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On the 50th Anniversary of the death of Emmett Till, federal authorities have taken interest in further exploring the case and plan to exhume Till’s body. In 1955, this black youth who was visiting relatives was dragged from his bed and brutally murdered after he was witnessed whistling at a white woman earlier in […]

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An article in AsianWeek questions why everyone is so blase about the recent attacks at Princeton University, in which 28-year-old doctoral student Michael Lohman (pictured) surreptitiously cut locks of hair from at least nine Asian women, poured his urine and semen into the drinks of Asian women more than 50 times, and stole Asian women’s […]

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Paris Hilton’s character in the recent film “House of Wax” dates a black man and believes she is pregnant by him. When reporters asked her what she thought of the fact that the black man/white girl pairing would have been controversial just 20 years ago, this is what she had to say:
“I never would look […]

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Sad that this kind of thing is still so commonplace. An interracial couple in Charlotte, NC found a cross burning in their backyard recently. Police are trying to determine if it’s a hate crime. By the sounds of it, this isn’t the first act of intimidation the couple has faced:
Kim and Robert Mackey say […]

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(Thanks to Asian Dude for this one!) Blog Purifying Flames questions the double standard of media coverage surrounding the Princeton attacks on Asian women. Why is it that these attacks are described merely as “lewd behavior,” when an almost-identical case involving all white female victims is referred to as “assault” and involves much harsher punishment?
As […]

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The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports on the shutting down of Panzerfaust. This white-supremacy record label has gotten a lot of attention for their proactive distribution of hateful anti-ethnic messages to teenagers across the country. In September, Panzerfaust announced plans to pass out 100,000 copies of a “pro-white sampler CD.” Now they are in the […]

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The New York Times reviews new release, Angry Black White Boy - Or, The Miscegenation of Macon Detornay, by Adam Mansbach. Main character Macon Detornay is a “down whiteboy” who attempts to atone for his people’s sins and find acceptance within the black community by attacking and terrorizing other white people.
A graduate of Newton South […]

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Those of you in NYC may want to check out a rally in Union Square this Friday protesting the racist actions of local radio station Hot 97. It’s a community event organized by a coalition of hip hop artists and activists (the “Hip Hop Coalition“) to celebrate the true hip hop culture with guest speakers: […]

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The Hartford Courant reports that a Connecticut father and his two sons accused of a racially motivated attack that left an interracial couple badly hurt have opted for trials rather than accept plea bargains:
According to court documents, the interracial couple went into Sam the Clam’s Pub and Grub in Southington for a drink with some […]

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The New York Daily News reports that FBI and NYPD profilers are working up a psychological sketch to find the person who sent racist hate mail to high-profile interracial couples like Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel:
Special Agent Robert Hawk of the Cleveland FBI office said behavioral scientists were poring over more than 80 hate-filled letters, […]

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Daily News reports that the hateful letters targeting interracial couples continue. One of the latest recipients is Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and wife.
Investigators believe the letters sent to Diggs and Menzel in late November are the work of the same hatemonger who targeted Thomas, Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor and tennis star James […]

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USA Today columnist DeWayne Wickham proclaims that Tiger Woods should support the campaign for getting a presidential pardon for turn-of-the-century boxing champ Jack Johnson (the subject of a Ken Burns documentary “Unforgivable Blackness” that will air January 17th and 18th on PBS). He argues that Tiger was able to wed Swedish model Elin Nordegren last […]