Racial Issues

Spreading the Blame

Is Rev. Jeremiah Wright a Hater?

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

The plantation burns

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

The Prophet

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

Kress and the merry morons

Dallas' political rabble takes after minority students' best friend

Ready For Battle

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

Fantastic voyage

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

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.

"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

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.

Don't you dare call it the 'Chitlin Circuit'

With their sequined dancers, cardboard characters, and savage beauty-shop banter, Shelly Garrett's comedy plays don't get any respect from critics. But black Dallas knows better.

Unreasonable Doubts

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

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

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

Dead air

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

New, Improved Michael Irvin

Plus: Defending Cheryl Smith, Ouch, Straight Outta Fiction

The Man Who Would Be King

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

The Color of Money

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

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

City Hall's Same Sick Story

White guys bribing black guys at Dallas City Hall

Tongue Twisted

A Spanish-language requirement reopens old wounds at DISD

Race, Race, Race

Man. Now everybody's calling everybody a racist.

Laff in the Dark

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

Color Bind

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

Segregation Forever

How Dallas got what it wanted

Slave Wages

The fight for slavery reparations takes on a local twist

Stoopid

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

Ron Kirk's Crying Game

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

Real Politics

Feudal grudges and an imprisoned holy man in the Dallas mayoral race

One Moe

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

Absentee Minded

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

Mystery of St. Luke

Was an influential Dallas black church desecrated by racists?

We Shall Stay on Top

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

The Race Race

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

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

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

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

Black, white, and blue

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

Black out

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

Saint Al

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

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

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

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

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

Wait: Are there Mexican Jews?

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

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 >>

Cut Out the Middlemen

Tribal politics at the heart of Dallas' corruption problems.

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 >>

Das Racist's Crazy-Ass Combo

​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 >>

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 >>

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 commit ... More >>