Dear White America (17 page)

87
Tony Dokupil, “Dead Suit Walking,”
Newsweek/The Daily Beast.com
(April 17, 2011),
www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/04/17/dead-suit-walking.html

88
“Regarding Racism: Whites Think They are the New Blacks,”
Gothamist.com
(May 25, 2011),
http://gothamist.com/2011/05/25/racism_is_white_the_new_black.php
; Gregory Rodriguez, “The Unhappy White Majority,”
Charlotte Observer.com
(from the Los Angeles Times) (June 4, 2011),
www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/06/04/2348917/the-unhappy-white-majority.html
; Joan Walsh, “When Whites Say ‘What About Me?'”
Salon.com
(May 26, 2011),
www.salon.com/2011/05/26/are_whites_facing_more_racism/

89
U.S. General Accounting Office, “Information on Minority Targeted Scholarships,” B251634. (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, January 1994); see also Mark Katrnowitz,
The Distribution of Grants and Scholarships by Race
(September 2, 2011),
www.finaid.org/scholarships/20110902racescholarships.pdf

90
Stephen L. Carter, “Color-Blind and Color-Active,”
The Recorder
, January 3, 1992.

91
“Beck: Obama has ‘exposed himself as a guy' with a ‘deep-seated hatred for white people,'”
Media Matters.org
(July 28, 2009),
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907280008

92
“Limbaugh Says Obama's Economic ‘Role Model' Is Robert Mugabe, Who ‘Took the White People's Farms,'”
Media Matters.org
(August 4, 2011),
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201108040018

93
“Limbaugh responds to Price: says all Dems ‘had to do was nominate an African-American and [they've]

got Colin Powell,'”
Media Matters.org
(May 18, 2009),
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200905180025

94
“Dick Morris baselessly accused ACORN of ‘committing voter fraud,'”
Media Matters.org
http://mediamatters.org/research/200810150013
; Brad Friedman, “So Where's the ACORN Voter Fraud?”
The Brad Blog
(October 14, 2008),
www.bradblog.com/?p=6512

95
Information on the attempts by the right to blame the Community Reinvestment Act for the housing and financial crisis (and the ridiculous nature of those charges) is from Rick Perlstein, “Mythbusting the Right's Subprime Excuses,” (Campaign for America's Future, April 11, 2008),
www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/mythbusting-rights-subprime-excuses
; Andy Birkey, “Bachmann: Blaming minority lending for economic crisis ‘does not mean I'm a racist,'”
Minnesota Independent
(September 29, 2008),
http://minnesotaindependent.com/10758/bachmann-blaming-minority-lending-for-economic-crisis-does-not-mean-im-a-racist
; “Don't Blame CRA (The Sequel),”
Wall Street Journal
(December 4, 2008),
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2008/12/04/dont-blame-cra-the-sequel/
; David Abromowitz, “Defending the CRA” (Center for American Progress, November 20, 2008),
www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/11/defending_cra.html
; Sara Robinson, “11 Racist Lies Conservatives Tell to Avoid Blaming Wall Street for the Financial Crisis,”
Alternet.org
(October 2, 2008),
www.alternet.org/story/101127/11_racist_lies_conservatives_tell_to_avoid_blaming_wall_street_for_the_financial_crisis/

96
Ibid.

97
David Goldstein and Kevin Hall, “Private sector loans, not Fannie or Freddie, triggered crisis,”
McClatchydc.com
(October 12, 2008),
www.mcclatchydc.com/2008/10/12/53802/private-sector-loans-not-fannie.html#ixzz12xTyWY91A

98
“CRA Myth vs. Fact,”
www.expandcra.com/about-cra/cra-myth-vs.-fact/

99
“The WSJ News Pages Weigh In: Don't Blame the CRA” (December 30, 2008),
http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2008/12/the-wsj-news-pages-weigh-in-dont-blame-cra-the-sequel.html

100
John I. Gilderbloom, “Speculators, Not CRA, Behind Foreclosures in Black Neighborhoods,”
American Banker.com
(September 7, 2011),
http://www.americanbanker.com/bankthink/CRA--white-investors-flippers-forceclosure-black-neighborhoods-louisville-1041971-1.html

101
Paul Krugman, “The Gramm Connection” (March 29, 2008),
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/29/the-gramm-connection/
; Marcus Baram, “Who's Whining Now? Gramm Slammed by Economists,”
ABC News.com
(September 19, 2008),
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5835269

102
Amiyatosh Purnanandam, “Originate-to- Distribute Model and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis,” April 15, 2009,
http://webuser.bus.umich.edu/amiyatos/subprime_march09.pdf
; “Study: Originate-to-Distribute Model to Blame for Mortgage Crisis,”
www.thetruthaboutmortgage.com/study-originate-to-distribute-model-to-blame-for-mortgage-crisis/

103
Victoria Jackson, “The 3 Scariest Things About Obama,”
WorldNetDaily
(July 15, 2011),
www.wnd.com/?pageId=322057
; “Nazi Like Concentration Camps in America” (February 3, 2009),
http://freedomarizona.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/nazi-like-concentration-camps-in-america/
; Sher Zieve, “Obama continues mad dash towards enslaving American people,”
RenewAmerica.com
(November 13, 2009),
www.renewamerica.com/columns/zieve/091113
; Rush Limbaugh, “Obama to Enslave U.S. Military to Protect Abortion Funding,”
FreeRepublic.com
(April 8, 2011),
www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2701949/posts
; and,
www.zazzle.com/obama_enslaving_america_tshirt-235575065379338404
; and, “Obamacon's Enslave

America,”
Campaign for Liberty
(December 22, 2009)
www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=30671
; “Hannity Guest Compares Obama Administration's Policies to Nazism,”
Huffington Post.com
(August 24, 2009),
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/24/hannity-guest-compares-ob_n_267804.html

104
“Rush Limbaugh's Obsession With Nazi Comparisons,”
Media Matters.org
(August 7, 2009),
http://mediamatters.org/blog/200908070035
; “Limbaugh: “Adolph Hitler, like Obama, also ruled by dictate,”
Media Matters.org
(August 6, 2009),
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200908060021

105
“Beck claims Obama's ‘civilian national security force' is ‘what Hitler did with the SS,' ‘what Saddam Hussein' did,”
Media Matters.org
(August 27, 2009),
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200908270036

106
Jason Linkins, “Bill O'Reilly: ‘The Left Sees White Men as the Problem'” (VIDEO),
Huffington Post.com
(May 29, 2009),
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/29/bill-oreilly-the-left-see_n_209054.html

107
“Buchanan declares Sotomayor an ‘affirmative action pick,'”
Media Matters.org
(May 26, 2009), Jason Linkins, “Bill O'Reilly: ‘The Left Sees White Men as the Problem'” (VIDEO),
Huffington Post.com
(May 29, 2009),
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/29/bill-oreilly-the-left-see_n_209054.html

108
“Limbaugh: Nominating Sotomayor Like Nominating David Duke,”
Huffington Post.com
(May 29, 2009),
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/29/limbaugh-nominating-sotom_n_209151.html

109
“Rush Limbaugh: President Obama Hates White People,”
DailyKosTV
(May 29, 2009),
www.dailykostv.com/w/001800/

110
“Beck sub Thompson: Tanning tax makes health bill ‘racist' because ‘dark-skinned people' don't use tanning salons,”
Media Matters.org
(March 30, 2010),
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201003300011
; “Quinn: Tanning tax is a ‘race-based tax' from ‘the most racist administration . . . since Woodrow Wilson,'”
Media Matters.org
(July 6, 2010),
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201007060006

111
“Lou Dobbs Tonight” (March 31, 2006),
http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0603/31/ldt.01.html

112
“CBS Contributor Dobbs defends false leprosy claim after confrontation by CBS' Stahl,”
Media Matters.org
(May 11, 2007),
http://mediamatters.org/research/200705110004

113
“Hey, maybe we'll finally get serious about borders now; Update: 2 swine flu cases confirmed in Kansas; 8 probable in NYC; Update: US declares public health emergency,”
Michelle Malkin.com
(April 25, 2009),
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/25/hey-maybe-well-finally-get-serious-about-borders-now/
; “Paranoia Pandemic: Conservative media baselessly blame swine flu outbreak on immigrants,”
Media Matters.org
(April 27, 2009),
http://mediamatters.org/research/200904270037

114
Jon Cohen, “Exclusive Interview: CDC Head Virus Sleuth,”
Science Insider
(April 29, 2009),
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/04/exclusive-cdc-h.html
; Tom Philpott, “‘New Scientist': Swine flu stems from virus that evolved in U.S.,”
Grist.org
(April 30, 2009),
www.grist.org/article/2009-04-30-NS-swine-cafos

115
Chris Isidore, “Illegal Workers: Good for U.S. Economy,”
CNN Money
(May 1, 2006),
http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/01/news/economy/immigration_economy/index.htm
; Angela M. Kelley, “The Economic Impact of Immigration,”
Immigration Daily
(January 7, 2008),
www.ilw.com/articles/2008,0107-kelley.shtm

116
Dustin Ensinger, “Illegal Immigration and NAFTA,”
Economy in Crisis
(February 5, 2011),
http://economyincrisis.org/content/illegal-immigration-and-nafta
; Roger Bybee and Carolyn Winter, “Immigration Flood Unleashed by NAFTA's Disastrous Impact on Mexican Economy,”
Common Dreams.org
(April 25, 2006),
www.commondreams.org/views06/0425-30.htm
; “NAFTA and Illegal Immigration,”
Economist's View
(July 1, 2006),
http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2006/07/nafta_and_illeg.html

117
Save Ethnic Studies, Data Analysis and Evaluation
(2011),
http://saveethnicstudies.org/assets/docs/proven_results/Save_Ethnic_Studies_Data_Analysis_and_Evaluation.pdf
; and for information on the overall benefits of Ethnic Studies courses, see Christine E. Sleeter, “The Academic and Social Value of Ethnic Studies: A Research Review,” (Washington, DC: National Education Association, 2011),
http://saveethnicstudies.org/assets/docs/proven_results/Academinc-and-social-value-of-ethnic-studies.pdf

118
Liliana Segura, “Pat Buchanan's Latest Racist Rant: ‘Traditional Americans are Losing Their Nation,” Alternet.org (October 21, 2009),
www.alternet.org/blogs/rights/143405/pat_buchanan's_latest_racist_rant%3A_%22traditional_americans_are_losing_their_nation%22/

119
“Michelle Bachmann: Washington Is ‘Corrupt Paradigm' and I'll Change It,”
NewsMax.com
(June 26, 2011),
www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/michele-bachmann-cbs-fox/2011/06/26/id/401506

120
“Glenn Beck Cries AGAIN on Air, Pining for a Simpler Time in America,”
Huffington Post.com
(October 15, 2009),
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/glenn-beck-cries-again-on_n_323197.html