours, so I’m going to make a point of disagreeing with you so it will be fun. You are so bright and articulate, and I guess I can call you articulate since you’re not an American Black. Can’t say that about them, that’s derogatory. …

NBC News reports: The University of Mississippi has opened at least one student conduct investigation after videos of pro-Palestinian protesters surrounded by counterprotesters circulated online, including one that many have singled out as racist. Chancellor Glenn F. Boyce sent a letter to students and staff on Friday noting that Ole Miss leaders were aware of behaviors that were “offensive, hurtful, …

Here’s a reminder about the scene at Ole Miss: There were hundreds of counter-protesters, in contrast to the few dozen pro-Palestine protesters. The scene evoked memories of the resistance to the civil rights struggle in the US south six decades earlier. The counter-protesters included individuals waving American flags and Trump flags. At one point, they sang the American national anthem, …

Law & Crime reports: A federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed by a vocal critic of Black Lives Matter challenging the city of Honolulu’s refusal to allow him to register his red Pontiac Firebird with a vanity plate reading “FCKBLM.” Edward Odquina sued the city after his preferred license plate was revoked for being too profane. Odquina said in …

Angry White Men reports: While discussing crime rates in New York City, white nationalist Laura Loomer remarked on her Rumble show, Loomer Unleashed, that she could be mayor if she could “get more melanin” and “learn Ebonics.” Loomer also did a racist impression of an African migrant, whom she compared to a Somali pirate from the movie Captain Phillips. Loomer, …

Mediaite reports: The Michigan Republican Party used the word “colored” to describe Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D) in a social media post on Thursday while also calling him a communist. Rather than wait for an investigation into the incident to uncover the cause of the bridge collapse, right-wing social media accounts immediately suggested the blame should be placed on diversity, …

Mediaite reports: Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott accused his critics of not having “the courage to say the N-word” after he was branded the “DEI mayor” following the fatal Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse this week. After Scott was blamed by some social media users for the collapse, with one of Elon Musk’s favorite accounts calling him “Baltimore’s DEI mayor,” MSNBC …

NPR reports: Police in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and the FBI are investigating after a team in the NCAA Women’s basketball tournament said they were racially harassed while staying in the city. Members of the University of Utah women’s team told police someone in a truck displaying a confederate flag yelled racial slurs and revved the engine in a menacing way …

The Birmingham News reports: A new Alabama law banning diversity, equity and inclusion offices, programming and training in public colleges and other state agencies will go into effect this fall. Gov. Kay Ivey signed SB129, known as the “divisive concepts” bill, into law Wednesday. The law will become effective Oct. 1, 2024. The law lists eight so-called “divisive concepts,” with …