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Dallas police wrongly ticketed at least 39 drivers for not speaking English over the last three years, reports the Dallas Morning News.
It seems Dallas police were confused when, after pulling drivers over for other suspected violations, the police checked their in-car computers and a pull-down menu listed the “non-English speaking driver” charge as an option. [...]

Trevor Griffey digs up a 1971 memo written by Pat Buchanan, then an adviser to President Richard Nixon, arguing that the administration needed to get ready for the 1972 election by giving preferential treatment to white ethnics.
My recommendation is now and has been that the Administration — in placing minority members in visible jobs — [...]

Maybe you thought all the right-wing zealots calling Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor “a racist” were crazy, but not quite offensive and misogynistic enough for your taste. Never fear: conservative radio host and convicted felon G. Gordon Liddy kicks it up a few notches by worrying about the impact Sotomayor’s menstrual cycle may have on [...]

If you thought President Obama’s pick of Sonia Sotomayor was a good sign for Latinos, think again — the latest buzz is that Obama picked Sotomayor as a consolation prize for all his Hispanic supporters clamoring for comprehensive immigration reform, which so far he’s not doing much about.
So writes Mickey Kaus at Slate citing MSNBC, [...]

A new report released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center found that low-income Latino immigrants face increasing hostility as they fill low-wage jobs in the southern United States, which until recently had few Latino immigrants until recently. Based on a survey of 500 low-income Latinos across the South — including legal residents, undocumented immigrants [...]

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Shortly before the final presidential debate here at Hofstra University, the McCain campaign announced a potentially race-altering endorsement that could be just what the doctor ordered to revive Sen. John McCain’s beleaguered bid for the White House.
I don’t think this is a joke: