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• Dont Play the HP Race Card

  
  Gearlog — Authority: 626
  By now youve seen the YouTube video of two very observant retail store workers, Desi and Wanda, that "proved" that HP webcams cannot process facial recognition of African-American skin in low-lighting and without optimizing settings for each skin tone. The Webosphere is gleefully hurling accusations of racism at ...
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• Do leftist colonialists hate black skin?

  
  No Apologies — Authority: 147
  Uganda’s law to strengthen sanctions against homosexual behaviour continues to stir controversy around the world. There were some interesting comments in an article yesterday, entitled “Africa’s Anti-Gay Laws Spark Accusations and Denials in US.” The article referenced a book called “The Family,” by ...
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• Hail Mary: Racist E-Mail Doc Reaches Out To Liberal Critics, Quoting Dean, Greenwald, Ed Schultz

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 775
  Tea Party activist David McKalip, who sent out the now-famous picture of Obama as a witch doctor, is now reaching out to the very progressives who sent him hate mail, calling on them to unite in a left-right coalition to "Stop the Final Corporate Takeover of Medicine." In what he describes as "a call to action ...
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• So what was the Pringles tube for?

  
  The Plashing Vole: parataxis — Authority: 141
  I asked, and you provided many and varied responses. None of them were correct. Neal utilised the tube to make me………………………… The Melanie Philips Newspaper Rack© (quotes below are from the hilarious interview linked to by her name). In case you dont know her, shes the shrillest, least ...
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• Australian braodcaster hit with $10,000 …

  
  Talk Islam — Authority: 493
  Australian braodcaster hit with $10,000 fine for ‘racial villification of Muslims and engaging in “reckless hyperbole calculated to agitate and excite his audience .” a
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• VIDEO: Is HP’s Webcam Facial Recognition Software Racist?

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 599
  From MSNBC: A video posted on YouTube shows HP’s facial recognition software tracking the movements of a white face, but not a black one, something the video’s maker calls “racist,” but the computer giant says is definitely not. “Everything we do is focused on ensuring that we provide a high-quality ...
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• William Kunstler and the Active Voice to Discuss Racism

  
  racismreview.com — Authority: 559
  I saw a new documentary called “William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe,” about the civil rights lawyer.  the film was made by his two daughters from his second marriage, Sarah and Emily Kunstler.  it was interesting and much of the film was about racism, although none of the promotional materials hint at ...
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• Kwanzaa Created by a Rapist and Torturer?

  
  Stop The ACLU — Authority: 674
  -By Warner Todd Huston Every year I post a pre-Christmas piece on the farce that is Kwanzaa. This year will be no exception. Note, some of the newspaper articles I quote are several years old so some may no longer be online. Each year, with the onset of Christmas, we are treated to another gauzy, fluff piece ...
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• James Camerons Avatar is a stylish film marred by its racist subtext

  
  News World — Authority: 138
  Avatar was a spectacle, I’ll grant you that. The film’s 230-million-dollar budget guaranteed extravagant and often beautiful 3D special effects. But as I left the cinema last night, I couldn’t help questioning the weird mind behind it all. Was it James Cameron’s intention to be so nauseatingly patronising? And ...
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• Ripped from the Headlines: Greed, Corruption, and Hate Crimes in Northeastern Pennsylvania By Walter Brasch

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 521
  by Walter BraschFeatured WriterDandelion Saladwww.walterbrasch.comDecember 22, 2009Dick Wolf, who created “Law & Order” and its two successful spin-offs, “Law & Order: SVU” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” should probably consider establishing a branch office in Pennsylvania.It seems that ...
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• Radical Feminist Ruchira Gupta on Ending Prostitution and Sexual Slavery

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 159
  [image of feminist journalist/filmmaker Ruchira Gupta is from here]“Our groups seek not to mitigate the circumstances of sex-trafficking but to end sex-trafficking. We seek complete transformation, not simply reform. Our members who are victims and survivors of sex-trafficking want a world in which it is ...
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• Kwanzaa Created by a Rapist and Torturer?

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 516
  -By Warner Todd HustonEvery year I post a pre-Christmas piece on the farce that is Kwanzaa. This year will be no exception. Note, some of the newspaper articles I quote are several years old so some may no longer be online. Each year, with the onset of Christmas, we are treated to another gauzy, fluff [...]
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• Austrian extreme right financial scandal

  
  Dear Kitty. Some blog — Authority: 148
  Réunion des anciens de l’armée d’Hitler au mont Ulrichberg by brunomorefou2 This video, in French, is about Jörg Haider and other extreme Rightists in Austria commemorating the “heroes” of Adolf Hitler’s Waffen SS . By Markus Salzmann and Peter Schwarz : Massive bank scandal: Austrian ...
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• Duke University Raping White Men Again

  
  Guy White: Making Sense On Race — Authority: 431
  Hat tip to Jay: You might think that a university whose students were victims of the most notorious fraudulent rape claim in recent history, and whose professors — 88 of them — signed an ad implicitly presuming guilt, and whose president came close to doing the same would have learned some lessons. The facts ...
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• HP Computers Are Racist (VIDEO)

  
  Blippitt.com — Authority: 610
  Well, not really.  However, there is a troubling glitch in the companys new webcam facial recognition software - it cant recognize African-American faces. In the video below, Wanda (Caucasian) and Desi (African American) seem to be two employees at a local electronics store.  They uncover the flaw in the webcams ...
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• National mythology and dog whistles

  
  Notes From Underground — Authority: 124
  I ran into this very interesting essay over at BroadSnark, White Americas Existential Crisis. The author writes a great deal on some themes Ive touched upon briefly since late 2008. A few excerpts are in order:There is a certain segment of the American population that really believes in the American foundational ...
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• HP Computers are Racist

  
  We got more bounce in Columbus. — Authority: 142
  “… but as soon as my blackness enters the frame…” The software probably ignores ugly sweaters. Thanks to Paul for the link.
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• VIDEO: Israel is a racist country which discriminates against Arabs, Christians, and Muslims

  
  Jewish Internet Defense Force — Authority: 542
  actually, thats inaccurate: Lt. Col. Avital Leibovitch, head of the Foreign Press Branch of the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit , takes a moment to recognize the variety of peoples who serve in the Israel Defense Force and to wish them all a happy holiday season – whichever holiday they may celebrate. The ...
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• White Supremacist Robert Stacy McCain Refuses to Debate with Barrett Brown

  
  Little Green Footballs — Authority: 592
  Imagine my surprise to discover that white supremacist blogger Robert Stacy McCain has cravenly refused Barrett Brown’s challenge: Stacy McCain Finally Acknowledges, Declines My Offer to Debate . And in classic Stacy McCain style, he throws in an ugly smear while running away. McCain uses his post as an ...
  15 hours ago

• okay, really…

  
  ...so Sara said. — Authority: 129
  Why are black people the only one who participate in this horrifically STUPID trending topics on Twitter?  I hate them.
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