25 Overtly Racist Moments in Recent News History

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If you think racism is dead, you might be a racist.

More likely, you're someone who hasn't turned on the news in the last half-century. On a near-daily basis, cable news, talk radio stations, even your local news, can be found perpetuating the same casual racism you might encounter at local Klan gatherings.

Why? 

Because the people who work at those networks are every bit as old and racially-unaware as the average country club member. You know, the semi-well-to-do people who think Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are patriotic neo-revolutionaries. But they aren't. They're just assholes.

For those of you still doubting racial hatred persists in the post-Civil-Rights era, here's a compilation of the 25 overtly racist moments in recent news history. Now when you tell news-junkies to "turn off that crap," you have reasons beyond the standard "it's boring."

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Bill O'Reilly Hosts Cam'ron and Damon Dash, Havoc Ensues

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FNC Host to White People: Make More Babies

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Former LAPD Detective Discusses KFC, and Not in a Nice Way

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"Barack the Magic Negro"

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Don Imus and the Rutgers Women's Basketball Team

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Bill O'Reilly Surprised Black People Didn't Ruin His Dinner

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio Honored to Be Compared to KKK

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Homicide Detective Pinches Eyelids, Nation Cringes

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Golf Anchor Jokes About Lynching Tiger Woods

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Lou Dobbs' Freudian Slip

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"Terrorist Fist Jab"?

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Obama's Baby-What?

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Pat Buchanan Weighs in on Sonia Sotomayor

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"Fox and Friends" Host Decries America's "Impure" Marital Practices

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Glenn Beck Calls President Obama Racist

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Pat Robertson Blames Haitians for Earthquake

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CNN Plays Coolio Song After Segement on Black 103-Year-Old Driver

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Bill O'Reilly Tells Guest He Looks Like a Cocaine Dealer

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Juan Williams Is Scared of People in "Muslim" Dress on Airplanes

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Pat Robertson: Dump Your Muslim Girlfriend

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Pat Buchanan calls Obama "Drug Dealer of Welfare"

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Pat Robertson Tells Man to Move to Saudi Arabia so He Can Beat His Wife

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Romney Chair Says Colin Powell Endorsed Obama Because He's Black

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Bill Cunningham and "Barack Hussein Obama"

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