Arizona
Unfunny racism: Black comic’s anti-Mexican rant
Haven’t we seen this episode before? A stand-up comedian loses his cool and, in a wince-inducing spectacle caught on tape, peppers a heckler of a different color with machine-gun rounds of ugly and racist language. The words are meant to hurt, bully and demean, but mostly intended to put the audience member in his place [...]
Arizona’s sole Black legislator focuses on minority issues
Arizona Republic – When Sen. Leah Landrum Taylor calls a meeting of the Arizona African American Legislative Caucus, she doesn’t have to juggle schedules or battle competing agendas. But she also has no one to delegate duties to or share speaking engagements with. The Democrat representing Phoenix’s Legislative District 16 is the state’s only African-American [...]
Brewer’s ‘birther’ veto was the right call
CNN – When a bill is too radical for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, well, that is saying something. This is the same Jan Brewer who, last year, told the Obama administration that she’d see it in court rather than surrender what she saw as the right of her state to create its own immigration enforcement [...]
Black Legislators on Frontline Against AZ-Style Immigration Bills
New America Media – As immigrant advocates battle hardline immigration bills in state capitols across the country, they’re receiving crucial support from caucuses of black legislators. Black politicians have come out in defense of immigrants, questioning the morality and wisdom of tough immigration legislation in states from Nebraska to Georgia, where “copycat bills” are being [...]
In Arizona, Obama to honor memories, speak of hope
Under high expectations to provide healing, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will try to convert the horror of the Arizona shootings into a moment of national unity, centering his memorial speech in Tucson on the lives of the victims and the heroism of those who rushed to stop the madness. The president was crafting his [...]
