Racism

The Meaning Behind Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech

On Martin Luther King Day–and every day–we should focus on the antidote to racism and alternative to racial thinking: individualism.

Saving Racism in our Universities

Saving Racism in our Universities

There was some talk recently about upcoming vacancies on the Supreme Court because some retirements were expected. However, the High Court's decision on affirmative action suggests that there are already vacancies, even though no one has resigned. We can only hope...

The Racism of “Diversity”

President Bush faces an ideal opportunity to take a principled position on the issue of racial "diversity." As his administration ponders whether to support the legal challenge, now before the Supreme Court, to the University of Michigan's affirmative action policies,...

Standing Up to Racism

The Bush administration is currently debating whether to file briefs in a pair of affirmative action cases now before the Supreme Court. The cases, arising from admissions policies at the University of Michigan, involve that school's explicit use of race in assessing...

Racism in Congress: The Black Caucus

In expressing "outrage" over Senator Trent Lott's praise of Strom Thurmond and his segregationist vision, the Congressional Black Caucus was calling the kettle black. Every member of the "Black Caucus" should follow Lott's lead and resign from Congress for helping to...

The New Segregation: Racism in America, Then and Now

Trent Lott has changed from a nostalgist for segregation to an open advocate of neo-segregation. Lott's old doctrine was called "separate but equal," and kept black people out of white establishments by law, maintaining two separate sets of institutions for white and...

The Strange Phenomenon of Black Anti-Semitism

The Strange Phenomenon of Black Anti-Semitism

Anti-Semitism in America, according to a survey commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League, stands at an all-time low. But alarmingly, the survey found blacks three to four times more likely than non-blacks to be anti-Semitic.

Politically Correct Racism vs. Justice Thomas

Politically Correct Racism vs. Justice Thomas

Ebony, a monthly black magazine, puts out an annual list of the "100+ Most Influential Black Americans." First, the magazine's criteria. Influential means, "1. Does the individual transcend his or her position and command widespread national influence? 2. Does the...

The Racism of Reparations

The Racism of Reparations

Reparations advocates are not concerned with individual justice. They subscribe to the collectivist belief that individuals are merely interchangeable members of a group.

Slavery Compensation Itself Rests on Racism

The suit filed against the U.S. government and big corporations demanding "compensation" for the descendents of slaves is grotesque and should be dismissed without a hearing, said an Ayn Rand Institute Fellow. "Slavery was evil, but America atoned for it during the...

NAACP Promotes Racism on TV

NAACP Promotes Racism on TV

because they can do the work but because they ‘represent’ their racial group,” said Tracinski.

Tracinski noted that the consequence of the NAACP’s demands will be the unjust branding of every black writer, director, or actor subsequently hired as a quota-filler, and not as an individual who earned his job.

Why Racism Persists

"Any Day Now," a weekly sitcom on cable TV's "Lifetime" channel, chronicles the lives of two woman-one black; the other white - who have renewed their childhood friendship that began in Birmingham, Alabama, during the early 1960s. The show featured a special two-hour...

Racism and The Jewish Day-Care Center Shooting

Many people have tried to explain the confessed killer's actions after last week's shooting in Los Angeles. Most of these explanations are glaringly inadequate, but even the best of them fail to identify the deeper philosophy behind this vicious crime, largely because...

Clarence Thomas: Victim of Racism…by Blacks?

Clarence Thomas: Victim of Racism…by Blacks?

For its July Luncheon in Memphis, Tenn., the black National Bar Association invites Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to speak. But wait! The judicial branch of the association later votes 12-3 to rescind the invitation. A member tells the Richmond, Va.,...

Racism is Only a Conservative Problem, Right?

Racism is Only a Conservative Problem, Right?

Last year, Representative. Bob Barr, Republican of Georgia, gave the keynote speech before the Council of Conservative Citizens. What is the Council of Conservative Citizens? It is a southern organization that considers whites superior to blacks and equates...

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