Since Stephen Harper became Prime Minister in 2006, his government has emphasized a “tough on crime” agenda. It’s a counterintuitive approach for a country whose crime rate has been steadily falling since 1972, but it’s also a classic oldie for conservatives.
Eric Kuhn is the insightful thinker who saw through the race debate preoccupying most people to ask that brave question. And really, what if he had been wearing them? As Kuhn will tell you, Martin could have instructed his glasses to record Zimmerman’s approach. As a logical person whose every action is dictated by instantaneous risk/reward calculations, Zimmerman would have realized that assaulting or murdering this young man was not worth it because he would be recorded, and he would have continued on his way. Google would have saved Martin’s life.
Ezra Levant has finally apologized for the jaw-dropping segment he did on his Sun News show last year in which he ranted against Roma people as “swindlers” who would “rob us blind.”
On Sunday, the Israeli government officially acknowledged that it had systematically coerced Ethiopian immigrants into accepting long-acting birth control shots like Depo-Provera. Thankfully, the admission came with an order to end the practice. The policy first came to light in 2008, and is especially troubling because Depo-Provera is linked to side effects like decreased bone density.
A good deal has been written already about “Developer Bob,” the IT guy who outsourced his own job to China while he watched cat videos back in the U.S. But few have written anything outrightly racist about it — until now.
For the first time in the US, there’s more black, hispanic, and asian babies poppin’ out than white newborns. And for a country with a whitely dominated history, this, for some, is an infestation.
Untalented-but-overpaid person Ashton Kutcher is the new spokesperson for Popchips. To celebrate their new union, the company had Kutcher make a racist commercial that has nothing to do with their product.
Racism in England isn’t just isolated to the police and to soccer players. It also seems like any time people are in the same vehicle together, someone says some racist shit.
The Metropolitan Police Service in London, U.K. has suspended an inspector over an alleged racist incident. This is the 13th case of racism in the police force in the last four weeks.
