Archive for the 'Race Relations' Category

Let Them Be Tax Refugees

Friday, May 25th, 2012 by Ted Rall

Let Them Be Tax Refugees

Eduardo Saverin renounced his American citizenship rather than pay $67 million in taxes on his Facebook IPO. Why not get rid of illegal immigrants by paying them off?


Posted in border patrol, cartoons, cashos amigos, Class War, Eduardo Saverin, Facebook, Fat, folks, Illegal Immigration, IPO, KKK, Mexico, Race Relations, racism, tax refugee, Taxes | Comment

Which Comes First

Monday, April 23rd, 2012 by Ted Rall

Which Comes First

Police in rural Georgia arrested and handcuffed a 6-year-old for throwing a temper tantrum in kindergarten. After last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling, she could also have been subjected to strip-searching and a body cavity search. This is not unprecedented, by the way.


Posted in Antonin Scalia, cartoons, Children, civil rights, Cops, finger-rape, Georgia, kids, kindergarten, Police Brutality, Police State, Race Relations, strip-searching, temper tantrum, U.S. Supreme Court | Comment

The Talk

Monday, April 16th, 2012 by Ted Rall

The Talk

Cops are like mountain lions with legal rights to strip-search you.


Posted in african-americans, cartoons, ethnic profiling, father, mountain lions, parents, Police Brutality, police shootings, predators, Race Relations, racism, sons, startle, Trayvon Martin | Comment

The Talk

Monday, April 16th, 2012 by Ted Rall

The Talk

Cops are like mountain lions with legal rights to strip-search you.


Posted in african-americans, cartoons, ethnic profiling, father, mountain lions, parents, Police Brutality, police shootings, predators, Race Relations, racism, sons, startle, Trayvon Martin | Comment

The Race Gap Becomes a Chasm

Friday, July 29th, 2011 by Ted Rall

The Race Gap Becomes a Chasm

During the economic collapse of 2005-09, the median wealth of Hispanics fell 66%, of blacks 53%, and whites 16%.


Posted in african-americans, blacks, cartoons, census study, depression, economic, Economic Collapse, household wealth, Income Inequality, latinos, Limousine, Race Relations, recession, Rich, unemployment line, Unemployment Office, whites | Comment