Archive for the 'race' Category
Jesse Owens In ‘36
Posted on February 12, 2010 by andrew- Filed Under 1936 Olympics, Jesse Owens, race | Leave a Comment
This is one of my more random late-night tangents (prompted by Colbert’s discussion of Olympic Art on his show tonight), but I’m suddenly intrigued by the reality and the myth of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics. The story we all know is roughly as follows: Owens, a black guy, went to Berlin for the [...]
Stiff Competition
Posted on July 15, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Sonia Sotomayor, Tom Coburn, race | Leave a Comment
Which Republican senator will be able to claim the title of Most Racist at the conclusion of these confirmation hearings? Tom Coburn makes a strong argument in his own favor.
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Quote of the Day
Posted on June 11, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Holocaust Museum shooting, anti-Semitism, race | Leave a Comment
Um, wow:
“The responsible white separatist community condemns this,” he said. “It makes us look bad.”
(Via)
Hey, Token Black Friend, I’ve Got A Question For You
Posted on June 3, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under George W Bush, race | Leave a Comment
Was George W. Bush stupid or evil? I suppose we’ll never get a definitive answer (although the smart money is riding on “both”), but here’s more evidence for the first option:
Bush found himself perplexed by the flap over Joe Biden describing Obama as “articulate and bright and clean” in January 2007. So, naturally, the president [...]
SCOTUS Calculations
Posted on May 1, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Republican party, Supreme Court, race | 1 Comment
Michael Tomasky makes a really good point in this post, almost in passing:
Plus, pending an analysis of Sotomayor’s paper trail, if it is her, well, declaring war against and trying to filibuster a Latina woman is another brilliant idea. Here comes Texas, over into the blue column, with all its Latino voters. Unless it secedes [...]
Taking Time Away From My Busy Schedule Of Sitting Here Waiting For The Inauguration To Happen Already, Dammit, To Make Fun Of Stupid Columns
Posted on January 14, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Caroline Kennedy, Politico, Roland Burris, gender, race, the media | Leave a Comment
Steve Benen questions a silly Politico column in which Roger Simon argues that “the race card trumps the gender card in U.S. politics” because Roland Burris will successfully claim his Senate seat while Caroline Kennedy is still fighting for one of her own. Benen addresses the inherent stupidity, but he doesn’t insult Simon or the [...]
Just What We Needed, The Return Of “Barack Obama Isn’t Really Black” Stories
Posted on October 29, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, race, television, the media | Leave a Comment
Why doesn’t Barack Obama respect African-American culture? Jake Tapper:
In Attempt at Humor, Obama Conflates ‘Sanford and Son’ and ‘The Jeffersons’
So… much… stupidity…
Defining America
Posted on October 28, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, race | Leave a Comment
Barack Obama believes in the same America I also believe in. That’s one of the reasons I’ve supported him throughout the campaign. He exemplifies the idea in some remarks noted by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Here is Obama responding to the second plot against his life:
“I think what has been striking in this campaign is the the degree [...]
History
Posted on October 22, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Indiana, race | Leave a Comment
This story from an early voter in Indiana really touched me:
For me the most moving moment came when the family in front of me, comprising probably 4 generations of voters (including an 18 year old girl voting for her first time and a 90-something hunched-over grandmother), got their turn to vote. When the old woman [...]
“That One”
Posted on October 8, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, John McCain, presidential debates, race | 2 Comments
I missed it last night. Fortunately, there’s video:
My instincts tell me he didn’t mean it to have a racial connotation, but it’s still a terribly disrespectful way of talking about a fellow United States senator and presidential nominee, especially when McCain is sharing a stage with him. I also certainly wouldn’t question anyone who did [...]
There They Go Again
Posted on September 4, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Lynn Westmoreland, race | Leave a Comment
What is wrong with the Obama campaign that they keep playing the race card over and over again? Now they’re taking a perfectly innocent observation made by a Republican Congressman and twisting it into a statement that might sound sort of racist when heard through liberal elitist PC ears, and then they’re getting their liberal [...]
South Park Analogies
Posted on July 31, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, South Park, race, television, the media | Leave a Comment
I want to be very clear on this first part: I’m not at all comparing McCain and Obama, or their campaigns, to Stan and Token. HOWEVER, reading the media’s latest mind-numbing discussions about “the race card” after I got home from work, a very clear image of Cartman in the following clip burst into my [...]
Memo To Barack Obama
Posted on July 30, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, Dana Milbank, presidential presumption, race | Leave a Comment
Look, Senator, you really need to stop being so damned uppity. You’re even making guys like Dana Milbank uncomfortable. Look how he starts his latest column:
Barack Obama has long been his party’s presumptive nominee. Now he’s becoming its presumptuous nominee.
You can’t get any more blunt than that. And Milbank is not another stodgy old Richard [...]
Hmm, The Original Title I Used No Longer Made Sense After I Rewrote The Post…
Posted on July 28, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, John McCain, race | Leave a Comment
Marc Ambinder flags “a statement released in John McCain’s name by his campaign”, noting that the candidate’s budget plan remains rather unhindered by reality. I, on the other hand, am merely offended by Grandpa John’s presumption:
I have an unmatched record in fighting wasteful earmarks and unnecessary spending in the U.S. Senate and I have the [...]
White People Are Dumb
Posted on July 16, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under polls, race | Leave a Comment
A few people are making fun of the New York Times for discovering the shocking news that a single presidential campaign can’t heal a legacy of slavery and discrimination overnight, which is totally fair. Personally, I’m a bit annoyed by one of the poll results contained in the colorful pull-out graph:
Look, even if you think [...]
Scandal Of The Day
Posted on July 14, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, The New Yorker, The Onion, race, the media | Leave a Comment
I’m fairly certain I’ll lose my blogging credentials if I don’t comment on the New Yorker cover this morning.
So, yeah: It sucks. It’s obviously meant to be satire, but it doesn’t really work as satire because it’s essentially identical to the intended targets of the satire. It does work fairly well as an attention grabber [...]
Things I Don’t Care About
Posted on June 25, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Ralph Nader, Things I Don't Care About, race | Leave a Comment
(Part nineteen in an ongoing series)
Trying to decide whether, “Ralph Nader is a complete moron,” or, “Ralph Nader was intentionally grasping for media attention by saying something that makes him sound like a complete moron,” is the more accurate summary of his remarks on Barack Obama’s race.
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Things I STILL Don’t Care About
Posted on May 30, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Geraldine Ferraro, Things I Don't Care About, gender, race | Leave a Comment
(Part seventeen in an ongoing series)
Geraldine Ferraro.
“It’s not racism that is driving them, it’s racial resentment.” Seriously? Are you sure you wouldn’t be better suited to working on a Republican’s campaign in some backwater in the South?
How could someone so irrelevant to everything be annoying me so much? Why won’t she go away?
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Simple Answers To Simple Questions
Posted on May 14, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under West Virginia primary, race | 1 Comment
Marc Ambinder, in response to a reader’s email, asks:
Did race drive yesterday’s vote in West Virginia?
What do you think?
Yes, it did.
Out of curiosity, do people from other parts of the country not realize how much of a punchline West Virginia is to those of us from, at the least, Maryland and Virginia? I guess I’ve [...]
Talk About Cringe-Inducing
Posted on May 8, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Hillary Clinton, race | Leave a Comment
Did Hillary really say this?
So what is the Clinton case for staying? “Clinton vowed Wednesday to continue her quest for the Democratic nomination, arguing she would be the stronger nominee because she appeals to a wider coalition of voters — including whites who have not supported Barack Obama in recent contests. ‘I have a much [...]
