One of the most insidious forms of racism comes from people who genuinely do not believe they are racist. Their prejudice and xenophobia is so deeply ingrained that they create a distorted world view to justify their warped beliefs about race.   Bill O'Reilly is a classic ...read more

When Sarah Palin and Al Sharpton were photographed together on the red carpet before the 40th anniversary special for Saturday Night Live, the internet declared that "Hell has frozen over." But despite the initial shock of seeing the two politically polar opposite pundits ...read more

You have to wonder, once the Oscar nominations were made public on Thursday morning, whether each separate member of the Academy immediately felt a pit at the bottom of his or her stomach, knowing what was coming. There's no way the individual voters didn't look at the totality ...read more

"I was very offended by the emails that were hacked... We’ll determine there whether we are going to join calls for her resignation or whether she is really, seriously going to deal with the fact that Hollywood really reflects a lot of what was said in that conversation. Right ...read more

Whenever the Supreme Court hears arguments in a hotly-contested case, protesters invariably gather outside the courthouse to make their voices heard. But as heartening as democracy in action can be, it's strange that the branch of government that's supposed to be the most ...read more

Photo: USA Today Let me make something crystal clear right off the bat: Even if he were to be on the ground shouting at the top of his lungs, Al Sharpton wouldn't even come close to being the biggest problem in Ferguson, Missouri right now. The current crisis lies almost ...read more

Photo: David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch Justice in the shooting of Mike Brown involves two things: knowing what the truth is and reacting fairly and responsibly to that truth. Witnesses say Brown, who was unarmed at the time, was shot down in the middle of the street as he ...read more

'The shocking killing of Eric Garner at the hands of police has become the sort of national story that reveals a lot about the people who talk about it. Differences in life experience and point of view become evident in the types of coverage and commentary that are granted the ...read more

On Saturday, I went to activist hangout spot and coffee shop, Busboys and Poets in DC to watch one of my favorite columnists talk about Martin Luther King. The Guardian's Gary Younge had written a book on the story behind Dr King's speech, and as a big fan of his writing, I ...read more

How often have we seen this back-and-forth before: a shock comic says something offensive; somebody gets offended; somebody else asks everyone what the offended party expected, given that the offensive thing was said by a shock comic; a bunch of other people chime in to say ...read more

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and his fiancee said. He was 47. Police in Rialto, ...read more

By Bob Cesca: Last week, my friend and podcast partner Chez Pazienza wrote a piece for The Daily Banter about a case involving several African American youths in Norfolk, Virginia who allegedly beat up a pair of reporters from The Virginian-Pilot newspaper, Dave Forster and ...read more

By Chez Pazienza: Every once in a while I apparently like to see to it that my progressive street cred takes a huge hit and, well, I guess it's that time again. The line to angrily show me the error of my ways forms to the left -- just, please, not the face, eh? In case you ...read more

A heavily armed troop of Neo-Nazis are goose-stepping around the Florida town where Trayvon Martin was killed. Members of the Detroit-based National Socialist Movement are patrolling Sanford, Florida proclaiming they’re prepared for violence in case of a race riot, its ...read more

By Chez Pazienza: It was pretty much a foregone conclusion that somebody at NBC was going to lose a job over the galactic fuck-up that led to a severely edited 911 call from Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman making air. Well, late last week NBC -- after undertaking what it ...read more

The US Department of Justice has announced an investigation into the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Florida in February. Trayvon Martin, 17, was killed by neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, 28, while walking through a gated community in a suburb of ...read more

According to Pat Buchanan, African Americans can trace all their problems back to liberalism. Incapable of thinking for themselves, they "Bought a lot of liberal propaganda on the liberal plantation." And yes, that is a direct quote. Watch (and gasp) below: Visit msnbc.com for ...read more