Race Baiting

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January 24, 2024

Are you a race-baiter?

TheGrio's short quiz will let you know when you are playing “the race card” or engaging in “identity politics.”
November 1, 2013

Joe Lhota denies 'race-baiting,' defends stop-and-frisk

theGRIO Q&A - TheGrio sat down with Lhota days before the final mayoral debate to discuss the controversial ad, his…
October 18, 2013

NYC mayoral race now has its ‘Willie Horton ad’

OPINION - Lhota may be able to convince voters he’s not Ted Cruz or John Boehner, but this ad shows…
August 22, 2013

Race-baiting has already begun in Chris Lane case

OPINION - The right has made the Chris Lane murder their cause célèbre, their meme, their Trayvon Martin, and they…
August 28, 2012

Is Mitt Romney running a 'racialized' campaign?

OPINION - Romney said this election would be about jobs, but continually took hard right stances during the primary that…
August 23, 2012

Is welfare a wedge issue for Mitt Romney?

OPINION - Is Mitt Romney trying to stoke white resentment to beat President Obama?...
August 5, 2012

From Bachmann to Romney: Coded racial rhetoric is out of control

OPINION - Many of our current politicians, including presidential nominees and their supporters, use coded language full of racial undertones…
July 15, 2012

Romney's new base strategy — become more like Newt Gingrich

OPINION - Mitt Romney is trying a new strategy for the general election: uniting the base behind him by picking…
May 18, 2012

Why Romney's wrong for the right's Rev. Wright fight

OPINION - Focusing on Rev. Jeremiah Wright is a political loser for Mitt Romney, who has presented himself to voters…
March 23, 2012

Gingrich says Obama's comments on Martin 'disgraceful'

theGRIO REPORT - Newt Gingrich called President Obama's comments on the Trayvon Martin shooting 'disgraceful' and 'appalling' in a interview…
February 1, 2012

Rev. Al Sharpton in heated exchange with Gingrich supporter, Rick Tyler (VIDEO)

VIDEO - Rev. Al Sharpton and Rick Tyler, a strategist for the Gingrich-backing super-PAC, Winning Our Future, entered into a…
January 23, 2012

Catholic leaders to Gingrich, Santorum: Stop the race-baiting

theGRIO REPORT - A group of more than 40 Catholic leaders fired off a letter to the two leading Catholic…
January 23, 2012

Gingrich in '93: Asians, not blacks, understand 'keys to future wealth'

Newt Gingrich has been slammed for race baiting with his comments about blacks and welfare, and by calling Barack Obama…
January 19, 2012

Newt Gingrich caught in race-baiting 'Catch-22'

OPINION - With thunderous applause in support of Newt Gingrich's continuing effort to connect poverty to stereotypes of African-Americans, the…
August 31, 2011

Rush Limbaugh's right hand man is black

OPINION - The racist humor expressed on the Rush Limbaugh show is done at the expense of black people, to…
November 18, 2010

Limbaugh: Obama 'graffiti on walls of US history'

VIDEO - The radio host fails to take responsibility for any of his actions, choosing instead, to pass the blame…
April 28, 2010

GOP charges DNC chairman with ‘shameless’ race-baiting

The 2010 election campaign season took an abrupt and aggressive turn in the last 24 hours, as two Republican campaign…