the field negro (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
* I survived the trick or treaters. That's reason enough to treat myself to something. -I am watching the Phillies and they are up 3-2 on the Hank-ees in the top of the 5th. So maybe, if they win, I will have my treat for the night. Anywhooo, I saw an article that I wanted to share. Seems that some groups are up in arms over a Halloween costume which has been selling at Target and other stores. [*See...
po-ru.com (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
When I saw this Daily Express front page online, I thought it must be a parody. It wasn’t until I saw a physical copy of the paper the next day that I really believed that they had actually printed something so inflammatory and xenophobic: The current outrage over the BNP, who won a couple of European Parliament seats earlier this year, and whose Führer Nick Griffin was invited on a specially-convened...
RACIAL REALITY BLOG (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
According to the book Foreigners at Rome: Citizens and Strangers by David Noy (London: Duckworth, 2000), the main sources of foreigners in Ancient Rome were Gaul and Hispania, Central and Eastern Europe, Greece, Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, North Africa and Jews (p. 205 ff.). However, it seems that most of those from outside of Europe were ethnically Greek, while Jews never fully assimilated into Roman...
Grizzly Groundswell (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
The U.S. Delegation to the UNHRC uttered and published a statement on a human rights report. That statement exposes the Obama administration’s treason to scrutiny; I can not resist. I have therefore selected excerpts for dissection. [Emphasis added.] Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/12session/A-HRC-12-38_E.pdf...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
This is part of Chicagoist's continuing coverage of the 45th Chicago International Film Festival . The shorts programs at CIFF are typically underappreciated. That's a shame. It's a bit like dining at a Chinese restaurant and skipping the egg rolls and crab rangoon. And we really like crab rangoon. In this selection of shorts made entirely by Illinois filmmakers, there's an awful lot to like. Non-Love-Song...
The Common Room (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
The Obama administration has marked its first foray into the UN human rights establishment by backing calls for limits on freedom of expression. The newly-minted American policy was rolled out at the latest session of the UN Human Rights Council, which ended in Geneva on Friday. American diplomats were there for the first time as full Council members and intent on making friends. President Obama chose...
Talk Islam (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Githu Muigai, a UN human rights expert, visited the UAE this past week: Githu Muigai, the UN special rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, yesterday concluded his week-long mission to the UAE, during which he travelled to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Ras al Khaimah. “I came here with the desire to [...] a Githu Muigai, a UN human rights...
Tongue Tied 3 (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
The un-American Obama administration backs Muslim speech restrictions at the U.N. We read: "The Obama administration has marked its first foray into the UN human rights establishment by backing calls for limits on freedom of expression. The newly-minted American policy was rolled out at the latest session of the UN Human Rights Council, which ended in Geneva on Friday. American diplomats were...
Islam in Europe (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Denmark: Al-Jazeera to air 'Denmark is racist' movie Al-Jazeera will air a documentary tonight by Palestinian-Dane Awad Joumaa on Danish racism. The 50-minute documentary "Conflict in Copenhagen" will air on the "Under the Microscope" show and will focus on the right-wing in Denmark. It shows sequences of street-fights and posters saying "Denmark for the Danes" and "Close...
GayandRight (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Yes, you cannot make this stuff up.. The Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on Durban Follow-up started its seventh session on Monday. The group was established following the 2001 Durban Conference with a mandate to implement its Declaration and Program of Action. Like many other ill-fated UN anti-racism initiatives, the IGWG it has been exploited by abusive regimes that are hostile to the very...
Room 611 (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Today's schedule is A-B-Lunch-C-D A - Social Studies 11 - Today you have time to work on the questions from the end of yesterday's class. Our focus today is understanding the culture of Canada at the turn of the century. You'll need to understand the following concepts: prejudice, stereotyping, ethnocentricism, xenophobia, and racism. This will help with the questions on assimilation of aboriginal...
The WyBlog (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. It is the bedrock on which we have built our republic. Freedom of speech....
Patriot Room (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
We kid you not. The new resolution, championed by the Obama administration, has a number of disturbing elements. It emphasizes that "the exercise of the right to freedom of expression carries with it special duties and responsibilities . . ." which include taking action against anything meeting the description of "negative racial and religious stereotyping ." It also purports to...
Irons in the Fire (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
in that troublesome 1st Amendment, either: The new resolution, championed by the Obama administration, has a number of disturbing elements. It emphasizes that "the exercise of the right to freedom of expression carries with it special duties and responsibilities . . ." which include taking action against anything meeting the description of "negative racial and religious stereotyping."...
Say Anything (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Who would have thought the day would come when American diplomats would join with human rights abusers from places like Cuba, Egypt and China - places where free speech doesn’t exist - to pass a new resolution limiting speech. But now it’s happened, and the Obama administration did it in the name of making friends in the international community. Nothing like throwing our basic rights under...
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