http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/racism/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:58:42 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417584/posts "I think that Mr. Obama is not just inexperienced; he is also hampered by a distinct inner emptiness—not an emptiness that comes from stupidity or a lack of ability but an emptiness that has been actually nurtured and developed as an adaptation to the political world. The nature of this emptiness becomes clear in the contrast between him and Ronald Reagan. Reagan reached the White House through a great deal of what is called "individuating"—that is he took principled positions throughout his long career that jeopardized his popularity, and in so doing he came to know who he was as... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417584/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:58:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416902/posts Pastors, police plead for tip on NLR killing Salvation Army slaying reward at $10,000 JACOB QUINN SANDERS ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Pastors, police and politicians begged and pleaded Monday for information about the unsolved Christmas Eve killing of a Salvation Army major in North Little Rock’s Baring Cross neighborhood. “I’m asking the community to start snitching,” said the Rev. Benny Johnson, founder of the Little Rock-based group Stop the Violence, during an afternoon news conference at the Salvation Army Corps and Community Center at 1505 W. 18th St. where Philip Wise was shot just after 4 p.m. on Dec. 24. The longer... Arkansas Democrat Gazette (subscription may be required) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416902/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:11:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414852/posts Salvation Army major shot dead in front of 3 children By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette A Salvation Army major was fatally shot in front of his three children Thursday afternoon as he walked into the the organization's community center in North Little Rock, authorities said. Around 4 p.m., two black men dressed in black approached Philip Wise, 40, of Maumelle outside the community center at 1505 W. 18th St., Pulaski County Coroner Garland Camper said. Wise’ children — ages 4, 6, and 8 — were walking with him when the men came up to them, police said. His wife, Cindy, also... Arkansas Democrat Gazette (subscription required) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414852/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:38:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415990/posts Arkansas police continue to search for two suspects in the shooting death of a Salvation Army major on Christmas Eve. Salvation Army Major Philip Wise was killed outside the organization’s community center in North Little Rock, Arkansas as his three young children looked on. Wise had worked for the Salvation Army for 16 years and had been at the Little Rock location for 3 years. "He was so important to that community," said North Little Rock Police Department spokesman Terry Kuykendahl told FoxNews.com. "This has been a tremendous blow to (them)." Thanks to private citizens' donations, police are offering a... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415990/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:04:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415074/posts LITTLE ROCK — Salvation Army Maj. Phillip Wise had Christmas plans. All he had to do was drop off the Christmas Eve donations at the Salvation Army headquarters in North Little Rock, pick up his wife, Cindy, who also is a Salvation Army major and was in the building waiting on him, and head home, to West Virginia, for the holidays. His three young children — 4, 6 and 8 — were with him. Then the unthinkable happened. Wise was robbed at gunpoint and as his children watched. He was then shot and bled to death in the parking lot... The Sherwood Voice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415074/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:18:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416330/posts ‘Work is not done,’ widow says Wife of Salvation Army pastor speaks of prayer for his killer EVIN DEMIREL ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Leading a Sunday service in the building where her husband was shot and killed in a Christmas Eve robbery attempt, Salvation Army Major Cindy Wise said her mission to minister to the people in North Little Rock’s Baring Cross neighborhood has not changed. “I believe I have peace today because I know the work is not done here yet,” Wise told nearly 50 people on Sunday. Standing before the congregation in her navy blue uniform, she said she will... www.ardemgaz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416330/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:44:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415356/posts On Christmas Day, a Major with the Salvation Army taking his three children into the organization's community center in North Little Rock, was held up and shot to death (in what appears to be a botched robbery attempt). The Major and his children are white and the two perpetrators were black. Given what we know about how long it takes for racial wounds to heal, what's to say that these three young children (four, six, and eight) who witnessed the murder of their father become personally hostile to every black person they see, and who could really blame them? Bob Parks: Black & Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415356/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:13:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415282/posts ANDERSON — Romando James, a professor emeritus at Clemson University, understands the traditions and purpose of Kwanzaa. He also knows he is among a minority of people who know what the cultural celebration is about. “We celebrate the first fruits, responsibility to community,” James said. “But when the mass of television and radios and even hip hop artists see there’s no big returns coming in, it just doesn’t happen.” In essence, because of the lack of understanding and the ability to make money of it, the celebration is losing some if its popularity, James said. Take Evita Broughton. Four years... Independent Mail (Anderson, SC) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415282/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:21:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414298/posts James Cameron's Avatar Is A Stylish Film Marred By Its Racist Subtext By Will Heaven World The Na'vi wear dreadlocks and African-style jewellery (Picture: 20th Century Fox) 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 how could the famously Left-wing director have failed to pick up on his film’s racist subtext? I won’t spoil the plot, but here’s the... Telegraph(UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414298/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:44:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413412/posts ENGLEWOOD, N.J. (CBS) ― Click to enlarge1 of 1 David Muneton, an eighth grade honor student, needed reconstructive facial surgery after being savagely beaten by a gang of 11 students on Dec. 18, 2009, in Engelwood, N.J. David Muneton, an eighth grade honor student, needed reconstructive facial surgery after being savagely beaten by a gang of 11 students on Dec. 18, 2009, in Engelwood, N.J. Police said as many as 11 students beat up the eighth-grader leaving him severely injured, and he may even lose his sight. CBS 2 HD spoke with some of his friends about what led to... WBCBSTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413412/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:57:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413705/posts ENGLEWOOD, N.J. (1010 WINS) -- An eighth grade honor student from Englewood, New Jersey, was hospitalized after being jumped and badly beaten Friday by as many as 11 students, police said. David Muneton, 13, was recovering after reconstructive surgery to his face but was in danger of losing his eyesight. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413705/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:26:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413433/posts In the battle against black unemployment, places like the Opportunities Industrialization Center are ground zero. Savory aromas wafted from a king-size kitchen one recent day as the instructor demonstrated a fish recipe to a dozen aspiring cooks. Nearby, a mock hotel room was waiting to be cleaned. Downstairs, electrical fixtures hung from an exposed wall, ready to be wired. Here, the goal is "helping people help themselves" through literacy programs and training for hotel, clerical, building, retail and other jobs. MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413433/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:21:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413246/posts Hewlett-Packard is investigating a claim that Webcams built into its PCs are incapable of tracking the facial movements of black individuals and only function properly when Caucasians or people of other lighter-skinned races are in the frame. The probe was prompted by a YouTube video in which a black man named Desi demonstrates the problem. The camera, which is designed to follow individuals' head movements, fails to track Desi as he moves in and out of the picture. But when Desi's white co-worker, Wanda, enters the scene the camera follows her. "As soon as my blackness enters the frame, it... Information Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413246/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:25:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413117/posts 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 about how great Kwanzaa is by yet another PC spewing newspaper columnist. This year, among many others, we find aggrandizement such as the Progressive's "Kwanzaa is more relevant than ever in recession," the Chattanooga Times Free Press with theirs titled, "Common ground," or the one from the... http://www.publiusforum.com/2009/12/22/kwanzaa-created-by-a-rapist-and-torturer/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413117/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:59:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412408/posts A young married couple, Paul and Nancy were neighbors of mine back in the seventies. Nancy was extremely excited. An unexpected opportunity arose for her to attend college. This would broaden her horizons and enable her to pursue opportunities beyond her current minimum wage jobs. Paul was dead set against it. He confided in me, “I'm afraid if she gets educated, she may not want me anymore”. I thought, “So rather than allowing Nancy whom you profess to love to be all she can be, you would prefer to keep her down”. In the eighties, I was a member of... LloydMarcus.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412408/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:33:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412025/posts When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like "Avatar"? Critics have called alien epic Avatar a version of Dances With Wolves because it's about a white guy going native and becoming a great leader. But Avatar is just the latest scifi rehash of an old white guilt fantasy. Spoilers... Whether Avatar is racist is a matter for debate. Regardless of where you come down on that question, it's undeniable that the film - like alien apartheid flick District 9, released earlier this year - is emphatically a fantasy about race. Specifically, it's a fantasy about race told from the point... io9 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412025/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:27:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411040/posts A man who shouted he was looking "to kill blacks" before an unprovoked murder of a Sudanese refugee did not commit a racially motivated crime, a Victorian Supreme Court judge has ruled. Just hours before the attack, Clinton David Rintoull sprayed the abusive words on the wall of a house in suburban Noble Park in September 2007. He later stood outside the house armed with a metal pole and shouted: "These blacks are turning the town into the Bronx. I'm going to take my own town back. I'm looking to kill blacks". As Rintoull walked down the street looking for... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411040/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:56:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410822/posts The wide racial gap in health is growing in Chicago, a major new study has found. ..."What's happening is that, as advances become available for these different diseases, white people are able to gain access to advances, and black people are not," said Steven Whitman, director of the Sinai Urban Health Institute. "It's absolutely essential to understand the underlying structural issues that are causing these disparities: those are racism and poverty." Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410822/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:04:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410801/posts Yes, Apartheid was wrong and oppressive, but does anyone think South Africa and Rhodesia would have been nearly as prosperous had they always had such 'enlightened' rulers like Robert Mugabe? Fact is, before Mugabe, Rhodesia was one of the most prosperous countries in Africa. It was known as the "breadbasket of Africa". South Africa was run by highly educated and industrious Dutch/German immigrants. They had a very advanced and wealthy economy, one of the finest Navies of a country of that size, and they were stridently anti-Communist. Today, they are a fraction of they once were, and have been slipping... The Vanity Times-Picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410801/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:35:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409078/posts Toby Keith may think his Nobel Peace Prize party eye gesture wasn't a big deal -- but TWO Asian organizations are furious about it, claiming the "racist" maneuver wasn't just offensive, it was an embarrassment to his country. As TMZ first reported, Keith pulled back his eyes when Will Smith rapped the word "yellow" during an impromptu performance in Norway a few days ago -- Toby's rep blew it off, telling us, "nobody at the party thought Toby was out of line." But outside the party -- people are pissed. A rep for the Asian American Justice Center tells TMZ,... TMZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409078/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:21:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2408790/posts confess. I am a racist of the most nefarious caste. Indeed, a garden variety racist, I am not; I have not wasted my time with the intolerance of other races; I never understood the point of advocating industrial racism at a governmental level; I do not believe my race is necessarily superior to another. No, sir, my racism breaches the boundaries of decency. I am a racist of the most malefic sort. I disagree with almost the entirety of Barack Obama's performance so far as president. I am white, Barack Obama is black, I disagree, and that, according to the... www.jimbyrd.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2408790/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:43:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2408642/posts God hates the Jews. Wright said it. That is bold, orthodox Muslim preaching. So blow up Jews’ buildings. That’s Muslim Muslim Muslim written all over it. Allvoices http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2408642/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:37:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408446/posts Paris, Tenn.- A Henry County High School substitute teacher was arrested on three counts of simple assault after striking three students with a 2x4 during school hours Thursday. Kristopher Sanders, 29, 170 Brooks Ave., McKenzie, was arrested Friday by the Henry Co. Sheriff's Department. Sanders posted $1,000 bond and will appear in General Sessions Court on Jan. 12. At a press conference Monday morning, Sheriff Monte Belew said the paddling was in exchange for the students not having to do any school work. Belew said several students videotaped the paddlings with their camera phones. The videos have been shown around... Tri-County Star (Weakley, Henry & Carroll Counties, TN) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408446/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:43:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408044/posts After writing Race and Liberty in America: The Essential Reader (2009), I’ve bumped into a few articles that come to the same unorthodox conclusions about individuals I profile in my “race reader.” One such “unorthodox” column appeared in the Wall Street Journal on 25 November 2009. In "Not-So-Silent Cal Wrote with Eloquence,” Ryan Cole lauds Coolidge’s Autobiography as an example of his eloquence. Cole concludes that “Barack Obama isn’t the first man of letters in the White House.” I have been told–but not verified–that Coolidge was the last president to write his own speeches. After reading Coolidge’s writings, published while... Liberty and Power at the History News Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408044/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:48:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406785/posts Call it a stimulus, paying off a debt, but it's time to call it a work in progress. If the Federal Government is going to prop up the richest of the rich, isn't it time to add up the losses that Blacks have incurred during their time in America? Supporters of slave reparations argue that there is no equal opportunity for African Americans nor has there ever been. Systematic discrimination deprived African Americans of equal chances and deserved justice and parity. The clear lack of parity is seen in the recent instances of bailouts for the rich and distain for... The Final Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406785/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:14:20 GMT