http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/race/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 22:37:23 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021138/posts Went to make application for a gun I ordered and the form has two new identifiers: 1. Ethnicity (Hispanic or Non-Hispanic) and 2. Race These are in sections 10a and 10b on the form. Local gun shop http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021138/posts#comment Sat, 18 May 2013 22:37:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019757/posts Jim Crow may be dead in most of America — but not at Columbia University. Almost 50 years after the Civil Rights Act ended legal discrimination, the bastion of liberalism is finally trying to change one of its scholarships, which is restricted to “whites only.” The Ivy League school’s Lydia C. Roberts Graduate Fellowship stipulates that the funds be given only to “a person of the Caucasian race.” New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019757/posts#comment Wed, 15 May 2013 14:47:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019387/posts Being white is pretty awesome. Don't get me wrong, if I were a white male instead of a white woman, my life would be even more awesome, but being a white female is still powerful. Being white is an unearned privilege; I did absolutely nothing to get the white skin I have. Yet my white skin gives me power and credibility. I am not just a member of the club; I am a member of THE club. And the best part is that I don't have to show a membership card; the color of my skin is my membership card,... York Daily Record http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019387/posts#comment Tue, 14 May 2013 19:13:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019164/posts ... "She connects the dots," Crump told the media excitedly. "She completely blows Zimmerman's absurd defense claim out of the water." According to Crump, the heavy-set, twenty-eight year old "loose cannon" had no intention of going back to his truck. He pursued Martin and shot him down. Dee Dee heard it all. The witnesses confirmed her testimony. Cried the outraged Crump at the end of his presentation, "Arrest George Zimmerman for the killing of Trayvon Martin in cold blood today." Crump got his point across. Gutman headlined his piece on ABC.com, "Trayvon Martin's Last Phone Call Triggers Demand for Arrest... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019164/posts#comment Tue, 14 May 2013 11:16:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018235/posts There are a ton of clips of Jason Richwine talking about race and immigration floating around the Internets. For example, Andrew Kaczynski of BuzzFeed posted a one-minute excerpt from an AEI event that Richwine attended and wrote: Here’s Video Of Another Time The Heritage Analyst Said Blacks and Hispanics Have Lower IQsJason Richwine, a senior policy analyst at the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation and co-author of a controversial report on the economic costs of immigration reform, said at a 2008 event that the “most important way” race was different was in IQ. He made similar comments in... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018235/posts#comment Sat, 11 May 2013 17:12:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016593/posts Reclusive soul superstar Lauryn Hill has been jailed over an enormous unpaid tax bill. Fugees singer Hill, 37, was sentenced to three months' jail followed by three months' home confinement for failing to pay $500,000 to the taxman in the United States. Hill claimed the sum was outstanding because she had "withdrawn from society" after alleged threats against her family. She was imprisoned after failing to pay the amount within the stipulated two-week timeframe. During her trial, Hill was ordered by the judge in Newark, New Jersey to undergo counselling because of her conspiracy theories - including that artists are... IBT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016593/posts#comment Tue, 7 May 2013 12:54:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3016008/posts CBS promos indicating the contestants will be required to take a picture with the president during tonight's final leg which concludes in Washington DC. I wasn't sure if this would actually happen in the episode but host Phil Keoghan said in an interview "We even got the president involved". Guess it's not enough for our president to appear at sporting events all the time - now he's on reality TV too! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3016008/posts#comment Sun, 5 May 2013 17:41:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3015171/posts More than 200 Wisconsin teachers and school administrators traveled to Green Bay last week to attend CREATE Wisconsin’s 2013 state conference. EAGnews decided to join them, to get a first-hand look at what the program, sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, is all about. State officials contend the CREATE program is nothing more than an effort to help teachers better understand and serve minority students. But as EAGnews previously reported, CREATE appears to have a much more broad and progressive agenda than simply working to close the achievement gap between students of color and their white counterparts. Many... EAGnews,org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3015171/posts#comment Fri, 3 May 2013 01:57:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013779/posts WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans suffered a loss of wealth during the recession and the sluggish recovery that followed. But the last half-decade has proved far worse for black and Hispanic families than for white families, starkly widening the already large gulf in wealth between non-Hispanic white Americans and most minority groups, according to a new study from the Urban Institute. “It was already dismal,” Darrick Hamilton, a professor at the New School in New York, said of the wealth gap between black and white households. “It got even worse.” Given the dynamics of the housing recovery and the rebound... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013779/posts#comment Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:42:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013648/posts "I am not one of your locally home grown house negroes. I don’t shuffle, I don’t tap dance, and I don’t take out the garbage… Some of the citizens in Martinsville need to wake up because I am black. I am also a voice for black people and we are tired, we are fed up and we are not taking it anymore” said Sharon Brooks Hodge, a member of Martinsville City Council, speaking to a Martinsville television reporter. MartinsvilleMedia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013648/posts#comment Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:41:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013576/posts As Quanesha Wallace remembers, it was around this time last year when the idea first came up at Wilcox County High School. It was nothing big, just chatter about prom, school, what comes next, what they’d change. If things were different, someone said, we’d all go to the same prom. For as long as anyone could remember, students in their South Georgia community went to separate proms, and homecoming dances, too. White students from Wilcox County attend one. Black students, another. They’re private events organized by parents and students, not the school district. Schools have long been desegregated, but in... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013576/posts#comment Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:59:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013362/posts Thirty-five years after the Supreme Court set the terms for boosting college admissions of African Americans and other minorities, the court may be about to issue a ruling that could restrict universities' use of race in deciding who is awarded places. The case before the justices was brought by Abigail Fisher, a white suburban Houston student who asserted she was wrongly rejected by the University of Texas at Austin while minority students with similar grades and test scores were admitted. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013362/posts#comment Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:46:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013330/posts America's blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election in which blacks strongly supported Barack Obama while many whites stayed home. Had people voted last November at the same rates they did in 2004, when black turnout was below its current historic levels, Republican Mitt Romney would have won narrowly, according to an analysis conducted for The Associated Press. Census data and exit polling show that whites and blacks will remain the two largest racial groups of eligible... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013330/posts#comment Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:53:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013136/posts Affirmative Action In America Is A Total Failure The EconomistApr. 27, 2013, 10:00 AM . Reuters - University of Michigan students Ruben Duran (L) and James Justin Wilson protest affirmative action in front of the Supreme Court in June 2003. WILLIAM POWERS is the president of the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin). Lino Graglia holds an endowed chair at its law school. Both have kindly demeanours, impressive records and that crucial perk of academic success, offices with great views: Mr Powers looks out over the heart of the university’s campus, Mr Graglia at its football stadium. They also hold... TBI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013136/posts#comment Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:33:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013130/posts Demographics Overtakes Economy as Prime Presidential Election Indicator Geoffrey Skelley, Political Analyst, U.Va. Center for Politics April 25th, 2013 One of the questions we asked prior to the 2012 election was whether or not state-level unemployment figures would matter much on Election Day. As it turned out, the answer was “probably not much.” Throughout the 2012 election cycle, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly jobs report became a highly anticipated event. Politicians, journalists and election handicappers (the Crystal Ball included) waited eagerly every first Friday of the month, anticipating what the national unemployment number would say about President Obama’s reelection... Center For Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013130/posts#comment Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:16:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3012123/posts An arbitrator on Wednesday ruled in favor of a former Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue captain who was demoted after he posted comments to Facebook about Trayvon Martin following the teenager's shooting death. Brian Beckmann was demoted in May 2012 after posting: "I and my co-workers could rewrite the book on whether our urban youths are victims of racist profiling or products of their failed, (expletive), ignorant, pathetic, welfare dependent excuses for parents." A blogger published the post, which sparked protest in Miami's African-American community. WPLG-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3012123/posts#comment Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:49:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011714/posts “It takes a village too raise a child” is a mantra that the left-wing likes to say. Obama has also said it takes “courage to be a father.” Other people think that it takes a mother and a father to raise a child, and the male parent is supposed to be a “father.” They aren’t supposed to get a special award. They don’t expect nor want to to be called “courageous” by the president for doing something they are supposed to do. Comedian Adam Carolla compared the presidents statement to saying “anyone can eat at an IHOP, it takes courage... Top Conservative News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011714/posts#comment Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:52:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010817/posts "Well, I have embarrassed the black community. At least that's what this woman told me. She was educated. She told me she had her masters degree and she said, "You are an embarrassment to the black community the way you badmouth Barack Obama! You should be ashamed of yourself! No self-respecting educated negro would ever speak publicly about a black man they way you do about Barack Obama.' She said that she "is so embarrassed to even be affiliated with the black race because of me." That I am a "total disgrace" of the black community because of the way... YouTube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010817/posts#comment Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:32:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010450/posts Progressives can’t help themselves. When a normal person hears of a tragedy, they feel the natural range of emotions – fear, anger, sympathy, etc. But progressives are not normal humans. When they hear news of a tragedy their first thought is “How can this help the cause?” There’s something oddly perverse about this mental defect that somehow overrides decency in tragedy’s aftermath, but it’s as widespread amongst the political left as freckles are on redheads. Harsh? Perhaps. But sometimes the truth hurts. In the hours after the Boston Marathon bombing, the usual suspects of progressive grave-dancers succumbed to the music... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010450/posts#comment Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:29:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009464/posts Racist 'Retail Redlining' Is Still A Big Problem In America Emily Badger, The Atlantic CitiesApril 18, 2013 David Mekarski, the village administrator for the south Chicago suburb of Olympia Fields, told a startling story this week at the American Planning Association's annual conference about a debate he recently had with a restaurant official. Why, he wanted to know, wouldn't quality restaurants come to his mixed-race community, where the average annual household income is $77,000, above the county average? The reply: "Black folks don’t tip, and so managers can’t maintain a quality staff. And if they can’t maintain a quality staff,... TBI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009464/posts#comment Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:08:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3007962/posts Foxx, who will receive the MTV Generation Award tonight, is wearing a shirt featuring the late Trayvon Martin's face on the red carpet. As we all know, Martin died last year after getting into an altercation with George Zimmerman, who became suspicious of the teenager's hoodie. The whole story was tragic on so many levels, but Foxx showed his support for the young man wh died before his time at tonight's show. "As a comedian, Academy award-winning actor and Grammy award-winning artist, Jamie Foxx is a triple threat superstar unlike any we've seen in a long time," Stephen Friedman, MTV... Policy Mic Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3007962/posts#comment Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:37:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3007140/posts A majority of white Americans are unhappy with President Barack Obama's job performance, suggest recent Gallup polling data, and it's not just because of his race, say political scientists from two of the nation's top universities. The latest weekly snapshot of President Obama's approval rating provided by Gallup shows the president with a national approval rating of 48 percent among all adults. When that number is broken down by racial demographics, however, the distance between the approval ratings of white and non-white Americans is staggering. Reflecting a weekly decline of just one percent, 76 percent of non-white Americans approve of... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3007140/posts#comment Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:04:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3001213/posts Are women equal to men? Are Jews equal to gentiles? Are blacks equal to Italians, Irish, Polish and other white people? The answer is probably a big fat no, and the pretense or assumption that we are equal -- or should be equal -- is foolhardy and creates mischief. Let's look at it. Male geniuses outnumber female geniuses 7-to-1. Female intelligence is packed much closer to the middle of the bell curve, whereas men's intelligence has far greater variability. That means that though there are many more male geniuses, there are also many more male idiots. The latter might partially... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3001213/posts#comment Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:56:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3006577/posts As recently as 1956, nearly 39 percent of blacks voted Republican in that year's presidential election. After the Civil War, Abe Lincoln's Republican Party easily carried the black vote -- where blacks were allowed to vote. Unwelcome in the Democratic Party, most blacks voted Republican and continued to do so through the early part of the 20th century. It wasn't until 1948, when 77 percent of the black vote went to Harry Truman, who had desegregated the military, that a majority of blacks identified themselves as Democrats. Yet, as a percentage of the party, more Republicans voted for the passage... CREATORS (via RCP) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3006577/posts#comment Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:49:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3006413/posts MSNBC host Touré tore into both artists LL Cool J and Brad Paisley over the release of their lighthearted duet “Accidental Racist,” which tackled persistent racial tensions through song. Touré, an experienced music critic as well as an outspoken expert on race relations, found no redeeming value in their song. RELATED: LL Cool J Defends ‘Accidental Racist,’ Compares Confederate Flag With Pirate Flag Co-host S.E. Cupp said that she could “appreciate” the effort made by both artists in the effort to cool racial tensions though verse. “I like the effort… maybe,” Cupp said waveringly. “Okay,” Touré interjected. “No, I’m not... Mediaite.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3006413/posts#comment Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:54:36 GMT