RACISM

Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks druing the Reagan Centennial GOP presidential primary debate in Simi Valley

Rick Perry Urged to Delay Execution Tainted by Racism

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has unabashedly stood by executing more people than any governor in history, but lawyers are pleading with Perry not to add to the record by condemning a man whose sentence may have been tainted by racist testimony.

S.Africa's Malema found guilty of hate speech

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South Africa's firebrand ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema was found guilty on Monday of hate speech for singing an apartheid-era song that called for the killing of white farmers.
Julius Malema

Julius Malema: South Africa's Malcolm X

South African politician Julius Malema was found guilty of hate speech charges on Monday, but the crime will do little to stop the controversial leader's rise. Malema is one of South Africa's most polarizing figures, and he may well be the country's future.
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Vogue in Hot Water for 'Slave Earrings' Ad

Fashion magazine Vogue's Italian Edition, which ran a picture ad under the title Slave earrings, is facing heavy criticism from internet community which calls it disgraceful to glamorize slavery, and is demanding an apology from Vogue to black women.
Suspected British computer hacker, Jake Davis

AntiSec Retaliates Against Police by Stealing 10 Gigs of Law Enforcement Data

Online hackers AntiSec retaliated against police by breaching 10 gigabytes of sensitive data from more than 70 U.S. law enforcement Web sites. The hackers said they retrieved emails, credit card information and other sensitive data in retaliation against the arrests of alleged members accused of hacking into the CIA, Britain's Serious Organized Crimes Agency, or SOCA, and Sony.
Anonymous Hackers Target BART

AntiSec Hackers Get Revenge on Police by Releasing Law Enforcement Data

AntiSec, a group of online hackers, said it breached 10 gigabytes of sensitive data after gaining access to more than 70 U.S. law enforcement Web sites. The hackers who claimed to have gotten emails, credit card information among other sensitive information, is said to be retaliating against the arrests of alleged members accused of hacking into the CIA, Britain's Serious Organized Crimes Agency, or SOCA, and Sony.
The aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima

Were Hiroshima and Nagasaki Racist Acts?

The attacks ? the only time nuclear weapons have ever been used in world history to date ? killed tens of thousands of people and shocked the planet with the scale of their destruction.
Jews who fled Nazis return for Vienna games

80-year-old Jews Return for Vienna Games

Having escaped the Holocaust as boys, two 80-year-old Jewish doctors from the United States have returned to Vienna to swim in the European Maccabi Games and have the last laugh at the Nazis who tormented their youth.
Toxteth. Liverpool, 1981

Britain: Thirty Years After Summer of Race Riots

Thirty years ago this month, the streets of urban Britain exploded with violence. While the UK had seen riots and street demonstrations throughout its long and tumultuous history, the disturbances of 1981 represented something new – for they largely involved the frustrations and anger of Britain’s large immigrant populations.
Brixton riots, 1981

Britain: Thirty Years After The Race Riot Summer

Thirty years ago this July, the streets of urban Britain exploded with violence. While the UK had seen riots and street demonstrations throughout its long and tumultuous history, the disturbances of 1981 represented something new – for they largely involved the frustrations and anger of Britain’s large immigrant populations.

Mayor Bloomberg unhappy with House cuts to terror funding

The cries of New York's political establishment fell on deaf ears in the Republican controlled House of Representatives where a bid to end homeland security grant cuts and reserve reduced funding for terror target cities was struck down.

Is Naomi Campbell 'chocolate' ad really racist?

Naomi Campbell is reportedly planning to take Cadbury to court for their chocolate commercial that compared the ramp diva to chocolate. She reacted fiercely to the commercial saying that, It's upsetting to be described as chocolate, not just for me, but for all black women and black people. It is insulting and hurtful. The ad features a picture of Cadbury's new chocolate bar, Bliss, underneath the caption, Move over Naomi, there's a new diva in town.

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