Kanye is a ‘slave name’? Not since Sean Combs, A.K.A. Puff Daddy, morphed into P Diddy has a name change spawned so much derision. However, this time, the mockery is laced with pity, even sadness. Kanye West’s chief of staff, Milo Yiannopoulos, demanded in a letter that the rapper be referred to as Ye and not… Read more.
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Trump Blackwashing with Gilded Sneakers, Mug Shot, and Fake Friends
Trump is unapologetically racist The more Donald Trump humiliates White men like Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham, the more loyalty they show him. This political phenomenon is as vexing as it is perplexing. Yet, polls show that the more Trump hurls racist insults, the more appealing Blacks find him. Forget vexing and perplexing. That reeks of Orwellian doublespeak. After all, Trump is arguably… Read more.
Musk Claims Whites Are Smarter Than Blacks – Surprised?
Musk’s racism mirrors Trump’s Elon Musk is a racist. At this point, that shouldn’t surprise anyone. I, for one, have written many commentaries denouncing his public tweets. Those tweets often show his true colors. Simply put, Musk is becoming to business what Donald Trump is to politics: a temperamental, incompetent, petty, spiteful, cowardly, racist, narcissistic, homophobic, antisemitic, bullying buffoon. In other words, they’re two… Read more.
Racists Force Gay, Harvard’s First Black President, to Resign
Gay resigns On December 6, I published the blog post “Calls for Presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT to Resign: Sexism, Racism, and Hypocrisy.” Today, Harvard President Claudine Gay became the second forced to resign, despite the glaring sexism, racism, and hypocrisy from her critics. Harvard President Claudine Gay announced Tuesday she is stepping down just six months into her… Read more.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Ousts Closet Racist Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone
Hall of Fame ousts Jann Wenner The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ousts Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone Magazine, after he outed himself as a racist and misogynist. When asked by Times reporter David Marchese why he did not include female artists or people of color on his list of rock legends, Wenner responded, “Insofar… Read more.
Tuberville’s Hold on Military Promotions Undermines the Military and Promotes Racism
Tuberville’s hold on military promotions Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is getting his 15 minutes of fame. He’s getting it for making Congress even more partisan and dysfunctional than usual. But that’s the point. Tuberville is holding up promotions for over 250 military officers. The Pentagon subsidizes out-of-state travel for reproductive healthcare, including abortion. He’s protesting that policy. And he… Read more.
Scholastic Forced to Apologize for Suggesting Racism Be Cut from Children’s Book
Scholastic is the world’s largest publisher of educational materials, including children’s books. It enjoyed a good reputation. Then it betrayed its mission. It asked an author to cut references to racism from her book before publication. The author is Maggie Tokuda-Hall (no relation). Her children’s book is Love in the Library. Here is how NPR reported on Saturday on… Read more.
LSU Defeats Iowa (and Racist Stereotypes) to Win NCAA Women’s Basketball Title
This year’s NCAA Women’s final was the most thrilling and “satisfying” in recent memory. That the LSU Tigers set a scoring record in defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes speaks volumes. LSU blitzed Iowa 102-85 to win the NCAA championship. LSU defeats Iowa Angel Reese is the ‘Bayou Barbie’ who led LSU. Caitlin Clark is the National… Read more.
Rupert Murdoch Admits Fox News Lied about the 2020 Presidential Election
Fox News propagated the big lie that Democrats rigged the 2020 Election. And it accused Dominion Voting Systems of flipping votes to help them do it. Dominion filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News. Its filings have disclosed incriminating text and email exchanges among Fox personnel. And they are proving to be the… Read more.
DeSantis Bans African American Studies to Teach White Supremacy
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is on a crusade. He’s banning African-American studies from public schools, claiming they impose a political agenda on school kids. This is a brazen case of projection. DeSantis is ensuring schools indoctrinate kids with a white-supremacist version of US history Rev. Al Sharpton led a march on Wednesday on Florida’s state… Read more.