Black People

From The Room: World Shocked By Reality

May 15, 2008 - So, there's racism. And this is "news"... why? Have you been outside lately? Or are we all still under the blissfully terr...

Thought Process Flowchart: the Sean Bell case judge

April 25, 2008 - A judge infuriated every black person in New York acquitted three NYC police officers of all charges Friday morning in the 2006 shooting death o...

From The Room: "N" Like Me

March 31, 2008 - ...

From The Room: The Black Elephant in the Room

March 20, 2008 - There's a great scene in John Waters' Hairspray where a frightened white mother goes to look for her daughter in a black neighborhood, pleading with the natives to leave her alone while they sit there and laugh at her idiocy. That reminds me of how conservatives are reacting to...

Quick Quiz: Evan Mecham

February 25, 2008 - Paul Slansky knows it's not nice to speak ill of the dead, but he gives himself permission in the case of newly deceased reactionary Evan Mecham, who ran for governor of Arizona four times, finally won in 1986, and, fifteen months after being sworn in, was indicted, impeached and...

From The Feed: It's no "Blame Canada"

February 25, 2008 - Kirsten Chenoweth performs a song from "Enchanted" during the Academy Awards...

Mitt Romney saw black people, and tried to talk to them

January 23, 2008 - Mitt Romney made some awkward campaign small talk in Jacksonville, Fla. on Monday. While commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Romney approached an African-American baby and said, "What's happening? You got some bling bling here!" He also inquired after the dogs, as it appears...