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Florida Cop Accused Of Having Travon Martin Shooting Targets

Port Canaveral Police Sgt. Ron King who is accused of bringing targets resembling Trayvon Martin to a gun range has been fired.

CBS Tampa–2013/04/14

Jeremiah Wright (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Opinion: Obama’s Biggest Failure Has Been On Race Relations

Unfortunately, political poll after political poll reveals that the presidential election of 2012 has much to do – in fact, more to do – with the race of the presidential candidate than most anything else.

2012/11/05

A Romney/Ryan supporter at a campaign event in Ohio (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)

Opinion: Romney Campaign Drops Dog Whistle And Moves To Blatant Racism

Romney supporters, including his son Tagg, have moved away from dog whistle politics and are now engaging in outright disrespectful and racist campaigning.

2012/10/18

Actress Stacey Dash (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Opinion: Black-on-Black Racism During The Presidential Campaign

While it is reported that 94% or more of African-Americans support President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney in the upcoming national presidential election, the rarely-spoken question is: Are many African-Americans only voting for Obama because he’s black?

2012/10/15

Barack Obama campaigns in 2007 (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Opinion: Obama’s 2007 Speech is Disturbingly Racist

While there’s nothing wrong with an African-American president speaking in a black dialect, there is something terribly wrong with him speaking in a black accent and cadence when undoubtedly inciting racism to a predominantly African-American audience.

2012/10/05

Mitt Romney (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Opinion: The Unreported Racism Of The 2012 Election: 0% Of African-Americans Support Romney

The media keeps suggesting that the racism regarding candidates has to do with whites not wanting to vote for a black man, even though Barack Obama won a presidential election with a great amount of white support in 2008. What the media isn’t talking about is the NBC-Wall Street survey results which say that there are basically no black supporters for the Caucasian candidate, Mitt Romney, in 2012.

2012/09/11

File photo of Clay Aiken. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images)

Country Star Accuses Clay Aiken Of Racist RNC Tweet

Former “American Idol” contestant Clay Aiken and country singer John Rich are involved in a Twitter debate after Aiken posted a comment alluding to a dearth in African-American attendees at the Republican National Convention.

CBS Tampa–2012/08/30

File photo of a television camera. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

Two RNC Attendees Call Black Camerawoman ‘Animal,’ Throw Nuts At Her

Two people attending the Republican National Convention were removed from the premises after throwing nuts at an African-American camerawoman working for CNN. While attacking her, they were quoted as saying, “‘This is how we feed animals.”

2012/08/29

Mitt Romney accepting Donald Trump's endorsement (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Opinion: Republicans Bring Back Politics Of Racial Division

In 2008 it seemed we had entered a new era of post-racial politics, but the dog whistle politics of the Grand Old Party has again raised its ugly head. In fact, since Obama’s election the Tea Party Republicans efforts to race bait have only increased.

2012/08/08

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Two Florida Schools Affected By Racist Student-Made YouTube Videos

Two southern Florida high schools are grappling with the fallout after students uploaded YouTube videos filled with racist invective, whose words angered their local communities to the point where additional security and departure from school were reportedly necessary.

2012/02/22

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