Racist Photo on RNC Facebook Page removed – After 6 Days

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Oct 272009
 
Racist Photo on RNC Facebook Page removed - After 6 Days

Another brilliant piece of RNC strategy in their efforts to attract minority voters to the Republican Party, was evident in this photo posted on the Republican National Committees Facebook page. The photo was posted on October 20th and finally taken down yesterday. To help those who have no idea what “Miscegenation” is, here is the definition. “Miscegenation refers to the “marriage or cohabitation between a man and woman of different races.” Loving v. Virginia was a landmark Supreme Court case that, in 1967, struck down all of the US’s laws against interracial marriage. I can just see minorities eager to line up and join the RNC’s efforts to bring them into the fold. Especially after the recent interviews that their MORE

 
Billionaire Facebook investor's anti-immigrant heresy

Insiders at Clarium Capital, the $5.3 billion hedge fund run by Facebook investor Peter Thiel, are buzzing about their boss’s $1 million donation to NumbersUSA, an anti-immigrant group. The donation is an open secret within Clarium, and it has enraged several staff members who joined Clarium because they believed Thiel shared their libertarian ideals. When I asked Thiel if he’d made the donation, an underling passed on a nondenial saying the company didn’t comment on “gossip and heresy.” A typo — he meant to say “hearsay” — but a suggestive one. Thiel has fallen under the sway of Robertson “Rob” Morrow III, a Christian right-wing thinker who has personally donated to NumbersUSA, and persuaded Thiel to make his own, much MORE