In response to a charge that he is anti-immigration, Mitt Romney stated that his father was born in Mexico. Does that make George Romney an “immigrant”? George Romney was born to American parents living in the Mormon Colonies in Mexico. But was he then of Mexican nationality? Or was he in fact an American, born […]
Posts under ‘Race in America’
NPR Fires Juan Williams
One hopes that the NPR bigwigs would rather die at the hands of gangstas than cross the street to avoid them. And that the God of Irony is paying attention and sees an opening…
The Firing of Shirley Sherrod
In the last few days, the Obama administration over-reacted to a video on the web and is blaming it on a blogger. The video showed Shirley Sherrod addressing the NAACP’s 2010 Freedom Fund Banquet. She related a story of how, years ago, she had not done all she could to help a “white” farmer. At […]
On Racial Profiling
Pundits all across the political spectrum have been saying that Arizona’s new law cracking down on illegal aliens is unconstitutional. On the news last night I saw the AZ governor saying that racial profiling is illegal and Arizona will not do it or words to that effect. OK, I get it. Some federal court has […]
“Despite His Race”
On the morning after the election of Barack Obama, NBC TV coverage of the election noted: “Barack Obama won despite his race, not because of it.” I beg to differ. A Washington Post-ABC News national poll puts black support of Obama at 95%. In 2008, blacks made up 13% of voters, up from 2004’s 11%. Barack […]