Racism News

Why some people want to make a monkey out of Michelle

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

11:40 AM on 03/10/2010

OPINION - The long, sordid and savage history of racist stereotyping of African-Americans has been the stock in trade of race baiting and ridicule and for centuries...

Why's GOP calling Rangel 'crooked Harlem Democrat'?

By theGrio

10:30 AM on 03/08/2010

That's a rather specific way of referring to the congressman -- he could, after all, just as easily be called "the crooked New York Democrat" or simply "the crooked Democrat."...

Students protest across country over budget cuts, tuition spikes

By theGrio

11:07 AM on 03/04/2010

Students, professors, teachers and unions around the country will organize today to protest America's imperiled system of education with more than 100 events in 32 states...

College officials flunk in face of repeated racist incidents

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

8:43 AM on 03/04/2010

OPINION - The propensity of some students to slander, slur, mock and insult black and Latino students mirrors the hate acts that occur virtually daily in society...

Racist incidents, protests spread at UC campuses

By theGrio

2:01 PM on 03/03/2010

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A firestorm over racially and ethnically charged incidents at several University of California campuses spread as a KKK-style hood was found on campus...

Obama and Dems: 'We're well past 216' votes for health reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama and House Democratic leaders struck a last-minute deal Sunday with abortion foes to secure the final few votes needed...