Megyn Kelly is the worst kind of moron: tthe blond, perky, Republican kind. America's Newsroom is only watchable because it's fun to see all the sexual tension between Bill Hemmer and Kelly, but Hemmer needs to put a ball-gag on that woman before they're both axed for being too racist — even for Fox News.
First she started in with that baby's mamma crap with the Obamas, and today on a radio show she made these awesome comments about a fashion show the DNC speeches:
"I stand by my comments on the Michelle Obama dress…bluish-green is not the color for these women."
The woman after Megyn jumps in to clarify that she was referring to the women speaking in front of a blue wall, "And it blended in–you were right–it blended in with that background." But still, Kelly needs to watch what she says more carefully in the future, as these soundbites are all that are needed to start a media snowball and Keith Olbermann meltdown.
Well, at least she said "these women" instead of "those women," or "you people." Little known fact: It's not racism if you change a letter. Semantics are tricky that way.
British Photographer Nick Knight was mad as hell about the racism he saw in the fashion industry, and he wasn't going to take it anymore. So he enlisted enlisted Naomi Campbell and some prop (I hope!) guns to illustrate the frustration that he and black models feel every day in a silent short film.
We all know violent sexpot New York has no respect for herself – really, how could she? – but had you any idea how little she cares for the feelings of others?
In the newest episode of televised pockmark New York Goes to Hollywood, Pollard attempts to research Japanese culture for an upcoming commercial role. Of course, she goes about this not by heading to the library for The Book of Five Rings or scouring Wikipedia, but by asking every Asian person she sees if they can explain Japan.
When Spain's national basketball team got caught in a photograph pulling its eyes into slants — to mimic Chinese eyes — before the Olympic games, they were immediately lambasted by everyone form the International Olympic Committee to fellow athletes. This is because it's mean to stereotype your fellow brothers in sport and so grossly offend them (despite growing popularity for eyelid surgery). The team tried excusing it, with Jose Manuel Calderon of the Toronto Raptors saying, "We thought it was something appropriate and that it would always be interpreted as somewhat loving. From here I would like to declare that we have a huge respect for the East and their people, some of my best friends in Toronto are from China and one of our Spanish National Team sponsors is the Chinese brand Li Ning. Anyone who would like to interpret this differently is absolutely confused."
Ah yes, the "but I have a Chinese friend" excuse.
No matter. While the Chinese team did lose to Spain on Tuesday, they found that stereotypes work both ways: CONTINUED »
Despite the fact that Beyonce looks like she just emerged from a lengthy stay in a sun-deprivation chamber in her new L’Oreal Feria ad, reps from the beauty company deny that they lightened her skin color in any way.
Goddamn, The South! Y'know, we really do try to cut you some slack – seriously, we do – but you just make detesting you so easy sometimes.
During a July 30 interview on talking face Glenn Beck's radio broadcast, Toby Keith, Oklahoman and the musical genius behind the hit pro-lynching anthem "Beer for My Horses," told Beck that he thinks Barack Obama is highly successful with black Americans because "he don't talk, act or carry himself like a black person." Keith then added that he thinks "black society" views Obama as a "Caucasian." HE SAID THIS ON LIVE RADIO WITHOUT ANY SHAME! (Listen for yourself up above.)
Stephen Price, a senior reporter from the Tallahassee Democrat, was kicked out of the press area of a John McCain campaign event in Panama City, Fla., yesterday. The campaign said that he was asked to leave because no local press was allowed, although Price said that out of the many local reporters there, he was the only one McCain’s security detail asked to leave. He was also the only black person around. He thinks that might have something to do with it.
During an ABC News interview in Liberia yesterday, Bill Clinton got "a little testy" with a reporter, as he is wont to do these days. She asked him if he had any regrets about anything he did while he was campaigning for Hillary Clinton. He said he does, but not the ones we think, which tells me he's probably still in denial about how he might have damaged his wife's campaign.
As more and more details of the weekend arrest of actors Jeffrey Wright and Josh Brolin outside of a bar in Shreveport, La., where they are filming the G.W. Bush biopic W, come out, the story becomes more and more horrifying. The fight started when some “good ol’ boys” at the bar found out that the actors and crew were responsible for a Bush biopic with a liberal bent, and Wright joined in when racial slurs came into the mix. Apparently, once the police arrived, they also let loose with a racist tirade against Wright.
The American Medical Association, in a rare move by a national organization, will issue a formal apology today for its past treatment of black doctors. Ronald M. Davis, a past president of the association, wrote in the July 16th issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, “The medical profession, which is based on a boundless respect for human life, had an obligation to lead society away from disrespect of so many lives. The AMA failed to do so and has apologized for that failure.”
Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy was performing “Peace Sign” on stage with his group during the St. Louis Warped Tour stop when a black audience member called him a “fucking ignorant nigger.” That’s when things went downhill.
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You see Barack Obama’s touch everywhere — in the new generation of voters he’s moved to register to vote and support his candidacy, in the smiling faces of elderly blacks, in the starry-eyed gazes of political pundits, and in the message boards on white supremacist sites. Wait, what?
Maybe Don Imus' latest racist flap isn't attracting the outcry last year's "nappy-headed hos" remark did because there are fewer people to cry out to. In this type of situation, the infuriated classes have two people to sound off to: The broadcasters who carry his show (his new five-year $40 million gig is through Citadel Broadcasting and Rural Media Networks) and the advertisers who pay to reach his audience.
Except every since losing his old gig and finding new partners, his reach has slid; he no longer averages the 2.25 million listeners per week he did with CBS Radio. But more importantly, the advertisers who fund his operation – which reaped $20 million a year to CBS' WFAN flagship, plus $20 million collectively to other affiliates – are nowhere to be found. CONTINUED »
The fresh-faced, newly-minted JDs who graduated from law school this decade with a hankering for a career at the U.S. Justice Department might have proudly listed some of extracurricular activites — say Greenpeace, the Poverty and Race Research Action Council, or the American Constitution Society — on their resumes without knowing that they were actually screwing themselves out of a job interview. How, exactly?
A very damning report on the attorney-hiring practices at the Justice Department shows that aides used liberal “buzzwords” in applications and resumes to weed out lawyers with Democratic leanings. It’s been happening since 2002, but it apparently became markedly worse around 2006 (yay, Alberto Gonzales!).
Cranky pants racist Don Imus, who forced himself into the headlines yesterday with a new bigoted remark to add to his collection, is now explaining away his statement as a just a little something everyone misunderstood. Discussing Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones yesterday morning, Imus was told on air that Jones has “been arrested six times since being drafted by Tennessee in 2005.” Imus asked, “What color is he?” and was told, “He’s African-American.” Said Imus: "Well, there you go. Now we know.”
To the casual observer, this might've sounded like Imus was saying, "Well of course the guy who's been arrested six times has skin that's been kissed by the sun!" But that's not the case, insists the ignoramus. CONTINUED »
If there was one person who could attempt to trump NBC Sports' lead golf analyst Johnny Miller anti-Italian remarks against Rocco Mediate, it's none other than America's Favorite Racist Don Imus. On this morning's show, Imus & Co. were discussing suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones, who wants to drop his nickname. During the segment, one of his cohorts (perhaps Warner Wolfe?) tells Imus that Jones has “been arrested six times since being drafted by Tennessee in 2005.” Asks Imus: "What color is he?” Response: "He’s African-American." You know where this is going. CONTINUED »
During the 1970 Alabama governor’s race between famed segregationist and former governor George Wallace and Albert Brewer, the incumbent, Wallace’s camp circulated ads feature a white girl surrounded by seven black boys with the slogan “Wake up Alabama! Blacks vow to take over Alabama.” They also spread rumors that Brewer was a “sissy,” that his two daughters had been impregnated by black men, and flamed fears of a “negro bloc” vote. The election, which Wallace eventually won, has been called one of the most negative campaigns in history and the “last openly racist” American political campaign.
As openly racist and nasty that race seemed, it’s not like we have reached some higher level of positive campaigning and colorblind voting. We’ve traded in openly-uttered slurs and clearly racist language with “coded” appeals to the sorts of people who vote based on that sort of thing. Since Wallace went no-hold-barred back in 1970, a more subtle racially-charged theme has run through governor, senatorial, congressional, and presidential races.
We all probably wanted to forget James Watson. Actually, you might have already forgotten him. Here’s a refresher: He’s a Nobel Laureate and one of the co-discoverers of DNA. He made headlines last fall when he made some very special comments about blacks “inferior intelligence” to London’s Sunday Times. It goes without saying that he was quite mistaken. Now, Henry Louis Gates has pulled Dr. Watson out of hiding for an interview on The Root. Watson told Gates that he had no recollection of making those statements, agreeing that they were wrong and offensive. But then most of what he says in the interview renders that denial and apology pretty unconvincing. Skip Gates concludes that the guy’s not a racist, but he is a racialist, which pretty much boils down to “scientific racist.”
