A Tennessee doctor displays a great deal of stupid. I’ve bolded parts of the article to emphasise just how clueless - or horrifyingly assholish - his words and explanations for his words are.

( Mid-South Doctor Gives “Ghetto Booty” Diagnosis )

If the claims in the following update are true, I feel a lot better about the hospital in question, though they still appeared to have dropped a rather large ball.

( Tattoo caused concern for the staffs' safety... )

I've read quite a few articles on this subject, but this appears to be one of the earliest. And it's the first one I found that didn't have disgusting reader comments included.

( No Black Nurses Allowed )

Title: The Ignorance of the Privileged:
Problems With Erasing or Overlooking the Evidence of Hatred
Author: teaoli
Genre: Essay/Critical Analysis
Summary: I am an inveterate seeker of approval. This has undermined my ability to express a point that is important to me.
Warning: This is a critique of social inequality as it informs popular fandom ( Read more... )

Jennifer Delany, the wife of a former New Jersey state assemblyman, made a poor choice; her poor choice is the reason her husband is now a former assemblyman.

( Stupid is as stupid... )

Reposted from a non-lj private comm (Edit 10-Aug-2011: Now un-flocked because a subsequent message suggested this person actually has no excuse for the level of fail displayed, so I no longer feel I've reason to hide her presumptuous offensiveness from the rest of the world):

( Apparently, I'm not Black, or Intra-racial race wank at fanfiction.net )

The Root quoted a statement Campbell issued:

"I am shocked. It's upsetting to be described as chocolate, not just for me, but for all black women and black people. I do not find any humour in this. It is insulting and hurtful ( Read more... )

Moments ago, I watched a follow-up to a CNN story which ran yesterday.

Mississippi's chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (please note: Making references to this organization is about the only time it's acceptable to call us "colored") wants Governor Haley Barbour to reject a bid by the Mississippi Division of ( Read more... )