Media Matters - Race/Affirmative Action

Media Matters - Race/Affirmative Action http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/race_affirmative_action This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Race/Affirmative Action en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Savage: "[T]here's gonna be a wholesale firing of competent white men in the United States government" http://mediamatters.org/items/200811190016 On his radio show, Michael Savage said, "I am telling you that there's gonna be a wholesale firing of competent white men in the United States government up and down the line, in police departments, in fire departments. Everywhere in America, you're going to see an exchange that you've never seen in history, and it's not gonna be necessarily for the betterment of this country." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811190016 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:17:53 EST Limbaugh's guest host is latest radio host to compare current policies or proposals to slavery http://mediamatters.org/items/200811170003 While discussing potential Republican outreach efforts toward African-Americans, Jason Lewis stated on The Rush Limbaugh Show: "[T]his whole notion of taxing -- taxing America's labor -- you know, I don't know how else you describe what this sordid experience of slavery was when you take away somebody's ability to engage in the marketplace with the fruits of their labor." Lewis later added: "We need to go into the African-American community there on cultural issues. And they should be there on taxes, because they know what it's like to have to work for free." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811170003 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:32:26 EST Responding to Media Matters item, Quinn defended comparison of welfare recipients to slaves http://mediamatters.org/items/200811100005 On The War Room, Jim Quinn addressed his prior comments comparing "slave[s] in the old South" to welfare recipients today. Quinn said: "Now, naturally, the point that I was making was that there are two forms of servitude: There's the servitude that you can be forced into, and there's the servitude you can be coerced into, I mean, the horrors of slavery notwithstanding -- naturally, that was my point." He later added: "[W]hen you think about it, the slave had more personal nobility than the welfare recipient, because he or she had no say in their station in life. The welfare recipient actually volunteers for it. It is the liberal plantation." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811100005 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:00:45 EST Quinn stated that unlike welfare recipients, slaves "had to work" for food, housing http://mediamatters.org/items/200811060012 On The War Room with Quinn & Rose, Jim Quinn said: "You know, if you were a slave in the old South, what did you get as a slave? You got free room and board, you got free money, and you got rewarded for having children because that was just, you know, tomorrow's slave. ... Can I ask a question? How's that different from welfare? You get a free house, you get free food, and you get rewarded for having children. Oh, wait a minute, hold on a second. There is a difference: The slave had to work for it." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811060012 Thu, 6 Nov 2008 17:47:26 EST Cunningham falsely claimed Hill quoted police chief warning of possible riots by Obama supporters http://mediamatters.org/items/200810240012 Referencing an article in The Hill, radio host Bill Cunningham falsely attributed to a "police chief" the claim that "[i]f [Sen. Barack] Obama is elected, like with sports championships, people may go out and riot. If, on the other hand, Barack loses, there will be another larger group of people who will assume the election was stolen from him." In fact, the quote that Cunningham read from the article was not attributed to a "police chief" or any other law enforcement officer, but was from Bob Parks, whom The Hill described as "an online columnist and black Republican candidate for state representative in Massachusetts." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810240012 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:43:17 EST Cunningham guest Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson: "[M]ost black people today are racist" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810210015 On his radio show, Bill Cunningham asked Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, "[I]f Obama was white as chalk, do you think that [Colin] Powell would be endorsing the Democrat? He didn't endorse Gore, he didn't endorse Kerry. I think color trumps everything in his mind." Peterson responded: "That's right, because if it was about what Barack Obama stood for, then he would have endorsed Gore and all those guys, but he did not. You know, it's so sad, my friend, that most black people today are racist. Not all, not all -- but most of them are racist." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810210015 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:48:53 EST Savage on Powell endorsement: "The only people who don't seem to vote based on race are whites of European origin" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810210011 On his radio show, Michael Savage said, "Do you think Colin Powell came out for BO [Sen. Barack Obama] because of his race? Duh." He later added: "[F]orgive me for being so blunt -- but it seems to Michael Savage that the only people who don't seem to vote based on race are white people of European origin." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810210011 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:37:22 EST Cunningham: "I think there will be 100 cities burning if Barack loses. Yeah, that's what the black intelligentsia says" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810140009 Radio host Bill Cunningham stated: "I think there will be 100 cities burning if Barack loses. Yeah, that's what the black intelligentsia says." Cunningham also asserted that "Flavor Flav, 50 Cent, and Diddy" are "really in charge of the [Obama] Inaugural [Ball]." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810140009 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:29:09 EST Savage: "[N]ot all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists happen to be Muslim" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810140003 On his radio show, Michael Savage said that "not all Muslims are terrorists," then falsely asserted that "all terrorists happen to be Muslim." Savage stated: "I am a believer in all five of the world's religions. As long as they're peace-loving and are pro-American, as far as I'm concerned, all religions are equal." He continued, "However, when you consider the fact that not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists happen to be Muslim and that the 19 hijackers who destroyed the Twin Towers and the Pentagon were Muslim, mainly from Saudi Arabia, we have a very real obligation to remember that." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810140003 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:04:12 EST Savage on "liberal social activism": "They imposed affirmative action on me and stole my very birthright simply because I was white" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809290012 On his radio show, Michael Savage said, "I grew up with parents who went through the Depression. And I went through a sort of depression in my own life as a result of liberal social activism. They imposed affirmative action on me and stole my very birthright simply because I was white." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809290012 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:26:34 EST In an NRO blog post, Krikorian asked if WaMu's diversity policy was "[c]ause" of bank's demise http://mediamatters.org/items/200809260013 In a blog post on National Review Online, Mark Krikorian asked if diversity policies touted by Washington Mutual, which was seized by federal regulators and sold to another bank on September 25, were the "[c]ause" of the bank's collapse. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809260013 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:00:37 EST Quinn says he told Fatimah Ali to "get an American name," because, "why would you want to relate to Africa? Africa is a nightmare." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809180020 Radio host Jim Quinn again addressed his September 3 comment that Philadelphia Daily News columnist Fatimah Ali should "get an American name ... if you want to be an American," saying: "[T]he point that I was making here was simply this: First of all, why would you want to relate to Africa? Africa's a nightmare." Also, Quinn asserted that Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga is "[Sen. Barack] Obama's cousin," a claim that has been denied by the Obama campaign and was disputed by a PolitiFact.com article. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809180020 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:16:52 EST Does MSNBC approve of Pat Buchanan's appearances on a "pro-White" radio show? http://mediamatters.org/items/200808190010 MSNBC political analyst Pat Buchanan appeared on the June 29, 2008, and September 14, 2006, editions of The Political Cesspool Radio Show, a program whose "Statement of Principles" asserts that it "represent[s] a philosophy that is pro-White." Buchanan's June 29 interview was streamed "Live" on the self-described "White Nationalist" and "White Pride" website Stormfront.org. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808190010 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:08:09 EST CNN quoted far-right blogger Steve Sailer on Obama, without noting background denigrating minorities http://mediamatters.org/items/200807310009 In a CNN.com article accompanying the network's "Black in America" project, Steve Sailer, who was quoted in the article, was identified only as a "columnist for The American Conservative magazine." The article omitted any mention of Sailer's racially tinged views or his extremist associations, including his writing for VDARE.com, an "anti-immigrant" website that acknowledges publishing the work of "white nationalists." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807310009 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:59:59 EST WABC* says Imus' explanation of controversial comments "makes sense" -- then why did Warner Wolf give a different one? http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250002 On his radio show, host Don Imus explained controversial comments he'd made the previous day about Adam "Pacman" Jones, who, it was noted, is African American, by asserting, "My point was that there's no reason to arrest this kid six times. He's a football player. He's a lovely kid. He's out having fun. He doesn't need to be arrested six -- he gets arrested times. Well, we know why he gets arrested six times." But, sportscaster Warner Wolf, who was part of both conversations, offered a different explanation: "[A]nybody that listens to the show knows that whether it's a politician or an athlete or anyone, someone who's obviously guilty, you joke and say, 'Well, it must have been racism.' I mean, it's a joke. I mean, we all know that 'Pacman' is no model citizen. The guy's been arrested and suspended. So it's a joke." Notwithstanding the apparent conflict in their explanations, WABC's* Phil Boyce reportedly said of Imus' explanation: "When I first heard the comment I thought that's probably what he meant, but I called him and he explained and it made sense to me. I said, 'Let's make sure you explain it the next time you're on the air,' and he did a very good job." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250002 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:59:19 EST