Melissa Harris-Perry Tag

Saturday Night Card Game (MSNBC not subject to its own language tyranny)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 23, 2013 20 Comments

The video below correctly was termed "cringe-worthy" by Noah Rothman at Mediaite. The cringe-worthy part starts around the 2:30 mark when Melissa Harris-Perry asks the panel for their best race jokes. (An edited down version is at Newsbusters if you don't want to sit through it all.) Stop...

Saturday Night Card Game (What do white liberals and white copy paper have in common?)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2011 23 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: Tonight we will address the age old question: What do white liberals and white copy paper have in common? First, white liberals. Melissa Harris-Perry in The Nation argues that white liberals who are fleeing...

Saturday Night Card Game (“Ideologies of White Supremacy” Responsible For Animal Cruelty)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2011 0 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: The Michael Vick dog fighting story is well known: A federal grand jury in Richmond indicted Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and three other men yesterday on charges related to their...