Tag Archives: Race

American Racism’s Greatest Ally: The Republican Party

Posted on February 19, 2013 at 7:13 am by Bob Cesca

My Tuesday column and some familiar territory: In a relative sense the American Civil War wasn’t that long ago. Soon after I was born, my parents took me to visit my great grandfather, Charles Davis, who everyone called “Pappy.” Pappy … Continue reading →
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Worst Person in the World

Posted on February 18, 2013 at 10:30 am by Bob Cesca

Racists also smack babies on airplanes: Jessica Bennett, 33, of Minnesota told the FBI that she and her son were seated in row 28, seat B, on February 8 on Delta Flight 721 that originated in Minneapolis, according to an … Continue reading →
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Quote of the Morning

Posted on February 2, 2013 at 12:05 pm by Bob Cesca

“I hear you loud and clear, Barack Obama. You don’t represent the country that I grew up with. And your values is [sic] not going to save us. We’re going to take this country back for the Lord. We’re going … Continue reading →

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The Long Shadow of Barack Obama’s Inauguration

Posted on January 21, 2013 at 7:33 am by Bob Cesca

My Inauguration Day column begins like so: President Obama was officially sworn in yesterday for his second term as chief executive and, this afternoon, he’ll be ceremonially sworn in with all of the usual Capitol fanfare and speeches. While not … Continue reading →

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Grappling with the Conundrum of ‘Django Unchained’

Posted on January 10, 2013 at 7:18 am by Bob Cesca

My Thursday column: I don’t mean to step on Chez Pazienza’s toes as the unofficial The Daily Banter Movie Guy, but I wanted to take some time with the new Quentin Tarantino movie Django Unchained; partly because racial issues and … Continue reading →

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The Republican Party’s “Black Friends”

Posted on November 26, 2012 at 7:18 am by Bob Cesca

My Monday column: Jonah Goldberg’s recent column, To Appeal to Black Voters, GOP Must Run Gauntlet of Racism Accusations, is hilariously awful. I’ll swing back around to it presently. But first, over the weekend, Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs … Continue reading →

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Listen to Lee Atwater Describe the Southern Strategy

Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:50 pm by Bob Cesca

I’ve referenced this quote nearly every time I’ve written about dog-whistles and the Southern Strategy, but I’ve never heard a tape of Lee Atwater, the proto-Rove of the Reagan/Bush era, actually saying the words. The Nation discovered the tape: You … Continue reading →

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And So the Republican Outreach to Latinos Begins

Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:08 am by Bob Cesca

Actually, no it doesn’t. They’re suing to prevent Latino provisional ballots from being counted in Cochise County… Arizona. Yes, those crazy Arizona Republicans clearly haven’t been listening to the news lately. One of the few unresolved congressional races in the … Continue reading →

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Bill O’Reilly’s Racist Tirade

Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:27 pm by Bob Cesca

Stormfront might have a new spokesman. Or the same spokesman with renewed anger and hatred. “The white establishment is now the minority,” he added. “The voters, many of them, feel this economic system is stacked against them and they want … Continue reading →

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Tea Party Poll Watchers Targeting African-American Precincts

Posted on November 5, 2012 at 6:09 pm by Bob Cesca

Dan Froomkin reports: Poll watchers from groups ostensibly targeting voter fraud are headed primarily to minority voting precincts on Election Day, lending support to the argument that their real goal is to suppress the African-American and Latino vote. A partial … Continue reading →

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