Readers Prefer Net Neutrality to Glenn Beck

by Channing Kennedy on August 28 2010, 9:17AM

A roundup of the week’s best ColorLines conversations.

Topics: Media

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Readers Debate Identity Politics, at Church, at Home, and at Yacht

by Channing Kennedy on August 13 2010, 7:00PM

A round-up of some of this week’s best reader-lead conversations.

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Readers React: Tackling Facebook’s Racism (On Facebook)

by Channing Kennedy on August 6 2010, 7:21PM

A round-up of some of this week’s best reader-lead conversations.

Topics: Technology

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White Conservatives Own the “Race Conversation” (Now With Stats!)

by Channing Kennedy on August 6 2010, 11:20AM

Meanwhile, we’re ignoring what really matters.

Topics: Media, Shirley Sherrod

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Readers Sound Off On Essence Drama, Arpaio Mess

by Channing Kennedy on July 30 2010, 1:47PM

Some of the week’s best reader driven conversations.

Topics: Media

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South Asians: Time Magazine’s Sorry You’re Offended

by Channing Kennedy on July 16 2010, 2:10PM

The editors issue a non-apology after Joel Stein’s humor column offers up racist stereotypes.

Topics: Media

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That’s the Way She Likes to Judge: Luther Campbell Backs Kagan

by Channing Kennedy on July 8 2010, 4:54PM

The would-be Supreme Court justice helped defend 2 Live Crew from obscenity charges.

Topics: Elena Kagan

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Rabbi Who Brought Down Helen Thomas Has Great ‘Mexican’ Impression

by Channing Kennedy on June 7 2010, 6:53PM

UPDATE 1:00PM ET: Though the ‘Holy Weather’ video has been removed from youtube by the uploader, Mediaite has re-posted it. Embedded above. ………… This weekend, thirty seconds of video surfaced in which veteran DC reporter Helen Thomas, in a snippet…

Topics: Media

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“White Christian Terrorist” Still an Oxymoron in 2010

by Channing Kennedy on June 2 2010, 2:29PM

This week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled the nation’s new National Security Strategy. There’s a lot improved over the previous version from 2006 (the one that used the word “preemption”), and a lot to praise. The Obama version…

Topics: National Security

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Friday Twitter Break: We’ll ‘Oilwells’ Love BP.

by Channing Kennedy on May 28 2010, 2:33PM

With regards to the Dolly Parton song. Catch us on Twitter @racialjustice; there’s also a handy directory of our staff tweeters. And our Tumblr is just bristling with colorful charts and horrifying screengrabs from around the web, for your sharing…

Topics: Technology

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Rand Paul Hates Institutional Racism (Except the Part Where You Elect Him)

by Channing Kennedy on May 20 2010, 1:10PM

Earlier this week, Rand Paul, noted libertarian son of noted libertarian Ron Paul, was doing great. He had harnessed the support of the Tea Party and the mainstream GOP, overcome gloomy initial polling numbers, and seized Kentucky’s Republican Senate…

Topics: Elections

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The NYT Demonstrates How Not to Talk About Immigration

by Channing Kennedy on May 19 2010, 9:00AM

A colorblind, white-as-default, fact-phobic approach typifies the many shortcomings of our dialogue around race, values and immigration.

Topics: Arizona's SB 1070, Media

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Friday Twitter Break: Ethnic Studies, Schmethnic Studies

by Channing Kennedy on May 14 2010, 5:18PM

I couldn’t find a screengrabbable tweet of my favorite quote of the week, so I just have to tell you about it manually. Here it is: Nobody taught me anything about my cultural heritage in school. That’s white right-wing blogger…

Topics: Technology

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5 Real Reasons to Ignore Pew’s Arizona SB1070 Poll

by Channing Kennedy on May 13 2010, 9:00AM

Big new polls show majority support for Arizona’s new immigration law. Don’t believe them.

Topics: Arizona's SB 1070, Immigration, Media

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Deprofiler.com Ends Racial Profiling, with Printable White-Person Masks

by Channing Kennedy on May 4 2010, 2:02PM

Being brown in Arizona has been tough, at least since the arrival of people relatively less brown. And now, recent Arizona legislation like SB 1070 has moved to make it illegal to be Latino, to look Latino, to sound Latino…

Topics: Immigration

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Friday Twitterbreak: Arizona Goddam, aka #SB1070 Edition

by Channing Kennedy on April 23 2010, 5:46PM

…and I mean every word of it. Some non-#SB1070 tweets behind the cut, because this is the Friday Twitterbreak, and you’ve earned that break. —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-…

Topics: Immigration

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Daryl Gates: The Thin Blue Line Between Personal and Structural Racism

by Channing Kennedy on April 16 2010, 3:31PM

From the LA Times today: Daryl F. Gates, the rookie cop who rose from driver for a legendary chief to become chief himself, leading the Los Angeles Police Department during a turbulent 14-year period that found him struggling to keep…

Topics: Featured, Police

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Drop Everything: Systemic Racism Affects White Tanning-Bed Enthusiasts

by Channing Kennedy on April 1 2010, 11:47AM

Two Sundays ago, with the passage of health care reform, the racial hierarchy of America changed forever. And with it, the racial justice movement must change. For years I’ve suggested that racism was in decline and yeah, there are some,…

Topics: Media

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Tea Partiers Bring Best Epithets for House Democrats

by Channing Kennedy on March 22 2010, 1:56PM

On Sunday, Capitol Hill was flooded with protesters demanding that the Obama administration make good on its promises to move immigration reform forward. The protests got lots of coverage on all the cable news networks, and the views and goals…

Topics: Media

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Lt. Dan Choi Arrested at White House, Protesting Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

by Channing Kennedy on March 18 2010, 2:56PM

Breaking news at AMERICABlog: Following an appearance this morning at a Human Rights Campaign rally in Washington, D.C., Lt. Dan Choi and Capt. Jim Pietrangelo proceeded to the White House and handcuffed themselves to the front gate to protest the…

Topics: Gender & Sexuality

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