Race

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Your cheating stars
Is there a double standard in the way Barry Bonds has been persecuted for steroid use, while baseball ignored abuse by other major leaguers? You betcha.
Fantasies in black and white
If even most African-Americans believe the black poor are primarily responsible for their own plight, does that make it true?
Is race dying?
More than a third of black Americans no longer believe that blacks are a single race. This finding has alarmed some -- but it could help America out of its racial mess.
American empire, going, going ...
Great empires were extraordinarily pluralistic, argues Amy Chua, until they frayed into xenophobia and decline. Can the U.S. steer another course?
The strangers next door
A modern tale of gentrification pits black working-class folk against young white professionals pining for a fixer-upper.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
The Cleveland Indians minstrel show: Fans painted to resemble the outrageously racist mascot are shown without comment in the mainstream media. Enough.
I'm sexy and available! Chat me up!
There's nothing wrong with me, but I can stand around all night and men do nothing.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Sports fans are living scandal to scandal.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
With the announcement of a guilty plea on dogfighting charges, Michael Vick's once-thrilling football career ends in a cloud of stupid cruelty.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
If a study about racial bias in umps is to be believed, the news is that such bias is easy to fix. Are you listening, NBA? Plus: Phil Rizzuto.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
NBA ref scandal, Michael Vick, dope-crazy Tour de France. That'll teach this column to leave the keyboard for a month.
I've got a stupid racist ditty playing in my head
When I was a kid I learned this obnoxious song, and now I can't get rid of it.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Gary Sheffield is the latest to get shouted down for racial comments. Thing is, he seems to have had a point.
What do we make of R. Kelly?
Has the R&B star's behavior clouded the way we understand his music?
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
The NBA torpedoes the great Spurs-Suns series with asinine suspensions of Stoudemire and Diaw.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
ESPN's shocking but not surprising poll: The Barry Bonds story is all about race.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
The NBA dismisses a study that finds racial bias in its officiating, but it would be shocking if that finding were wrong. Plus: Suns vs. Spurs.
My sister has become a monster cop!
She's a rootin'-tootin', two-gun-totin', perp-bashin' sheriff's deputy and I'm, like, where'd this come from?
Who gets to use the N word?
Author Jabari Asim talks about the history of the loaded term, when its use is valid and why Don Imus' firing was justified.
Is rap racist?
Michael Eric Dyson, Margo Jefferson, Greg Tate, Joan Morgan and others weigh in on whether hip-hop is to blame for the culture of Imus.
Francis Davis takes on Wynton Marsalis
A smart and timely review of the new Wynton Marsalis album.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
At the Jackie Robinson tribute game, Hank Aaron's and Frank Robinson's stories have more to say than another bunch of speeches about No. 42 do.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Now that Don Imus has been fired, is our world a better place?
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Baseball's obsession with Jackie Robinson tributes has helped turn him from fiery activist to paper saint. Plus: 4-overtime NHL playoff opener.
Imus offends
Should the addlepated radio host lose his job because he called the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos"?
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