Over the last few days, we've been subjected to a grand "mea culpa" from the media who have suddenly discovered a world of nuance concerning the Covington students disrespectfully mocking a Native American on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. After all, if one watches the full ...read more
Salon's Lili LoofBourow has a particularly brutal takedown of the ongoing hysteria overtaking men during the Kavanaugh rape scandal. In it, she marvels to see men move beyond just pretending rape culture isn't real to flat out saying we should accept it as perfectly normal: We ...read more
As a political junkie and writer, I’ve watched my share of TV journalists and, of course, I have my favorites. I regularly enjoy Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, and Joy Reid to name a few. Each bring their own style of presenting information, all are analytical, probative and ...read more
Even before the election of Donald Trump, white people with money felt entitled to be obnoxious. After the election of Trump, they feel more entitled than ever because something something "Fuck your feelings." This goes double when it comes to being obnoxious towards people using ...read more
Last week, a Muslim man was arrested during a child porn raid in Dunedin, Florida. During the raid, the police found in this man's closet 20 guns, thousands of rounds of ammunition, knives, bombs, bomb making materials, and aerial photos of a Tampa-area elementary school, middle ...read more
In 1899, Rudyard Kipling wrote his famous poem, "The White Man's Burden: The United States and the Philippine Islands". The poem was a call to American imperialism and became one of the many moral justifications for the West to exploit the rest of the world. After all, someone ...read more
When the LAPD beat Rodney King to a pulp, I remember wondering why black people were upset. The guy was on drugs, right?.. To continue reading this article, please go here. A Banter Membership gets you access to the magazine and all our Members Only content. Your membership ...read more
A week ago, I found lice in my daughter's hair. The next day, I realized she had given it to me as well. To my great annoyance, I couldn't stop myself from thinking, "Only dirty kids get lice!" despite knowing for a fact that that's not true... To continue reading this article, ...read more
An angry white man filmed himself trying to start a fight with a "dark skinned" family after they allegedly cut him in line. When the police showed up, they declined to arrest the family because the angry white man was "egging them on." He cried racism and persecution. An angry ...read more
Update: A lot of people are pointing to a Snopes article "debunking" this one. The problem is that the Snopes article refers to a vague statement made by Stein in the middle of October. This article concerns a post from October 31 and has nothing to do with the statement covered ...read more
The latest Quinnipiac poll shows the presidential contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are tightening. The poll also indicates if the election were held today, 50% of white Americans would vote for Trump. This is welcome news. Why? It shows that Trump is forcing ...read more
Poor Tucker Carlson was highly offended by President Obama's riff on blackness during his commencement address at Howard University, specifically the part where the President told students to “Be confident in your blackness.” Carlson had a very important question for the ...read more
(Photo: Lucas Jackson/Reuters) Let's just get this out of the way right off the bat and not even try to delude ourselves. If a bunch of black guys showed up in the middle of Ferguson, Missouri carrying assault rifles they'd either buried under every cop within a mile radius or ...read more
One effective way to control discussion about a contentious issue is to deploy an ambiguous phrase that seems so uncontroversial that no reasonable person would object to it. Often the phrase takes the form of an imperative sentence, and those who fail to oblige or challenge the ...read more
Bill O'Reilly thinks Republicans are afraid of black people, but if Tucker Carlson is any indication, maybe they're just in love with their old white selves. On Sunday morning, Carlson provided the perfect cherry on top of the Fox and Friends Sunday, punctuating The Five host ...read more
Viewers of Wednesday night's The Daily Show were treated to a huge, steaming pile of stultified Bill O'Reilly, partially courtesy of Jon Stewart, but mostly of his own towering sense of privilege. Stewart's White Privilege lecture, however, was, itself, not devoid of privilege. ...read more
MSNBC host and cultural critic Touré is under fire this Memorial Day Weekend for, as down-the-middle website Mediaite puts it, "Chalk(ing) Up Holocaust Survival to ‘The Power of Whiteness’" in a Twitter exchange with an alleged descendant of Holocaust survivors. The right-wing ...read more
As you know, unlike some Philistines who work here at The Daily Banter, I am an avowed fan of Salon.com. I find the site to be a vital resource in cataloging the various daily injustices that every true liberal should be poised to stand against by way of turning them into catchy ...read more
I was fourteen years old when I first encountered racism as it was happening. I was too old to hang out at home all day, but too young to drive, so cruising the Fort Henry Mall in Kingsport, Tennessee was an acceptable compromise. It was back during the Golden Age of Hip Hop; ...read more
To the editors, The recent articles and responses I have read over the last week to the controversial gun deaths in Florida (I will be honest and say I think these were clear murders) and the mistrial of Michael Dunn have left me completely exasperated. I am a white male living ...read more
If you haven't been paying attention, Gawker is currently running a bracket-style contest it's calling the "Privilege Tournament," the stated goal of which is to nail down exactly which subset of Americans is the most un-privileged. While the whole thing is being done with ...read more