The Project on Race in Political Communication

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Thanks to Mika Kurose Rothman, who writes: This is a great breakdown of racist comments made about Muslim-Americans after the Fort Hood tragedy. Sadly, it's no surprise that such comments were made by these extreme right-wing media pundits. Instead of attributing the shooting to Hasan's untreated mental illness or the lack of proper gun control laws, they revert to the same racist tendencies that were made after 9/11.

I really don't think anyone is doing that...there are many who believe that red flags were missed and because of the sensitivity around him being a Muslim, fellow officers were afriad they would be labled racost if they brought the red flags to light. And it has been reported that their is a component related to him being a Muslim as in him ... Read Morescreaming something about Allah. If a Christian had done it and shouted something about God it would also have been reported. Charlton, really, that statement is pure and simple perpetuating a myth. I really expect better from you!

If it had been a white man shooting the soldiers at Ft Hood, there wouldn't have been such generalizations about the act of violence being about his race or religious beliefs. Because Maj. Hasan was a Muslim, his act of violence is somehow an act of jihad. Should we call the white men who shoot up their workplaces crusaders because they may be Christian? Don't think so.

I agree that is was probably not the student's intentions to come across as offensive or racist by donning blackface on Halloween. Since my generation is not as familiar with blackface as an actual tool in theater and cinema, I could see how students did not recognize the real implications of wearing it and how painful it is for some people to see ... Read Moreblackface to this day. However, I do think there should be a line of political correctness if nothing else that the students should have realized they were crossing. Blackface is known to be culturally insulting, and there is no way the students did not realize what they were doing was going to be controversial, especially since blackface has been in the news so much lately. It seems strange to me that they would even just dress up as "black" for Halloween. I think it would be interesting to hear the students' points of view so we could all better understand their motives and their views on the implications of blackface.

Thanks for the suggestion, professor. We could have done that, but we thought it would make things cumbersome and cluttered. We opted for the abstracts instead. We were trying to make the list as clear to folks who would not be attending (most of our readers) as it was useful to those who will attend. We initially had links to the individual ... Read Morepanels, but the way the All Academic website works, if a session is not "current," the links don't work. Hopefully folks can use the guide to access the online program (linked in the piece) and create their own schedules that work best for them.

When will these dumb MF's learn that this shit is racist and stupid? How many times do they need to be told this?????????????? I think they should be spray painted black and forced to stand on corners at 47th, 63rd, and 75th and Cottage Grove. NOW that would be funny!

Thanks to Robert Bruce, who asks, "Really?"

I think this was the key point for Dems: "But regardless of the reason for the pattern we noted in 2007 and again now, even the appearance that Democrats are biased against southern white men is a potential problem for the party generally, and for President Obama’s goal of transcending old racial divisions. "