Racism

Racism is the belief that genetic variations among human beings, especially those pertaining to skin color, serve as the basis for the superiority of one race over the other. It is grounded in the prejudice and belief of racial hierarchy and justified with pseudoscientific claims.

The greatest crimes against humanity, including genocide and the Holocaust were motivated by racist ideologies. Racism, then, typically results in violence, intolerance, and in its most extreme forms, death and mass extermination.

Bloggers fiercely debate the concept of racism as controversial issues such as reverse racism and its role in affirmative action programs speak to the heart of our interactions within the workplace and the economy’s influence in our lives. For bloggers, racism is a very sensitive topic as we all identify with a race or combination thereof. Thus, to discuss race is to potentially include one’s own biases into the discussion.

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Racism”

• Oh, THIS is helpful

  
  Peoria Pundit — Authority: 440
  Wishing Barack Obama were not president, or strongly disagreeing with his policies, does not make you a racist. I get that. MOST people get that. So it’s entiirely possible to hate Obama and NOT be a racist. But anyone who thinks that racism isn’t driving SOME of the over the top criticism is being naive. ...
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• Quote of the Day (November 20, 2009)

  
  Texas for Sarah Palin — Authority: 628
  Greg Gutfeld : "So apparently Sarah Palin sold over three hundred thousand copies of her book in one day – and as you can guess – they were all purchased by racists. At least, that’s what the sociology professors over at MSNBC Community College believe... I used to think this race-baiting tactic was a ...
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• One Potato, Two Potato (1964)

  
  Dave Lucas — Authority: 138
  Had nothing to do Friday night (for a change) so I turned on the TV and found a 1964 movie: One Potato, Two Potato ... its a black-and-white drama film directed by Larry Peerce and starring Barbara Barrie, Harry Bellaver, Faith Burwell and Bernie Hamilton... and its about black and white relationships, specifically ...
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• Is Hatred a Basic Human Need?

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 549
  We humans are, to use an out-of-date expression, some mighty queer customers.  We have to hate.  All over the world, my fellow human beings have demonstrated to anyone who would care to watch that we just plain need to hate. Why are we twice as adept at hurting as we are at caring? Not very many days ago, a ...
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• Zondervan Models Repentance, Humility By Pulling Controversial Book

  
  Confessions of a Small-Church Pastor — Authority: 121
  Zondervan Publishing announced yesterday that it is pulling all the copies and support material for its controversial Deadly Viper Character Assassins book.   Dr. Soong-Chan Rah and others in the Asian-American Christian community pointed out the culturally offensive title and content of the book to the authors ...
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• Here they go with this stuff again - racist Obama billboard in Colorado

  
  THE INTERSECTION OF MADNESS & REALITY — Authority: 553
  Ok people, no seriously, isnt this shit getting old? Im just sayin: this shit is as tired as an old Negro spiritual. Apparently its profitable to cash in on racist advertising targeting Barack Obama. Yes, racism and marketing has obviously made a comeback in America. First we had the ass-hat down in Mississippi who ...
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• Racism in the News; 20 November 2009.

  
  blueollie — Authority: 140
  Kennett, Missouri: The situation is that back in 2007, a young woman was accused of cutting in line at a Wal Mart. Tempers flared and the police were called. Now this woman is going to trial and being accused of various crimes ranging from assaulting a police officer and disturbing the peace: Then things ...
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• Glenn Becks boss, wingnut and coward

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 806
  Keith Olbermann rips News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch for denying that he had accused President Obama of making racist comments: Unfortunately for Murdoch, he did accuse Pres. Obama of making racist comments, and Keith plays the video. It’s bad enough that Rupert Murdoch would have ever back Glenn ...
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• Letting his true self shine

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 142
  This past Saturday, while giving a speech at the “Rolling Tea Party”, anti-climate change and energy independence activist David McAuther let his true self shine, when he used the racist slur “raghead” to describe the peoples of Iraq and Afghanistan. …
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• Is Glenn Beck a Gateway Drug to White Racial Consciousness?

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 143
  Is Glenn Beck conservative marijuana? A gateway drug? Baby steps? The first free hit? According to a Salon survey of racist website discussion groups, these are some of the analogies that white power enthusiasts are using for Glenn Beck. Here, for example, is what a Stormfront member with 3500 postings to the site ...
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• Colorado Billboard Compares Obama With Terrorists

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 612
  WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. A billboard showing President Barack Obama wearing a turban has sparked a lot of attention at the suburban Denver used car dealership that put it up. The sign, completed Friday by artist David Lee of Arvada, shows a grinning, cartoonish Obama and bears the words: "PRESIDENT or JIHAD?" ...
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• Virginia Makes History…Up

  
  HYSTERICAL RAISINS — Authority: 469
  From From THINK PROGRESS : During a debate on the House floor today over designating 21 miles of the Molalla River as “ wild and scenic ,” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), who opposes the legislation, tried to claim a progressive environmental record for her party. “Actually, the GOP has been the leader in ...
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• ICE Targets Vermont Dairies For Audits… You didn’t like milk anyway

  
  La Frontera Times — Authority: 129
  
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• MANY of Congress JOINING WITH Obama to DESTROY AMERICA

  
  Desert Conservative — Authority: 522
  Submitted by: David Ard  I recommend this ( http://www.newswithviews.com ) article — Devvy Kidd — The destroyers who control Congress, the White House and media. You should check this out at, http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd471.htm
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• New Wingnut Themesong: "Too Many Minorities At My Waterpark"

  
  Library Grape — Authority: 432
  South Park has never channeled Lou Dobbs and Glenn Beck better: Via Sully
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• Indian Sikh to join BNP

  
  CRUSADER RABBIT — Authority: 560
  Times Online - A Sikh who claims that Islam is based on “deception, fraud and surprise attack” is set to become the first non-white member of the British National Party. Rajinder Singh, 78, who emigrated from the Punjab region of India in 1967, said today that he would be honoured to become a member of the BNP ...
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• Lebanese Singer Sued For Racist Lyrics • Crowd Boos Sarah Palin At Book Signing [Leftovers]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 817
  • Haifa Wehbe , a famous Lebanese pop singer, has come under fire for singing a song with racist lyrics. The song is from a childrens album, and includes the line: "Where is my teddy bear and my Nubian monkey?" • Nubian representatives say that the line compares black Egyptians to monkeys, and are suing the ...
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• Indian Sikh to join BNP

  
  Down under on the right side — Authority: 466
  Times Online – A Sikh who claims that Islam is based on “deception, fraud and surprise attack” is set to become the first non-white member of the British National Party. Rajinder Singh, 78, who emigrated from the Punjab region of India in 1967, said today that he would be honoured to become a member of the ...
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• Wanted : A Dozen Tickets For LSU/Ole Miss, Anywhere Besides The Sodomite Section

  
  Can't Stop The Bleeding — Authority: 144
  The Daily Revelle’s Xerxes A. Wilson writes the Klu Klux Klan are coming to Oxford, MS for tomorrow’s LSU / Ole Miss clash, and they’re not looking for Jevon Snead’s autograph. Shane Tate, the North Mississippi great titan for the Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, confirmed via e-mail the KKK ...
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• When Race Is A Social Invention

  
  Guy White: Making Sense On Race — Authority: 500
  an important fact to remember about Jews is that they are fundamentally Orientals, most of them having lived in the Occident for less than 2,000 years in most cases. This is my problem with the AS. They make crazy statements that undermine race realism. Continents are man-made inventions. A better argument would be ...
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