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Community stands together against Aryan Nation
10:21 AM on 03/01/2010
VIDEO - More than 300 people concerned about a possible move into Grant County by the Aryan Nations white supremacist group packed a Canyon City meeting hall...
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'Racist' French security notice offends Romanians
11:30 AM on 02/25/2010
The French state railway network has apologized for a notice that appeared to single out Romanians over a series of baggage thefts...
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Racist political fliers distributed in Chicago
8:46 AM on 01/28/2010
VIDEO - Fliers comparing Chicago Alderwoman Toni Preckwinkle to Aunt Jemima are being distributed in the South Side...
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Americans call Australian KFC ad racist. Who cares?
1:06 PM on 01/08/2010
An interesting point of view from Businesspundit.com Does an American company have a responsibility to avoid producing content that would be racially sensitive in America in other countries? I don't think so. There are no global regulations or even de facto laws against delivering ads that one country (but not...
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KFC pulls Australian ad over US racism complaints
11:51 AM on 01/08/2010
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Fast food giant KFC has pulled an Australian television advertisement after it was branded racist in the United States...
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KFC feels global heat over Australian ad
11:28 AM on 01/08/2010
OPINION - Some black folks are upset by a controversial KFC ad that has many claiming the company is perpetuating racist stereotypes...
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HP's face-tracking webcams aren't 'racist'
9:32 AM on 12/22/2009
VIDEO - Webcams aren't usually accused of holding biases. But after one consumer took to YouTube to criticize HP's Deluxe Webcam, the Internet buzz began...
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How Hattie made history with a racist role
9:34 AM on 12/15/2009
VIDEO - Although the Mammy depicted in a film is a stereotype, it's still a fact in American film history, and in American life so her character in that story is vital...
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NY Times gift guide for people of color is niche, not racist
11:29 AM on 12/14/2009
OPINION - The notion that anything that has "black" written on it is racist is simplistic and naive...
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Mixed race Chinese TV show contestant faces racist rants online
10:13 AM on 11/19/2009
FROM BBC> When singer Lou Jing entered the Chinese TV talent show Go Oriental Angel she was proud to be representing her city of Shanghai. But she didn't expect to became the subject of abusive internet comments about her skin color - some of them telling her to "get out...
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Race is Obama's Catch-22
5:47 AM on 09/22/2009
OPINION - If you think anti-Obama outbursts have nothing to do with Obama being black, you need to open a history book...
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Woman is beaten in front of her daughter
6:03 PM on 09/17/2009
Federal authorities are investigating the beating of a black Army reservist outside a Georgia restaurant as a possible hate crime...
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Is Jimmy Carter right about the race factor?
8:57 AM on 09/16/2009
OPINION - Jimmy Carter's remarks about anti-Obama racism echo the sentiments of many, but casting all Obama opponents as racists is wrong...
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Kanye sparks an explosion of racism online
8:05 AM on 09/15/2009
OPINION - After the MTV Video Music Awards, Twitter erupted into a cesspool of racism. Racism hasn't gone away, it has just gone online.
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Costco removes "Lil' Monkey" dolls from shelves
10:20 AM on 08/31/2009
The doll wore a headband that said "Lil' Monkey" and was cuddling with a stuffed monkey. The "Cuddle with Me, Doll with Plush Monkey" doll came in Caucasian, African-American and Hispanic representations...
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Australia debates whether Aboriginal policies are racist
12:10 PM on 08/28/2009
SYDNEY (AP) - A U.N. expert's harsh criticism of Australia's Aboriginal policy reopened a national debate Friday on a decades-old issue: how best to help the country's original settlers and most disadvantaged minority.
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2 teenagers charged as adults in hate crime against elderly black fisherman
2:39 PM on 08/20/2009
Two teenagers were arrested Thursday and charged as adults in what police say was the racially motivated beating of an elderly black fisherman.
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White supremacist accused of attacking elderly black fisherman
12:32 PM on 08/19/2009
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A white supremacist accused of beating of a 76-year-old black man has a tattoo of Adolf Hitler on his stomach with the words "He Lives" beneath it, and uses the Nazi dictator's last name as a nickname, according to police and court documents.
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Joke's on them: vandals could face charges for Obama posters
12:27 PM on 08/13/2009
VIDEO - Posters depicting President Barack Obama as the Joker from the Batman movies have been glued on sign posts and traffic control boxes all over Clermont, Florida.
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Glenn Beck: I believe Obama is a racist
10:20 AM on 07/29/2009
VIDEO - Fox News Channel commentator Glenn Beck said he believes President Barack Obama is a racist. He said Obama has exposed himself as a person with "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture...
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Dems down to the wire lobbying for reform votes
VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to "yes."...
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