Category: Race and Politics, Page 44
Hawai’i Is Not the Multicultural Paradise Some Say It Is
American Renaissance - Jun 17th 2021 2:41pm EDTTo outsiders, Hawai‘i might seem like the epitome of a post-racial society. For decades, scholars, writers, and tourism boosters have portrayed the islands that way—as a “racial utopia” where Native Hawaiians and Asians live harmoniously alongside white people, with the largely non-white population serving as the antidote to racism. After all, no racial group holds a […]
Joe Manchin: Racist or Profile in Courage
American Renaissance - Jun 11th 2021 12:01am EDTIn 1859, Abraham Lincoln related the tale of an Eastern monarch who charged his wise men with discovering words that would everywhere and always be true. The wise men went away and returned to present the monarch with this six-word sentence: “And this, too, shall pass away.” So, the question: How long will Sen. Joe […]
Biden Gives ICE Attorneys More Discretion to Drop Immigration Cases
American Renaissance - Jun 8th 2021 6:42pm EDTThe Biden administration is giving immigration prosecutors more discretion over which cases to pursue or even drop, a move that could limit the new cases funneling into the overwhelmed immigration court system. A memo to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) prosecutors allows the agency’s lawyers to drop cases against green card holders and those who […]
Nevada Bans Racially Offensive Mascots and ‘Sundown Sirens’
American Renaissance - Jun 8th 2021 6:42pm EDTNevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed a bill on Friday that directs local school boards to ban “racially discriminatory” mascots, logos and names amid a national movement to phase out the use of symbols that Native Americans have long considered offensive. {snip} It also requires the Nevada State Board of Geographic Names to recommend that the […]
Amid Surge in Violent Crime, Atlanta’s Wealthiest Neighborhood Ponders New City
American Renaissance - Jun 8th 2021 1:11pm EDTJust a few days after Beth Weaver moved from the suburbs to a new townhouse in this city’s wealthy Buckhead district, she began to worry that she had made a mistake. One night she sat on her balcony and watched a thief rifle through her BMW. A few weeks later, someone broke into her family’s […]
Biden Administration’s Blatant Institutional Racism Gets Rebuke from Sixth Circuit
American Renaissance - Jun 3rd 2021 1:20pm EDTLast week, while the press drooled over the president’s ice cream selection, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Vitolo v. Guzman declared unconstitutional the Biden administration’s race-based approach to distributing COVID-relief funds. While Vitolo only addressed the race- and sex-based reverse discrimination in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the precedent could prove fatal to many other […]
Biden Compares White Mob in Tulsa Massacre to Charlottesville Rallygoers
American Renaissance - Jun 2nd 2021 2:00pm EDTPresident Biden on Tuesday compared the white mob that attacked Black residents in Tulsa, Okla., in 1921 to the “white supremacists” who marched in the far-right “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., four years ago. Biden made the remarks during a speech commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre, urging Americans to address […]
Fight Looms over Down Payment Aid to Close Racial Wealth Gap
American Renaissance - Jun 2nd 2021 2:00pm EDTDemocrats are pushing to spend billions of dollars to help first-time homebuyers afford down payments, setting up a clash with industry groups and GOP lawmakers, who are warning about racial targeting of the aid and risks to the housing market. A $10 billion proposal by House Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) would give homebuyers […]
Vets Battle Critical Race Theory Invasion of Military
American Renaissance - Jun 1st 2021 1:45pm EDTTroubled by an influx of critical race theory into the military, a coalition of veterans and congressional Republicans are demanding the Pentagon stop placating left-wing activists and focus on national defense. A July 2020 film by the United States Air Force Academy football team endorsing Black Lives Matter and “antiracism” education prompted retired Lt. Gen. […]
Trump West Point Advisory Board Appointee Says Government Is Replacing Americans with European Heritage With Migrants
American Renaissance - May 28th 2021 7:00pm EDTA decorated Army veteran appointed by Donald Trump to West Point’s advisory board at the end of his presidency has suggested that Joe Biden is deliberately bringing in migrants in a bid to change the demographic balance to help Democrats. Colonel Douglas Macgregor, 68, was appointed by Trump on December 8 for a three-year term […]
Atlanta Councilman Antonio Brown, Who Voted to Defund Police, Has Car Stolen
American Renaissance - May 28th 2021 6:57pm EDTAn Atlanta mayoral candidate who voted to sequester $73 million from the city’s police department budget reportedly had his car stolen by a group of young thieves this week — and wound up thanking the cops for their help. City Council Member Antonio Brown had just gotten out of his white Mercedes coupe to speak […]
A White-Out of Whites: Ignoring the Albino, Dhimmi Elephant In the Room
American Renaissance - May 28th 2021 11:56am EDT
Republican Lawmakers Demand Immediate Action from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin After Bombshell Bishop Garrison Report
American Renaissance - May 27th 2021 6:32pm EDTA group of thirty Republican Congressmen led by Matt Rosendale of Montana are demanding action from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after Revolver’s recent reporting exposed the disturbing depths of woke ideology taking control of the highest echelons of the American military. “The sole purpose of the United States Military is to protect American citizens, defend American national security […]
Washington Governor Signs Sweeping Police Reform Measures
American Renaissance - May 24th 2021 1:17pm EDTWashington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed one of the nation’s most ambitious packages of police accountability legislation, prompted by last year’s outcry for racial justice following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black people at the hands of police. The dozen bills Inslee signed include outright bans on police use of […]
Congress Passes Bill to Counter the Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
American Renaissance - May 20th 2021 1:15pm EDTThe House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday to address the increase in hate crimes and violence against Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic, clearing the legislation for President Biden to sign. The COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act passed by a 364-62 vote; all 62 votes against the bill were from Republicans. The Senate approved the legislation […]
Pentagon Plans to Monitor Social Media of Military Personnel for Extremist Content
American Renaissance - May 20th 2021 1:15pm EDTAs part of the Biden administration’s crackdown on domestic extremism, the Pentagon plans to launch a pilot program for screening social media content for extremist material, according to internal Defense Department documents reviewed by The Intercept, as well as a source with direct knowledge of the program. An extremism steering committee led by Bishop Garrison, a […]
California Attorney General Launches Racial Justice Bureau to Combat Hate Crimes, Police Bias
American Renaissance - May 19th 2021 5:38pm EDTCalifornia Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta will create a racial justice bureau to combat white supremacy and biased policing as well as to explore the possibility of reparations for slavery. {snip} “Taking on hate crimes will always be one of my top priorities as the people’s attorney,” said Bonta, the first Filipino American to hold the […]
Biden Administration to Prioritize Transgender Migrants Seeking to Cross US Border
American Renaissance - May 19th 2021 5:38pm EDTThe Biden administration, which effectively announced an open door policy for migrant children crossing the border alone, is expanding their priorities to include families with young children and people who identify as transgender. Vice President Kamala Harris has called violence against LGBT persons a “root cause” of migration. The administration is opening up exceptions to […]
Ex-Space Force Commander: DOD Videos Claimed White People Are ‘Inherently Evil’
American Renaissance - May 19th 2021 2:45pm EDTA recently relieved Space Force commander claimed Monday night that the Pentagon sent servicemembers a video that claimed that America and white people were “evil.” Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier told Fox News’ “Hannity” that the videos “were sent out to every base [and] servicemember” and “we were asked to watch [them] in preparation for our […]
San Diego Is Slammed for Spending Taxpayer Dollars on ‘Divisive and Misleading’ Billboards
American Renaissance - May 19th 2021 2:45pm EDTSan Diego officials have been slammed for spending public money on ‘divisive and misleading’ billboards telling black mothers that racism could hurt their babies – before they’re even born. The billboards argue that racial discrimination is behind higher rates of miscarriages and maternal deaths among black women. They include claims that ‘Our black babies are […]
Crime Jumps After Court-Ordered Policing Changes
American Renaissance - May 18th 2021 5:13pm EDTMost police agencies in recent federally court-ordered reform agreements saw violent crime rates skyrocket immediately, according to an Axios examination of departments under consent decrees since 2012. Why it matters: The increases in violent crime rates — in one case by 61% — suggest that there can be unintended consequences, at least in the short term, […]
Tensions Among Democrats Grow Over Israel as the Left Defends Palestinians
American Renaissance - May 18th 2021 5:13pm EDTIn 1988, when James Zogby, the founder of the Arab American Institute, pushed Democrats to include a mention of Palestinian sovereignty in their platform, party leaders responded with a clear warning, he recalled: “If the P-word is even in the platform, all hell will break loose.” Eager to stave off an angry confrontation at the […]
In Search of Identity
American Renaissance - May 16th 2021 9:00am EDT
ICE Nominee Worked with BLM to Push False Claim That White Man Murdered 7-Year-Old Black Girl
American Renaissance - May 13th 2021 12:22pm EDTThe Texas sheriff nominated to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement pushed a false claim that a white man murdered a seven-year-old black girl from Houston, even after receiving a tip that the actual killers were black. Ed Gonzalez, the Harris County sheriff and the Biden administration’s choice for ICE director, worked closely with Black Lives […]
Diversity over Discovery
American Renaissance - May 10th 2021 1:34pm EDTPresident Joe Biden has now taken the push for “diversity” in STEM to a new level. His candidate to head the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the largest funder of the physical sciences in the U.S., is a soil geologist at the University of California, Merced. She has no background in physics, the science […]
