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Racial Issues

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Marc Veasey Doesn't Like Domingo Garcia "Trumpeting" Black Paper's Endorsement

    In case you haven't been paying attention, the race for the 33rd Congressional District is still a pissing match likely to end up in a runoff between between Domingo Garcia and Marc Veasey for the Democratic nomination. A quick recap: Garcia called big SUVs un-American, which led Veasey to proclai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Domingo Garcia Calls Opponent "Errand Boy." Was That a Slur or Just Typical Garcia?

    Domingo, Domingo, Domingo. You were named after the day of worship. Why do you always wind up using names against other people? Yesterday, state Representative Rafael Anchia jumped on Dallas congressional candidate Domingo Garcia for calling a black opponent an "errand boy." In a press release, A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Sandra Crenshaw Wants You To Throw Out Your Wig And Mace The Living Shit Out Of Korean Storeowners

    So, ex-Dallas City council member Sandra Crenshaw is throwing her wig in the trash on Sunday. She wants you there. Better yet, if you're a black woman with a Korean-made wig, she wants you to join her. (The video you see above is not about wigs, exactly. It's just something we had lying around in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Clay Jenkins Hits the Wall in the Appointment of New Black Panther Party Founder

    It looks like Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, long a puppet of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, finally has hit the Price wall. Jenkins has stopped action on the appointment of Price protégé Aaron McCarthy, aka Aaron Michaels, to the county's "homeland security advisory committee," w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Korean Shamrock Owner Accused of Racism Could Improve His Luck by Talking

    ​Still can't get past the lawyer for the owner of the boycotted Shamrock gas station I wrote about yesterday. Busy. Says he'll call me back later. I called him this morning to say I still need to hear the owner's side. Here's my problem. Yesterday the lawyer wouldn't or could not get the owne ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2011

    Das Racist's Crazy-Ass Combo

    ​Still can't get past the lawyer for the owner of the boycotted Shamrock gas station I wrote about yesterday. Busy. Says he'll call me back later. I called him this morning to say I still need to hear the owner's side. Here's my problem. Yesterday the lawyer wouldn't or could not get the owne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Post's Hunting-Camp Story Unfairly Loads Southern Baggage on Perry's Shoulders

    ​Well, pardon me for making myself important, but I feel like I do bring a certain perspective to the Rick Perry N-word story. For one thing, I just finished a long stretch of reporting on Perry. I have a story coming out his week in the newspaper that's pretty much a deconstruction of his "Te ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2011

    Cut Out the Middlemen

    Tribal politics at the heart of Dallas' corruption problems.

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Just Added to Saturday's Rally for John Wiley Price, The Man Who Coined "Black Power"

    Via.​Moments ago, Thomas Muhammad -- president of the Dallas chapter of the National Black United Front and organizer of Saturday's rally for Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price -- sent word that a Very Special Guest has been added the list of speakers scheduled to attend Saturday. That wo ... More >>

  • News

    May 19, 2011

    Wait: Are there Mexican Jews?

    Via.​Moments ago, Thomas Muhammad -- president of the Dallas chapter of the National Black United Front and organizer of Saturday's rally for Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price -- sent word that a Very Special Guest has been added the list of speakers scheduled to attend Saturday. That wo ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2010

    Making racist remarks even though you've made a Mexican friend? Still wrong.

    Via.​Moments ago, Thomas Muhammad -- president of the Dallas chapter of the National Black United Front and organizer of Saturday's rally for Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price -- sent word that a Very Special Guest has been added the list of speakers scheduled to attend Saturday. That wo ... More >>

  • News

    June 17, 2010

    Black Students Are Leaving DISD And Heading For Suburban Schools. Is That Such A Bad Thing?

    Via.​Moments ago, Thomas Muhammad -- president of the Dallas chapter of the National Black United Front and organizer of Saturday's rally for Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price -- sent word that a Very Special Guest has been added the list of speakers scheduled to attend Saturday. That wo ... More >>

  • News

    June 12, 2008

    The Man Who Would Be King

    Freddy Haynes seemed a shoo-in to lead the NAACP. Then Obama's ex-pastor came to town.

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2008

    What's Up With All Those White People Asking Stupid Questions?

    Freddy Haynes seemed a shoo-in to lead the NAACP. Then Obama's ex-pastor came to town.

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2008

    Is Rev. Jeremiah Wright a Hater?

    Freddy Haynes seemed a shoo-in to lead the NAACP. Then Obama's ex-pastor came to town.

  • News

    October 4, 2007

    City Hall's Same Sick Story

    White guys bribing black guys at Dallas City Hall

  • News

    November 30, 2006

    Tongue Twisted

    A Spanish-language requirement reopens old wounds at DISD

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2006

    Spreading the Blame

    A Spanish-language requirement reopens old wounds at DISD

  • News

    September 1, 2005

    Race, Race, Race

    Man. Now everybody's calling everybody a racist.

  • News

    September 9, 2004

    Laff in the Dark

    For Dallas, for the city council, for now, this was good

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    Color Code

    Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle's honeymoon is about to end, if white, black and Latino officers have anything to say about it

  • News

    October 2, 2003

    Color Bind

    Who says the mayor is a racist? You'll be surprised by the answer.

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    Segregation Forever

    How Dallas got what it wanted

  • News

    February 13, 2003

    Slave Wages

    The fight for slavery reparations takes on a local twist

  • News

    September 26, 2002

    Stoopid

    Plus: On Top of the World, True Colors, Miller on a Mission

  • News

    September 19, 2002

    New, Improved Michael Irvin

    Plus: Defending Cheryl Smith, Ouch, Straight Outta Fiction

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    Ron Kirk's Crying Game

    When he said it was time to end the blame game, he meant that he had won

  • News

    December 6, 2001

    One Moe

    Even if Domingo Garcia can't win the mayor's race, he can slap the other two into shape

  • News

    August 30, 2001

    Absentee Minded

    Hey, Mr. Zillionaire Developer, got a big public project you want to sell? Black Dallas has the votes you need--dirt cheap.

  • News

    May 17, 2001

    Mystery of St. Luke

    Was an influential Dallas black church desecrated by racists?

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    We Shall Stay on Top

    Black leadership goes in the tank on civil rights, fights for the police chief's job instead

  • News

    April 19, 2001

    The Race Race

    In the battle for the District 6 council seat, the dark horse has a white face

  • Dining

    March 22, 2001

    The Color of Money

    Does restaurant service differ because of race? Depends on whom you ask.

  • News

    February 15, 2001

    Single Barrel, Double Standard

    When Lancaster's school superintendent ordered a lenient sentence for two white kids caught with shotguns, black parents said it was one more example of the suburb's bigotry

  • News

    October 19, 2000

    The Resurrection of Sandy Kress

    Or, how a Democrat and reviled former DISD board president found a happy home pushing "educational acoountability" for the GOP

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    Brown-out

    The problems at Silberstein Elementary--too few bilingual teachers, a PTA divided, tensions between black administrators and Hispanic parents--are a microcosm of the issues DISD faces districtwide

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    Black, white, and blue

    Dallas' African-American cops say they are being unfairly disciplined by a racist department. The numbers suggest they're right.

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    The plantation burns

    Al Lipscomb is on trial for bribery. The real charge is "traitor."

  • News

    January 13, 2000

    Black out

    Lipscomb takes his story to Anglo Amarillo and hopes it plays better than prosecutors'

  • News

    October 29, 1998

    Dead air

    KKDA-AM silences the radio voice of black Dallas, but was anyone listening anyway?

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    Black like him

    Despite the Starr report's dirty details, Paula Jones' case against the nation's "first black president" hinges as much on race as on sex

  • News

    June 18, 1998

    Mr. Mellow

    John Wiley Price, the man who once toted a bullhorn in protests outside Mayor Ron Kirk's home, learns that it helps to have friends in high places

  • News

    April 16, 1998

    Saint Al

    Will he die in prison for the sins of the plantation?

  • News

    December 4, 1997

    Unreasonable Doubts

    Justice may be blind, but Dallas jurors aren't--particularly when it comes to race

  • News

    May 22, 1997

    Invisible Mansfield

    When black and white histories collided in their small town, Phyllis Allen and fellow church members made sure Mansfield didn't white-wash the truth.

  • News

    April 17, 1997

    "It's our turn to be heard"

    With Hispanics the majority among Dallas schoolchildren and a Latino superintendent in their corner, Jesse Diaz and other activists say

  • News

    March 20, 1997

    Prophets Without Honor

    The self-proclaimed ministers of capitalism have gotten a cool reception to their gospel in Dallas. But Chevis King Jr. and Joe Howard won't give up till they've found a better way to spend black people's money.

  • Film

    October 24, 1996

    Fantastic voyage

    Spike Lee's Get on the Bus takes us to amazing places

  • News

    May 23, 1996

    Ready For Battle

    DISD hired Clarence Glover to defuse a racial crisis. But is he tough enough for the job?

  • News

    October 5, 1995

    The Prophet

    Amid controversy, Minister Farrakhan calls a million men to step into the Promised Land

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