Race Baiting

Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

NYC mayoral race now has its ‘Willie Horton ad’

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Race-baiting has already begun in Chris Lane case

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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 played right into the hands of racial resentment and xenophobia…
/ August 28, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Is welfare a wedge issue for Mitt Romney?

OPINION – Is Mitt Romney trying to stoke white resentment to beat President Obama?…
/ August 23, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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 to deliver prejudiced messages to segments of the electorate primed to hear them…
/ August 5, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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 a fight with black Americans…
/ July 15, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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 as a no-nonsense businessman…
/ May 18, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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 Friday, accusing the president of being divisive by noting Martin’s race…
/ March 23, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

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 heated exchange on MSNBC over race-baiting…
/ February 1, 2012