People still think like this?

Ugh.

From The Guardian:

Dressed in full uniform, the explorer scouts, who were taking part in Remembrance Sunday service in Romford, Essex were heard to repeatedly shout "Let's kill the Jews" at Jewish second world war veterans.

It is hard to believe that not only are there still people out there who would do something like this but that they would do it in public.

CNBC writer: American who won NYC marathon not American enough

Umm... what the hell.

From CNBC:

It's a stunning headline: American Wins Men's NYC Marathon For First Time Since '82.

Unfortunately, it's not as good as it sounds.

Meb Keflezighi, who won yesterday in New York, is technically American by virtue of him becoming a citizen in 1998, but the fact that he's not American-born takes away from the magnitude of the achievement the headline implies.

Yeah, he's only "technically" an American because he's only "technically" been a citizen since 1998.

Kefleighi was born in Eritrea.

As with CBS late night talk show host, Craig Fergusion, he is American on Purpose.

Some ignorant KC Chiefs fans on Facebook

Further down the line, a voice of reason:

Wow. There are some ignorant rednecks subscribed to this feed. Look, face the fact that our country has an increasing Spanish speaking population. If it bothers you unsubscribe and stop making Kansas and Missouri look as intolerant and backwoods as the rest of the country already views us.

Boston police officer sends racist e-mail to Boston Globe

Holy crap. I know I usually take a beat or two before sending an e-mail just to make sure that I didn't mess anything up... but this guy should probably not be sending e-mails at all.

This came, obviously, after the arrest of Harry Louis Gates.

Here's an excerpt of the letter from the Boston Globe (the full letter is at the link, but below is just an excerpt):

Your defense [4th paragraph] of Gates while he is on the phone while being confronted [INDEED] with a police officer is assuming he has rights when considered a suspect. He is a suspect and will always be a suspect. His first priority of effort should be to get off the phone and comply with police, for if I was the officer he verbally assaulted like a banana-eating jungle monkey, I would have sprayed him in the face with OC deserving of his belligerent non-compliance.

Wow.

Increased black voters in '08 nearly erased racial gap

From the New York Times:

In last year’s presidential election, younger blacks voted in greater proportions than whites for the first time and black women turned out at a higher rate than any other racial, ethnic and gender group, a census analysis released Monday confirmed.

As a result, in the election that produced the nation’s first black president, the historic gap between black and white voter participation rates over all virtually evaporated.
[...]
Compared with 2004, the voting rate for black, Asian and Hispanic voters increased by about four percentage points. The rate for whites declined by one percentage point.

If this keeps up, the Republican Party should be scared -- minorities tend to overwhelmingly vote Democratic.

And with minorities growing in percentage (especially Hispanics), the Republicans will need to change their politics or be left behind. If it's not too late.

Brock Lesnar: "I'm built like a black man"

Athletes have always fought the stereotype that they are dumb. Meatheads. Jocks. Idiots.

This is especially true the bigger they come -- football players are often personified as dumb as are boxers. And mixed martial arts fighter Brock Lesnar isn't helping the cause with comments he made to a reporter in an interview a couple of weeks ago.

“I bet you I’ve taken over 60 steroid tests," he noted. "In college I had 15 random drug tests in two years. I’ve taken drug tests for the NFL, the WWE, the UFC. I must be pretty good at masking steroids. God gave me this body: Are you jealous of it or what? Give me a break. I got the genetics of—not to get into racism or anything—but I’m built like a black man. Would you say so?”

To which Spencer Hall of The Sporting News responded with the awesome headline:

Brock Lesnar Hasn't Seen Charles Barkley Lately

Oh yeah and Lesnar also took a shot at President Barack Obama.

Stay classy, Lesnar.

Mayne Street is hilarious

This week's edition:

Hispanic vs Latino

Via NewMexiKen

Slate looks at the difference between the terms "Hispanic" and "Latino."

Now that Sonia Sotomayor is the first Latina Supreme Court nominee, the question is getting more play in the media than it normally does.