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Specter Wants Probe Into Club's Rejection of Black Swimmers

The private club in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., is denying it practiced racism after coming under fire from parents, bloggers, even... more

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The story of prisoner F95488

It's March 3, 2008, a brilliant day in Santa Barbara. But for Eric Frimpong, it feels like hell. He's in Superior Court,... more

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Torture victim exonerated and released from prison

On Tuesday, July 07, 2009, 43-year-old Ronald Kitchen, who confessed under extreme physical duress to a taking part in five... more

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Black Press Photographers Denied Access to Michael Jackson's Memorial

LOS ANGELES (NNPA) - Historically the Black press has been covering Black artists, entertainers and other well-known personalities... more

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Even in Death, King of Pop Stirs Racial Divide

The first nasty inkling that even the King of Pop can stir racial divides came with the Mt. Everest-sized list of postings on... more

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Michael Jackson isn't an icon

Bill-O the Clown is epic failure personified. He's taken it upon himself to speak for "clear thinking" Americans... more

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Racism Runs Rampant in the GOP

Submitted for your approval, meet Ms Audra Shay, an up and comer in the GOP and current Vice Chairman of the Young Republicans. Ms Shay aspires to be the actual Chairman and is endorsed by Gov. Bobby Jindal personally. As a member of the Republican youth Ms Shay realizes the party needs to be more in tuned with the information society and social networking in particular. She of course participates in all the popular social networks including Face Book.

Here's where things turn sideways for Ms Shay and her party. After the infamous White House watermelon patch picture followed by the blacked out presidential portrait featuring a set of eyeballs depicting our 44th President and that catchy spiritual "Barack the Magic Negro" the Republicans seem to have trouble shaking their racist label, for some odd reason. Ms Shay helped their cause by responding to a "friend" named Eric from Face Book that thinks "we" need to take back the country from the "coons and illegals", the exact quote is;

“Obama Bin Lauden [sic] is the new terrorist… Muslim is on there side [sic]… need to take this country back from all of these mad coons… and illegals.”

To which Ms Shay responded "You tell em Eric! lol.

Unfortunately for Ms Shay some of her other followers weren't as comfortable with Eric's enthusiasm and voiced there concerns. Ms Shay promptly DE-friended the dissenters. Keeping Eric as a buddy. As the concerns grew Ms Shay went into damage control and said she hadn't read the entire quote and was responding to something Eric had said previously even though she responded a full eight minutes after his racist remarks. The debate flared with Ms Shay attempting to dance on the head of a pin and Eric helping her with this parting remark;

“This is still America… freedom of speech and thought is still allowed… for now any ways… and the last time i checked I was a good ole southern boy… and if yur ass is black don’t let the sun set on it in a southern town…”

Good luck in your endeavor to become chairman of your fine upstanding Christian organization Ms Shay and political aspiration with the GOP.

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-06/new-gop-racist-headache/Submitted for your approval, meet Ms Audra Shay, an up and comer in the GOP and current Vice Chairman of the Young Republicans. Ms... more

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Police fear "spectacular" neo-Nazi attack

Police chiefs fear right-wing groups are plotting a "spectacular" attack in Britain to fuel racial hatred, the Guardian... more

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Egyptians angry over German court slaying

Sherbini, 33, was stabbed to death Wednesday in a courtroom as she prepared to give testimony against a German man of Russian... more

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Welcome to an inhuman country

The italian security decree that makes illegal immigrants automatically criminals receives strong criticism from the Catholic... more

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Goodman cancellation infuriates head of Austrian festival

"The Goodman Theatre's decision to cancel its planned fall production of "Joan D'Arc" has sparked an international flap.

Cutting the show from the Goodman's schedule has provoked a furious response from Airan Berg, the artistic director of the performing arts component of the Linz09 cultural festival, held in the Austrian city of Linz.

The Linz festival was the Goodman's partner on the project. As written and directed by Aida Karic, "Joan D'Arc" premiered in Linz, following several weeks of workshops at the Goodman Theatre. A Goodman spokesman had told the Tribune that the show was deemed "not ready" for Chicago audiences.

"We are appalled by the Goodman Theatre’s actions and wording as it represents an insult to the artistic integrity of the project and the work of all involved artists," Berg wrote in an e-mailed response. "We also see the statement made by the Goodman Theatre [as] damaging to our reputation and to the reputation of all the artists involved."

Berg, who cited some positive statements in European papers to support his argument, further charged that the decision to cancel the Chicago leg of the run was made "without any consultation with us and comes as a complete surprise."

"We do not believe that the cancellation has anything to do with the production being ready or not," Berg went on, "as 'Joan Dark' [a previous title of the project] proved itself to be successful to a highly diverse international theater audience in a competitive theatrical environment. We can only speculate about the true reasons of this unbearable form of censorship of a highly political theatrical performance that deals with the topics of power, religion, and race."

In a phone interview, Goodman executive director Roche Schulfer rejected Berg's charges and said that the cancellation was a result of "ongoing problems with the development of the script, of which Mr. Berg had been made aware during the workshops at the Goodman."

Berg said that only one Goodman staffer had seen the show in Austria. Schulfer said that, in fact, several Goodman people had seen the show, including Steve Scott from the artistic office.

"We have a responsibility to our audiences in Chicago," Schulfer said. "At the Goodman, that comes first."""The Goodman Theatre's decision to cancel its planned fall production of "Joan D'Arc" has sparked an... more