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Racism

Department of Education to Look at Complaint of Queen Creek High School's "Redneck Day"

By Matthew Hendley Wed., May 15 2013 at 11:39 AM

Categories: Racism

funnyredneckjokes.com

Phoenix civil-rights leader Reverend Jarrett Maupin is moving forward with a complaint to the Department of Education about Queen Creek High School's "Redneck Day."

Maupin has shared with New Times some of the correspdonance he's had with the Department of Education, and the department's Office of Civil Rights will at least "evaluate" Maupin's complaint of a civil-rights violation, after one student showed up to school wearing the Confederate flag as a cape.

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-"Redneck Day" at Valley School Turns Out to Be a Bad Idea

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"Redneck Day" at Valley School, Complete With Confederate Flag, Turns Out to Be a Bad Idea

By Matthew Hendley Thu., May 2 2013 at 4:16 PM

Categories: Racism

funnyredneckjokes.com

Not an actual diploma handed out by the Grand Wizard of Queen Creek High School.

Gee, what could possibly go wrong with Queen Creek High School having a "Redneck Day," including one student draped in a Confederate flag?

It turns out that African-American students, parents, and community leaders, as well as people of any race with cultural sensitivities have figured out exactly where it can go wrong.

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Jamison Eaton Chased Day Laborers With a Bat Outside a Phoenix Home Depot, Cops Say

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Apr. 17 2013 at 7:00 AM

Categories: Racism

Jamison Eaton

Gilbert resident Jamison Eaton shouted racial slurs at Hispanic day laborers outside a Phoenix Home Depot store as he chased them with a baseball bat, according to police.

Eaton, 30, was seen by "several independent witnesses" chasing the laborers near the store, and out into traffic on McDowell Road near 75th Avenue on Friday, according to court documents obtained by New Times.

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Poll: One-Third of Voters Not Convinced People Who Want to "Secure the Border" Aren't Racist

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Apr. 8 2013 at 1:55 PM

Categories: Poll of the Day, Racism

sayitaintsoalready.com

Racist? Or just an idiot?

Good news for people who talk up their desire for the country to "secure the border" and try to prevent illegal immigration -- most American voters don't think you're racist.

The problem is, according to poll results, that still leaves one-third of American voters who still think you might be racist.

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Arizona's "Nativist Extremist" Groups Nearing Extinction, According to Report

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Mar. 6 2013 at 12:48 PM

Categories: Racism

Nativist buds J.T. Ready (left) and Russell Pearce

The nativist movement is in its "death throes," according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The organization's new report has documented three such groups in Arizona, which is a low number, considering 21 were documented in 2009.

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Ready to Kill: The Evilution of neo-Nazi J.T. Ready

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Birthers (sigh)

Alan Korwin, Scottsdale Gun-Law Author, Says "Birther" Is the "New 'N' Word"

By Matthew Hendley Thu., May 31 2012 at 8:38 AM

Categories: Birthers (sigh), Racism

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Alan Korwin

According to a Scottsdale gun-law author, the word "birther" is a derogatory term "equivalent of the 'N' word."

Perhaps it's not surprising to hear something a bit nuts coming from the author of After You Shoot: Your Gun's Hot. The Perp's Not. Now What?, but Alan Korwin actually got this on the East Valley Tribune and Arizona Republic websites.

"'Birther,' used by the media with impunity, is a derogatory slur, the equivalent of the 'N' word used for another group to cast them as sub-human," Korwin writes. "You apply this new 'N' word to a huge group of politically-active Americans who've raised legitimate questions on a legitimate topic."

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Mesa Man Calls Carlos Gross a "N**ger," So He Had to "Handle Things" -- With a Baseball Bat

By James King Tue., Oct. 11 2011 at 4:08 PM

Categories: Racism

MCSO

Don't call Carlos Gross -- or anyone else -- a "n**ger."

If you know what's good for you, don't use the word "nigger" around anyone -- but especially not around Carlos Gross, who allegedly beat a Mesa man with a baseball bat after he claims the man dropped an N-bomb while the two were chatting in the parking lot of a gas station Sunday night.

According to court records obtained by New Times, Gross and the victim are acquaintances who bump into each other on the streets every now and again.

About 11:30 Sunday night, Gross drove his red pickup truck to a convenience store at 816 West University Drive in Mesa where he bumped into the victim, who was talking to the clerk outside of the store.

According to the victim, he apparently knows that Gross has problems with drugs, and asked him why he started using again.

This, apparently, pissed off Gross, who the victim claims called him a "cracker" before getting out of his vehicle and grabbing an aluminum baseball bat from the back of the truck. The victim says Gross then walked towards him and hit him in the shoulder with the bat.

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