Woman killed at K.K.K. initiation

This one physically made me sick.  From the New York Times yesterday:
An Oklahoma woman invited to a rural Louisiana campsite for a Ku Klux Klan initiation ritual was shot and killed after she asked to be taken back to town, the sheriff of a parish near New Orleans said. Eight people were arrested after the authorities [...]

Friedman: Obama victory final end to Civil War

Where I live, the Civil War is sometimes frequently referred to as the “late great unpleasantness.” In the New York Times this morning, Thomas Friedman argues that the Civil War could not have truly ended until the election of Barack Obama, or someone like him:
And so it came to pass that on Nov. 4, 2008, [...]

WAWP

There’s a lot of good stuff on the blogs this morning.  Over at TooSense, he’s taking it to Whinin’ Ass White People (WAWP).  Check this:
Memo to my white brothers and sisters: we own 95% of the fucking country, you morons! We have the best jobs; the best land; the best schools; the most tax breaks; [...]

In case you *still* think we’re making this up

H/T Ta-Nehisi Coates. 

This might piss some people off

You know what?  I’m “totally comfortable with that.”  (Warning:  not worksafe.)

This Week In Blackness, Ep #10

John Lewis knows of which he speaks

John Lewis knows.  John Lewis was there.  When John Lewis speaks to issues of violence incited by racial hatred, people should listen.  John Lewis is speaking now, to the McCain / Palin camp.  Unfortunately, McCain is swatting him away like a bothersome fly.  He should not be so cavalier. 
Here is what John Lewis had to [...]

The McCain campaign needs to understand what it is dealing with

I mentioned yesterday that John McCain had stood up for Barack Obama’s honor when confronted with just how out of hand his supporters were getting.  There are probably many reasons for this, not the least of which are increasingly frightening poll numbers for him (for pure poll pornography, head over to fivethirtyeight.com).  Another reason could [...]

Man in LA: “Keep the n*&#er out of office”

There are days when I wonder if I’m in the Twilight Zone.  I live in AL, so you’d think I’d be used to this shit.  And yet I’m still shocked when it’s in black and white, so to speak.  From The Smoking Gun, h/t JJP:
Angered by a delay in the receipt of his voter registration [...]

And while we’re laughing

H/T to Jack and Jill Politics.  This Week In Blackness, episode #5, on White Privelege.  They mention Tim Wise’s piece on White Privelege, which we talked about here.  Y’all enjoy.

Speaking of racism

I’m late to the party on this one (thanks, Sherry) and honestly just too pissed to be coherent, so I’m gonna send you to Alternet.org for the details.  The details are really, really, really good.  Really.  Go read.