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Art Threat: Put the Pocahontas back in the closet – Ethnic Halloween costumes challenged by Ohio student group
Racist Halloween costumes aren’t all the rage this year, thankfully.
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Obama, Cain, and racism
When Barack Obama was elected to be the 44th President of the United States, the simple fact that he is black was itself symbolic, momentous and meaningful. As Obama was a member of the Democratic party, there remained some question as to whether a bla…
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Occupy the Church, Occupy Together
Christians. Church. God. Jesus. Occupy. What do these words mean to you? For many, the connotations are negative. Personal experiences with judgemental, rigid, frozen people who identify themselves as Christians have left a bitter taste in their mouths. Memories of being harangued, condescended to and lectured linger long after their encounter. Media and political examples […]
Continue reading"This doesn’t look like it was anything more than a lapse in judgment."
This has nothing to do with ‘judgement’ but with racism. Pure and simple.London police nab the man who threw the banana peel at Philadelphia Flyer Wayne Simmonds. He was charged with ‘engaging in a prohibited activity on a premise under the provincial …
Continue readingRedBedHead: Baird’s UN Rant Is A Museum Piece
Baird was the attack dog for the Harper government at the UN yesterday with his meandering rant that read like it was written by the Israeli ministry of international propaganda. Claiming people and nations who didn’t support Israel were akin to appeas…
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Sexy Indian Princess Plus Costume
Four years ago, I was writing about HalloweenMart’s Sexy Indian Squaw costume. They’re back at it again this year with another take on being a sexy Indian for Halloween. Is it racist? Is it sexist? Is it offensive on any other level? If you would like to share your opinion of this costume with HalloweenMart, […]
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Review of Dennis Edney’s Lecture, “The Rule of Law in an Age of Terror”
“Human rights have a dysfunctional relationship with justice. The language is certainly beautiful, but it’s all dressed up with nowhere to go,” charged Dennis Edney in a scathing lecture at the Faculty of Law at UBC on September 15. Edney worked from 2004 to 2011 on Omar Khadr’s defence against charges stemming from the July […]
Another reason to like the Beatles. Group refused playing to segregated audiences in US.
Doesn’t sound like much today. But think about it. A mere 46 years ago, a group from England had to stipulate in its contract that it would not play to segregated audiences in the US. 46 years! That’s just yesterday (pun intended).No wonder Obama …
Continue readingRedBedHead: David Menzies Shows How Fast Racist Lies Travel The World
Racist code words and lies, Menzies is an excellent
example of “objective journalism.”
I was sent an article this morning from August 5, written by a freelance journalist named David Menzies, detailing his “shocking” experience of not only being assa…
Art Threat: Montreal North stand up – MC Ricardo Lamour-Blaise puts police and politicians on blast following the three-year anniversary of Fredy Villanueva’s death
The Haitian-Québecois rapper is just as likely to dive into a heated debate about a community centre founded by the New Black Panther Party as he is to pen introspective poetry.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Can You Help Me With My Complaint Against Sun News Network and Michael Coren?
I am reproducing the correspondence I just received from the CRTC regarding my complaint against Sun Tv regarding Michael Coren’s recent racist comments. As you will see from the note, for the complaint to proceed, I need the specific details about th…
Continue readingMichael Coren: “It’s not about race. It’s about culture”. Bullshit.
Dawg posted a video tonight I wish I had never seen. No, not a clip from the latest slasher flick. Worse. Michael Coren, using the meme begun by disgraced ‘historian’ David Starkey that it’s ‘not racism, it’s culture’, went on a riot of his own on Fox News North with Brian Lilley gleefully cheering him on. His rampage . . . → Read More: Michael Coren: “It’s not about race. It’s about culture”. Bullshit.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Michael Coren Violates CRTC Rules On Sun TV With Racist Remark
I was just reading a comment on Dr. Dawg’s Blog that makes reference to a recent appearance by Michael Coren on Brian Lilley’s show, Byline. In an interview about the London riots, Coren makes a racist comment that violates both Canadian Broadcast Stan…
Continue readingbastard.logic: Facts vs. Narrative, Utoya Edition
by matttbastard Norwegian journalist Magnus Nome was in the good ol’ US of A when self-styled counterjihadist crusader Anders Breivik decided to escalate his murderous fantasies about Eurabian conquest from Outer Wingnuttia into the real world. Thankfully, CNN, Fox News … Continue reading →
gay persons of color: What Racist Queers Say
Thanks to my friend Richard over at Three Dollar Bill for bringing my attention to an amazing article, “Racist Queers” by comedian Solomon Georgio, who outlines some of the most common reactions white queers have when they are accused of saying or doin…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Norway: Terrible Side-Effect of Islamophobia
The horror, tragedy and seeming madness of the killing spree in Norway are almost impossible to imagine. There is a temptation to focus on the mourning and solidarity with people in Norway and to resist analysis as something cold and foreign to the hum…
Continue readingFar-right hatred is a sickness, but it’s a symptom, not the cause | #Norway
Late-night submissions on a heavy Sunday night …I thought I’d seen, heard and read it all by now.That worthless piece of shit used dum-dum bullets. The cherry on the shit sundae.Another sick, cruel piece of shit says those kids all but deserved what …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Honouring My Hero Nelson Mandela
Monday was the 93rd birthday of my greatest living hero, Nelson Mandela.Tributes poured in from all over the world, and South Africans celebrated by singing songs for him, and performing small acts of kindness.It’s a day when people in South…
Continue readingArt Threat: Jesus freaks, jew-haters & Guinea pig savers – Friday Film Pick: David Modell – A Passion for Faith, Death and Freedom
Christian born agains, radical animal rights activists and neo nazis – sound like the USA? Nope, it’s the land of lovely cups o’ tea, Great Britain.
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