Racism

BP member sugeredbabe says, “Well folks we elected an African American President. but we still got work to do especially in Bush Country (Texas).”

“President Barack Obama has referenced a new form of racism — assuming that poor and minority children cannot keep pace with the rest of their peers.” says maddox2u2

A teen convicted in the “Jena Six” beating case shot himself in the chest and was taken to the hospital Monday, days after his arrest on a shoplifting charge, police said.

Alaska officials are investigating racist jokes about President-elect Barack Obama that have been circulating on state government e-mail accounts.

There seems to be a war of some sorts going on between white supremacist hackers and African American and Hip Hop websites. Earlier today a hacker spammed the words “white power” all over the social networking site, Blackplanet.

From WAPT.com: Two students on a school bus in a Mississippi town were kicked off the bus for saying, "Obama is our President." WATCH the video here.

From HuffingtonPost.com: In rural Georgia, a group of high-schoolers gets a visit from the Secret Service after posting “inappropriate” comments about President-elect Barack Obama on the Web. In Raleigh, N.C., four college students admit to spraying race-tinged graffiti in a pedestrian tunnel after the election.

This week the we see anti-Obama vandalism, the death of an American Idol reject and the recognition of America’s veterans. View the photo highlights from the week ending on November 14, 2008.

As many rational political observers noted, the Age of Obama would not mean the abolition of racism in this country. The acts of blatant racism that have otherwise gone unnoticed, have become glaring examples of how far we, as a nation, have yet to travel. Take the following, for example: A young man goes into […]