After the tragic shooting deaths of nine churchgoers at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina yesterday, Fox & Friends went on a bit of a rant this morning. No, not because people...
I don't know if you've ever seen Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson during one of his many appearances on Fox News, but if you have, then you'll know he can say some pretty ridiculous things. But...
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This week we were amazed to see Rep. John Lewis lead his fellow house Democrats in an old-fashioned sit-in. John Lewis has dedicated his entire life to standing up for civil rights. He was once called: ...
In Newark, New Jersey, a ten-year-old boy was mistaken for an adult armed robbery suspect. Legend Preston was playing basketball in his yard when his ball rolled into the street. When he went to get it,...
Fortunately, George Zimmerman didn’t pull out a gun when he had his latest racist meltdown. This one happened at a cigar bar after the manager took the side of a Black man Zimmerman claimed assaulted...
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"I don't see color." This phrase seems to have different meanings to different people. For many whites. it means that they just don't think about a person's race when deciding how to treat them. This attitude...
Racism, some maintain, is all but history in America. They will even point to the fact that we have elected a black man as President of the United States and then reelected him. That, they...
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Now former McKinney police officer Cpl. Eric Casebolt has resigned from the McKinney police force. Casebolt was the main officer involved in what many are calling one of the most offensive police officer abuse videos we've...
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Earlier this week, Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, the only black Republican in the chamber, dropped a bombshell on the Senate floor. He revealed he'd been pulled over a whopping seven times in one...
I wish I could understand why it is that whenever President Obama or the First Lady say the slightest thing about race, Republicans, right wingers, and just plain old morons with no idea what it...
Documents In Order, Ducks In A Row Towards the close of 2015, I applied for an online writing gig with PNNG, a non-profit organization that runs a Paleo nutritional site. I prepared a carefully constructed cover...
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While Trump has danced dangerously close to racism throughout his presidential campaign, by feigning ignorance of his endorsements by the KKK and by retweeting white supremacists, an exposé in the Washington Post has uncovered something...
At Sunday's BET Awards, actor Jesse Williams gave an incredibly beautiful speech about how we need to end racism in America. If you missed it, Williams said: "This is for the real organizers all over the...
The Democrats' chances in 2016 may have gotten somewhat better on Friday. A three-judge federal appeals panel tossed out North Carolina's congressional map after finding that two of the districts were unconstitutional racial gerrymanders. The panel gave the...
Some days I'm very optimistic about the future of mankind and civilization; about how we'll all one day learn to cooperate with one another, love each other, cherish each person for their true inner worth...
Had the medical staff at Calhoun Liberty Hospital in Blountstown, Florida, been doing their jobs and providing medical attention to those who show up in their emergency room, Barbara Dawson might still be alive. Instead, Ms....
Using chemicals, vandals in Palm Bay, Florida, burned a racist message into the front lawn of a black man, and the victim, Courtney Gordon, said he has a good idea who is responsible. The message, in three-foot...
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Janet Hubert was the original actress to play Will Smith's Aunt Vivian Banks on the 1990s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. She, along with James Avery's Uncle Philip Banks, regularly dropped truth bombs on Will, Carlton,...
Beverly Johnson, who is perhaps America's first supermodel of color, , has come forward accusing Bill Cosby of drugging her. In an astonishing article in Vanity Fair, Ms. Johnson said that in the mid 1980s, she...
The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of Liberal America.   So, Donald Trump is the president-elect, and it seems like there is a lot of blame to...