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Oscar Winner "Undefeated" Employs All the Old Sports Cliches

Study Finds Just Thinking About Alcohol Can Make You More Racist

​​Everybody's trying to ride the Trayvon Martin case's publicity coattails -- politicians are making statements about it left and right, a column in the Huffington Post tried to connect an FAU student's freakout to racial anger, and now, the University of Missouri is trying to tie a psychology s ... More >>

French Cinema, American Debate

​​Everybody's trying to ride the Trayvon Martin case's publicity coattails -- politicians are making statements about it left and right, a column in the Huffington Post tried to connect an FAU student's freakout to racial anger, and now, the University of Missouri is trying to tie a psychology s ... More >>

Top Four Racist YouTube Rants by Stupid Young People

​The Palm Beach County School District is all atwitter today over a racist video posted to YouTube by two girls from Santaluces High School. We'll never know what made them think it was a good idea to post a public video on the internet saying, "I don't like black people. They're annoying. They st ... More >>

Allen West Turns Black History Month Into Attack on Democrats

​Last Wednesday, Congressman Allen West took to the House floor to commemorate Black History Month. As the first black congressman from Florida since Reconstruction, he was in a unique position to do so. West had hundreds of years of history he could have talked about, including 51 years of his ow ... More >>

Dear Federal Court: Please Help Florida Suppress the Vote

Racism? Not here.​To: U.S. District Court From: Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning We're having a small problem with voting down here in Florida. In May, our Legislature passed some brilliant new requirements designed to crack down on unnecessary voters -- specifically, people who are poor, ... More >>

"The Names of Love" Is a Mawkish, French Crossover Comedy of Manners

Racism? Not here.​To: U.S. District Court From: Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning We're having a small problem with voting down here in Florida. In May, our Legislature passed some brilliant new requirements designed to crack down on unnecessary voters -- specifically, people who are poor, ... More >>

The "Black Ronald Reagan" Is Coming, but It's Not Allen West, According to The Root

​The Root, an African-American culture magazine, says that there's "a job opening out there for a black Ronald Reagan" but that Rep. Allen West don't fit the bill.The magazine says West, along with Rep. Tim Scott and presidential candidate Herman Cain, are black Republicans who have had the opport ... More >>

Rebirth of Cool

​The Root, an African-American culture magazine, says that there's "a job opening out there for a black Ronald Reagan" but that Rep. Allen West don't fit the bill.The magazine says West, along with Rep. Tim Scott and presidential candidate Herman Cain, are black Republicans who have had the opport ... More >>

Planned Parenthood Responds to Allen West

West doesn't want the clinics in black neighborhoods.​At a town hall meeting this week, U.S. Rep. Allen West said he found it "offensive" that many Planned Parenthood programs are located in black neighborhoods.Judith Selzer, vice president of public policy for South Florida's chapter of Planned P ... More >>

Allen West "Offended" by Planned Parenthood in Black Neighborhoods

Allen West doesn't want women to get prenatal vitamins, either.​U.S. Rep. Allen West managed to sound relatively sane for the first hour of his town hall meeting in Palm Beach last night. He used lots of pie charts and graphs to outline bedrock GOP talking points about slashing spending and cuttin ... More >>

School Board Diversity Chair Calls For Murray's Resignation In Email

When confronted at yesterday school board meeting about her use of a racial slur, Broward County School Board Member Ann Murray didn't respond and then "slipped out the door," according to the Miami Herald.  The newspaper followed up on the report here about Murray's written reprimand for using ... More >>

"Clybourne Park" Is a Smart, Hilarious, and Hilariously Offensive Play at Caldwell Theatre

When confronted at yesterday school board meeting about her use of a racial slur, Broward County School Board Member Ann Murray didn't respond and then "slipped out the door," according to the Miami Herald.  The newspaper followed up on the report here about Murray's written reprimand for using ... More >>

FAIR-y Tales

Russell Pearce and other illegal-immigration populists rely on misleading, right-wing reports to scapegoat immigrants and terrify penny-pinched Americans.

Who are the Black Republicans Funding Allen West?

West and Cousar, bosom buddies.​Congressional candidate Allen West has received $5,000 from a group called Black Republican PAC. Sounds official enough, doesn't it? Donors around the country have given about $769,000 to the group, presumably because they want to elect more GOP candidates who look ... More >>

There's Not Much Truth but Plenty of Reconciliation in Clint Eastwood's Invictus

West and Cousar, bosom buddies.​Congressional candidate Allen West has received $5,000 from a group called Black Republican PAC. Sounds official enough, doesn't it? Donors around the country have given about $769,000 to the group, presumably because they want to elect more GOP candidates who look ... More >>

The Blind Side

West and Cousar, bosom buddies.​Congressional candidate Allen West has received $5,000 from a group called Black Republican PAC. Sounds official enough, doesn't it? Donors around the country have given about $769,000 to the group, presumably because they want to elect more GOP candidates who look ... More >>

Media Spins Survey to Find Racial Divide Between Obama, Whites

Flickr: uncletony063​This past weekend, the major newspapers in the Tribune company chain, including the Sun-Sentinel, ran this article, originally from the Los Angeles Times, about how Obama is "fast losing white voters' support."And judging by the mostly white tea party types who've been hecklin ... More >>

Letters from the issue of December 4, 2008

Flickr: uncletony063​This past weekend, the major newspapers in the Tribune company chain, including the Sun-Sentinel, ran this article, originally from the Los Angeles Times, about how Obama is "fast losing white voters' support."And judging by the mostly white tea party types who've been hecklin ... More >>

The Morning After

Flickr: uncletony063​This past weekend, the major newspapers in the Tribune company chain, including the Sun-Sentinel, ran this article, originally from the Los Angeles Times, about how Obama is "fast losing white voters' support."And judging by the mostly white tea party types who've been hecklin ... More >>

Muddy Politics

A sure-fire technique to rile a city: Accuse people of anti-Semitism

Racism in Riviera?

A sure-fire technique to rile a city: Accuse people of anti-Semitism

Racism Central

Live, from Fort Lauderdale, it's the Sun-Sentinel Hate Line!

Was The Pulp Out of Line?

Live, from Fort Lauderdale, it's the Sun-Sentinel Hate Line!

Going Down South

Gustavo gets a big reaction to his advice about oral sex.

Gantt Rants Against Leonard Pitts

Gustavo gets a big reaction to his advice about oral sex.

Your Film Is Fired!

The Palm Beach Film Festival opens, Trump style.

Queen Beeyotch

Lampanelli ain’t playin’

West Palm Heat

Is sheriff's candidate Ric Bradshaw Dirty Harry or Mr. Clean? Voters want to know.

Death and Doubts

Ray Golden's hanging was a national curiosity. Maybe his legacy will be social justice.

Best Evidence that We Can Get Along

Blackie´s Welding next door to All-White Manufacturing

Down on the Plantation II

Jim Crow flies over this central Broward town

Down on the Plantation

It's not just a name; it's a way of life in this racist suburb

Displaced from CityPlace

The folks who run the West Palm marketplace chase away black kids

An Unpleasant Development

The plan to build Merry Place could rekindle an inner-city dream

Doll Farce

A Virginia company expropriates a chunk of civil rights history with South Florida roots

We Can Be Heroes

Two plays prove Florida does too have the talent for theater

Print and Politics

The Broward Times delivers unconventional, often shrill journalism to an unsuspecting town

The City and Mr. Jones

Developer Milton Jones confronts Sistrunk's segregation-induced funk

Undercurrents

Saving Private Smith

The Negro Problem

Spike Lee's new racial satire starts out strong but ends up wasting ammunition

Cyber Hatred

"The Changing Face of Hate" symposium

Letters to the Editor

Letters for March 23, 2000

Building Ill Will

A program run by 100 Black Men of Broward County promised new houses for families but has produced only complaints

Hoop Nightmares

Local homeowners say they don't want basketball played at night in Jefferson Park because it disturbs the peace. The players say the real reason is even uglier: race.

A Vehicle For Racism

Isn't selling cars for Republic Industries hard enough without your boss cracking racist jokes all the time?

A Dream Deferred

After a decade in office, Carlton Moore hasn't done much for Fort Lauderdale's poorest residents. But he has helped himself.

Conspiracy, She Wrote

For years private detective Virginia Snyder has accused the Delray Beach police of corruption. Now she's taking them to court.

The Killing Fields

For 24 years toxic soot from the Wingate dump rained down on Leola McCoy and her neighbors. She calls it environmental racism.