race relations Archives

Trump, the Baldfaced

December 1, 2015 Buck Banks

How can you tell when Donald Trump’s lyin’?
It only happens when his lips are movin’.
Here’s an example,
And it’s just a sample:
When he said those black pastors really loved ‘im.

How Obama Came to Trust Sharpton

August 22, 2014 Buck Banks

He realized I wasn’t as irrational or as crazy as people thought.

— Rev. Al Sharpton, in an interview with Politico, on how he became President Obama’s confidant on race.

A growing trend that should make us all wary
Is their change from mildly threatening to really scary.
Ferguson just proves it —
If they own it, they’ll shoot it,
As cops become less like police and more like the military.

Reporters Working Under Threats in Ferguson, Mo.

August 15, 2014 Buck Banks

I had never witnessed police treat journalists like this in the four years I worked as a crime reporter in South Florida. Some officers have tried to keep me away from crime scenes, but never stopped me from covering a story altogether … It was also the first time I had ever felt afraid of a police officer.

— Alexis Campbell of the National Journal.

A Half-Century Later, U.S. Still Has a Long Way to Go

August 22, 2013 Buck Banks

50

Years after Martin Luther King’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., just 45% of all Americans say the country has made substantial progress toward racial equality and 49% say that “a lot more” remains to be done, a new Pew Research survey finds.

Tag: race relations

Trump, the Baldfaced

How Obama Came to Trust Sharpton

He realized I wasn’t as irrational or as crazy as people thought.

— Rev. Al Sharpton, in an interview with Politico, on how he became President Obama’s confidant on race.

Army of Robocops

Reporters Working Under Threats in Ferguson, Mo.

— Alexis Campbell of the National Journal.

A Half-Century Later, U.S. Still Has a Long Way to Go

50

Years after Martin Luther King’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., just 45% of all Americans say the country has made substantial progress toward racial equality and 49% say that “a lot more” remains to be done, a new Pew Research survey finds.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“As President-elect Donald Trump fills out his Cabinet and chooses his closet advisers ahead of Inauguration Day, many African American leaders are asking why more Black people haven’t been appointed to key positions.”

— ABC News

“If you defended the 34x felon, who committed sexual assault, stole national security documents, and tried running a coup on his country… you can sit out the Hunter Biden pardon discussion.”

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), on X.

— Benjamin Wittes</h2>

Comment »

“Are soldiers sometimes wild childs? Yeah, that can happen.”

— Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), quoted by NBC News, on Pete Hegseth’s nomination of to be Defense Secretary.

— The New Yorker

Numerati

$30 million

$3.04

$353 billion

Elon Musk’s net worth is now estimated at $353 billion, up $91 billion over the last month, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

22%

$4.6 trillion

He realized I wasn’t as irrational or as crazy as people thought.

— Rev. Al Sharpton, in an interview with Politico, on how he became President Obama’s confidant on race.

— Alexis Campbell of the National Journal.

50

Years after Martin Luther King’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., just 45% of all Americans say the country has made substantial progress toward racial equality and 49% say that “a lot more” remains to be done, a new Pew Research survey finds.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“As President-elect Donald Trump fills out his Cabinet and chooses his closet advisers ahead of Inauguration Day, many African American leaders are asking why more Black people haven’t been appointed to key positions.”

— ABC News

“If you defended the 34x felon, who committed sexual assault, stole national security documents, and tried running a coup on his country… you can sit out the Hunter Biden pardon discussion.”

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), on X.

— Benjamin Wittes</h2> Comment »

“Are soldiers sometimes wild childs? Yeah, that can happen.”

— Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), quoted by NBC News, on Pete Hegseth’s nomination of to be Defense Secretary.

— The New Yorker

Numerati

$30 million

$3.04

$353 billion

Elon Musk’s net worth is now estimated at $353 billion, up $91 billion over the last month, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

22%

$4.6 trillion

— Benjamin Wittes</h2>

Comment »