From the Times Online (UK): The Government is proposing to rename ethnic minority groups along US lines in an attempt to strengthen and highlight their British roots. Minorities could be described as, for example “Asian-British” rather than simply as “Asian” under proposals being considered by Hazel Blears, the Home Office Minister. The plan to adopt the American practice of identifying ethnic heritage will be controversial with some British ethnic minorities

From ABC News: ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings died today at his home in New York City. He was 67. On April 5, Jennings announced he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. He is survived by his wife, Kayce Freed, his two children, Elizabeth, 25, and Christopher, 23, and his sister, Sarah Jennings. In announcing Jennings’ death to his ABC colleagues, News President David Westin wrote: “For four decades, Peter

Q: How many Native Americans does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A: RACIST!

Even as many on the left rush to defend the NCAA decision to ban the scourge of “hostile and abusive” Native-American nicknames and mascots (against the will of the overwhelming majority of Native Americans, mind—but no matter, it makes a few elitist whites feel better about themselves, and it solidifies, in perpetuity, professional grievance-mongers as the official spokesmen of certain identity groups, a welcomed simplification for both the NCAA and

NCAA president Myles Brand: “You must understand, our decision was meant to protect you from hostile, abusive, and offensive stereotypes.  We’re looking out for you.” Seminole Tribe of Florida councilman Max Osceola:  “How?”* NCAA president Myles Brand:  “Why, hello to you, too, sir!”

Yesterday, I asked TalkLeft’s Jeralyn Merritt, a renowned defense attorney and staunch defender of Michael Jackson, what she thought of the revelations that, as the Daily News put it, “Jury deliberations in Michael Jackson’s child-molestation trial were allegedly tainted by shocking misconduct that included smuggling in videotaped Court TV shows and secretly communicating with the pop star’s mother.” Here’s Jeralyn’s reply: No surprise here that these jurors want to write

In the comments to my previous post, Half Canadian reminds me of this 2002 John Miller piece, which references a famous (and now, evidently, ignored) Sports Illustrated poll gauging Native American opinion on the use of Indian nicknames, mascots, characters, and symbols by amateur and professional sports teams: The Peter Harris Research Group polled 352 Native Americans (217 living on reservations and 134 living off) and 743 sports fans; the

Tell you what:  howsabout you people dance, and me and the little guy just sit here with a 12-pack of Corona Light and some cheddar popcorn and watch all the silly white folk strain to locate the beat in Johnny Cash’s American Recordings IV.

From Bloomberg News: The National Collegiate Athletic Association banned the use of American Indian mascots by sports teams during its postseason tournaments, a ruling the president of Florida State University called “outrageous and insulting.’’ The NCAA’s executive committee said the organization, which governs college sports, is limiting the prohibition to tournaments it controls. It doesn’t have the power to institute an outright ban, said University of Hartford President Walter Harrison,