Mugged (57 page)
Kozol, Jonathan, 100
Kroft, Steve, 207
Krugman, Paul, 198, 234
KTLA, Rodney King tape edited by, 115–25
Kuby, Ronald, 74
Ku Klux Klan
black armband Obama protest, 219
black defense against, 19–20
Carter campaign speech, 188
Democratic party connection, 19, 107, 172, 174, 176, 181–83
in NYC police department, 21, 24–25
Pickering war against, 152
Republicans as target of, 180
Web site traffic, 216
Ku Klux Klan Law of 1871, 151
Kunstler, William, 27, 74, 99, 231
L
Labor unions, blacks in, 4, 5, 181
Lane, Mark, 87
LaSane, Michael, 47, 233
Lasch, Pedro, 160
Law and order.
See also
Southern Strategy
as Republican code words, 199
Leach, Robert, 103, 104
Leaphart, Vincent, MOVE and John Africa, 88–90
Ledbetter, Huddie William (Lead Belly), 107
Lee, Robert E., 195
Lessing, Doris, 209
Lester, Jon, 49–50
Levin, Jennifer, 47–48, 50
Levy, Robert, 12
Lewis, Charles, 42–43
Lewis, John, 221
Liberals.
See also
Democrats
and black crime/criminals.
See
Crimes by blacks; Criminal justice system
on black instability, slavery as cause, 8, 11, 12, 14, 17, 107, 229–30
blacks as pets of, 105, 108, 147
Christian evangelicals, view of, 75
civil rights activism fabricated by, 5–7
civil rights trends (post-OJ), 147–64
guilt relieved and OJ verdict, 15–16, 56, 127–28, 137–46
language, manipulation by, 172–73, 198–99, 252–53
limousine liberals, 256
and media.
See
Media (non-FOX);
specific outlets, for example, New York Times; CNN
racial turmoil, start of, 5–7
racism as obsession of, 5, 13–14, 16, 21–22, 69–70, 108–9, 207–8
on Republican as racists.
See
Republican racism (liberal claims of)
self-perception, hypocrisy of, 108–14
WASPs, view of, 158
Libertarians, Goldwater as, 166–67, 170–71, 185
Lieberman, Joe, 179
Limbaugh, Rush, 249
Lincoln, Abraham, 174, 255
Lindsay, John
Kerner Report, 10, 255–56
Nation of Islam mosque attack, 80–81
NYC devastation under, 95, 255–56
Lippman, Robert, 12
Livecchi, Dawn, 50
Long, Russell, 178
Lopez, Fidel, 121
Los Angeles
race riots, 120–25
Rodney King, 115–25
Los Angeles Times
, on Rodney King violence, 120–21
Lott, Trent, 176, 179
Louima, Abner, 90
Louis, Joe, 107
Love, Mia, 260
Lungren, Dan, 130, 132–33
Lynching, anti-lynching laws, 180
M
MacArthur, Douglas, 178, 196
McCain, John
black children hoax, 197–98
on Christian evangelicals, 88
McCarthy, Joseph, 177, 178
McCurry, Michael, 77
McDonald, Michael, 218
McDonald v. City of Chicago
, 20
McGlowan, Angela, 145
McGovern, George, 169, 179
McGrory, Mary, 251
Mack, John, 124
McKinney, Laura Hart, 128–29
McLauchlin, Melissa, 74
McMahon, E. J., 256
MacMillan, Robert M., 166
McWhorter, John, 93, 104, 250
Maddow, Rachel
black guests, gushy praise for, 99, 110–11
on Jim Jones, 87
on Obama birth certificate, 248
Maddox, Alton
black criminals defense by (1980s–1990s), 35, 40, 41–42, 51–52, 62, 89–90
Brawley victim defamation suit, 142
disbarred, 142
Maddox, Lester, 172, 176
Madoff, Bernie, 136–37
Magnuson, Warren, 171
Maher, Bill, 217
Mahoney, George, 4, 99, 172, 176
Mailer, Norman, 100
Mangum, Crystal, Duke lacrosse team rape hoax, 125, 156, 158–63
Mansfield, Mike, 171
Maraniss, David, 223
Marcotte, Amanda, 162–63
Marriage
black, decline in rates, 11–12
gay, 76–77, 149–50
Marshall, Thurgood, 107, 183
civil rights cases by, 2, 3, 5
Martin, Trayvon
911 call, NBC editing, 115, 117, 233–34
deceptive photos, 37, 101
media drops story, 18
Obama comments on, 233–35
Mason, C. Vernon
black criminals defense by (1980s–1990s), 51–52, 58
Brawley victim defamation suit, 142
Master of the Senate
(Caro), 174
Matthews, Chris
bean-counting hypocrisy of, 109
on racist Tea Party, 245
on Republican racism, 187
Matthews, Frank L., 58
Meacham, Jon, 179, 199
Media (non-FOX).
See also
specific outlets, for example, New York Times; CNN
anti-police position of, 27–29, 32, 38, 122–23, 133–34
black criminals idealized by (1980s-1990s), 22–33, 37–42, 45–46, 67–68
black-on-white crime, downplaying, 53–56, 59, 61–62, 67–68, 72–74, 81, 255–56
on blacks, after OJ verdict, 141
civil rights-centered slant, 17, 21–22, 120, 144
civil rights records, hiding, 178–79
JournoList leak, 234–35
and Obama assassination rumors, 208–17
peace between races, sabotaging, 13, 22, 73–74, 102, 115, 117–20, 123–26
on protecting Obama, 234–35
video, altering/editing, 115–25, 117, 233–34, 246
white crime victims, blaming, 41–42, 101–2
Medlin, Edward A., 60
Meeropol, Robert, 99
Meredith, James, 109
Messinger, Ruth, 144
Metts, Harold, 247
Meyers, Danette, 132
Meyers, Twyman, 255–56
Meyerson, James I., 35
Miami Herald
, 39
Mignolo, Walter, 160
Milbank, Dana, 220–21
Military, desegregation of, 2, 4, 180
Miller, Angela, 190–92
Miller, Kelly, 99, 107
Miller, Stephen, 161
Mississippi Burning
(film), 72
Mondale, Walter, 83–84, 86, 139, 169, 252
Moore, Gilbert, Jr., 60–61
Moore, Hazel Diane “Rasheeda,” 43
Moore, Michael, 100, 108
Moore, Sara Jane, 218
Morganthau, Robert, 32–34
Mormons, gay marriage, opposition to, 76
Morrison, Antonio, 155–56
Morse, Wayne, 171
Mortgage-backed securities, racism related to, 126
Moscone, George, 84, 85
Moses, Peter, 67
MOVE and John Africa, 88–90
living conditions, 89
shootout with police, 89–90
Moyers, Bill, 165–66, 252–53
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 258–59
MSNBC.
See also
Maddow, Rachel; Matthews, Chris; Olbermann, Keith
liberal hypocrisy at, 108–14
on Obama assassination fear, 215–17, 246
on Southern Strategy, 187
Muhammad, Don, 143
Mumia Awareness Week, 99
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
(film), 41
Murphy, Audie, 196
Murphy, Patrick, 80–82
Murphy, Wendy, 161–62
Murray, James, 171
Myers, Dee Dee, 182
N
Nappi, Scott, 45–46
NARAL Pro-Choice America, 177, 183
National Abortion Rights Action League, 153
National Action Network, 139–40
Nation of Islam
police attacked at mosque (1972), 78–83
police attacked at mosque (1994), 143
Navarra, Vito, 78–80
Nee, Dan, 122
Negroes with Guns
(Williams), 20
Nelson, Diane, 160
Nelson, Lemrick, 28–29, 125
Newark, Booker transformation of, 260
New Deal, and welfare state, 107–8
Newman, Paul, 100
New Republic
, 247–48
Newsday
, black criminals idealized by (1980s–1990s), 29, 33, 39–40, 67–68
Newsom, Christopher, 55–56
Newsweek
, 102, 199
Newton, Bennie, 121
Newton, Huey, 84
New West
, 85
New York City
black community leaders.
See
Maddox, Alton; Mason, C. Vernon; Rangel, Charles; Sharpton, Al
black criminals idealized (1980s–1990s), 22–23, 29, 33, 35, 37–41, 45–47, 54, 67–68
black-on-white crime, media neglect of, 53, 59, 67–68, 72–74, 81
black-on-white crime cover-ups, 78–83, 255–56
black-on-white retaliatory acts, 50, 52–53, 72–74
blacks framed by whites claims, 45–47
crime rate decrease in, 144
Dinkins and racial crimes (1990s), 29–31, 66–67, 73, 74, 256–59
Giuliani’s transformation of, 82, 142–45, 200, 202
hoaxes by blacks (1980s–1990s), 58–59, 62–68, 71
Lindsay administration damage, 95, 255–56
media coverage.
See
Media (non-FOX);
specific outlets, for example, New York Times
Nation of Islam provocation, 78–83, 143
police, black attacks on, 23–41, 78–83, 255–56
police, media attacks on, 27–29, 32, 38, 201
police brutality/racism claims (1980s–1990s), 22–41
police department/Klan rumors, 21, 24–25
race riots, 13, 28, 30, 80, 97, 255
racial turmoil, reasons for, 5, 20–21
segregation, lack of, 5
white victims, blaming, 102, 104
New York Magazine
black criminals idealized by (1980s–1990s), 45–46
on Dinkins, 259
New York Post
, 67
New York Times
anti-police position of, 27–29, 32, 38, 201
black criminals idealized by (1980s–1990s), 22–33, 38, 47, 54, 67–68
civil rights-centered slant, 17, 49, 51, 92, 144
on Clarence Thomas decisions, 105
on Clinton crime policy, 200
crime by blacks, downplaying, 53–56, 61–62, 67–68, 81
on John Lindsay, 95, 256
on Obama assassination fears, 209–12
on Obama/racism connection, 16–17, 212, 240–41
white-victims, blaming, 102, 104
Nichols, John, 174
Nifong, Mike, 26, 162
Nimitz, Chester W., 196
Nixon, Fred, 123
Nixon, Richard M.
and civil rights laws, 3, 20
on Democrats as segregationists, 4, 20
impeachment and Democrats, 4
law and order as code words, 199
school desegregation by, 4–5
and Southern Strategy, 51, 175, 177, 183, 185, 199, 203
Southern vote for, 168, 169, 267–68
Noah, Tim, 240
North/Northerners.
See also
New York City
black underclass, creation of, 10–14
discrimination against Southerners, 10
race riots (1960s), 13
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, 213–14
Nossiter, Adam, 174–75
N-word
accepted use of, 128–29
anti-ObamaCare rally, 242–43
Mark Fuhrman perjury conviction, 127–38
real crime versus, 134–35
O
Obama, Barack
assassination fears for, 207–17, 219–22
birth certificate demands, 248
blackness, other Democrats on, 227–29
black voters (2008), 76, 240
“Celeb” ad, 238–39
on coal industry, 241–42
David Dinkins compared to, 18, 258
on Gates-Crowley incident, 231–33
on handling white people, 225
on Imus racist comments, 231
and Jeremiah Wright, 17, 91–92, 229–30
non-voters as racists, 239–42, 258
N-word, anti-ObamaCare rally, 242–43
racism in memoirs of, 223–24
racism resurrected by, 16–18, 223–35, 239–53
on Republicans as racists, 226–27
Secret Service protection, 210–11, 213–14, 220–21
self-race-baiting by, 226–28
Southern vote for, 174–75
on states’ rights, 189
on Trayvon Martin shooting, 233–35
white voters (2008), 239–40
Obama, Michelle
master’s thesis on blacks, 224–25
O’Reilly lynching comment about, 112–14
on threats to Barack, 207, 209
Occupy Wall Street, 251
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 18, 152
Ohrenstein, Manfred, 151
O’Keefe, Michael, 29–34
Olbermann, Keith
Hillary on Obama assassination risk, 212–13
O’Reilly firing, demand for, 112–14
on Republican racism, 187, 238–39, 249
Olmstead, Frederick Law, 9
Olsen, Ron, 124
O’Mahoney, Joseph, 171
Operation PUSH, 230
O’Reilly, Bill
firing, Olbermann demand for, 112–14
Jesse Jackson exposure by, 145
Ornish, Dean, 100
Orr, Delbert Africa, 89
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 87
P
Pagones, Steven, 62, 141–42
Palin, Sarah, Obama threat at rally, 219–21
Parloff, Roger, 118
Patrick, Deval, 175
Pelosi, Nancy, 243
People for the American Way, 153
People’s Forum
, 84
Peoples Temple, Democratic connection to, 83–88
Perkins, Francis, 11
Perry, Edmund, 36–41
Perry, Jonah, 36, 38, 40
Philadelphia, Mississippi, Reagan’s campaign speech, 186–89, 199
Phillips, Lisa, 122
Pickering, Charles
civil rights heroism of, 152–53, 172
federal appointment blocked by liberals, 152–53
Pickett, George, 195
Pinchback, P. B. S., 175
Pitts, Leonard, 210
Planned Parenthood, 152
Police
black victim/white-cop brutality (1980s–1990s), 22–41, 115–20, 122–23, 201
media position against, 27–29, 32, 38, 122–23, 133–34, 201, 255–56
Political correctness, beginnings of, 21
Poll tax, 172
Potok, Mark, 210, 214–17
Potter, Charles, 2
Powell, Colin, 251
Powell, James, 97
Powell, Laurence, 116–17, 119, 123
Presidential campaigns
Democrats, on Republican racism.
See
Republican racism (liberal claims of)