Racism: Pith in the Wind, Nashville Scene

Are Bigots Welcome in Tennessee? Is That a Rhetorical Question?

Jeff Woods — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:05:38 -0600

The white separatist hate group known as American Renaissance is holding another conference at Montgomery Bell State Park next month. That's forcing state officials to…

John Rocker's Crazed Screed Picked Up By Racist Political Party

Jonathan Meador — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:14:04 -0500

Kenny Powers' unhinged real-life inspiration, former MLB pitcher John Rocker, has penned a hilarious editorial that's been reprinted with the author's permission by the white…

Tancredo to Headline White Supremacist Convention in Nashville

Jonathan Meador — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:35:03 -0500

With summer in full swing, why not cool off in the air-conditioned confines of Nashville's Guesthouse Inn Hotel for a gathering of one of the…

SPLC Taps Vandy's Abernethy For Hate List

Jonathan Meador — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:25:07 -0500

The Southern Poverty Law Center has named Vanderbilt professor emerita Virginia Abernethy in its list of 30 new activists leading the charge of…

White Nationalist Fired From National Review Over AmRen Comments (UPDATED)

Jonathan Meador — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:04:23 -0500

Robert Weissberg, professor emeritus at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and not-so-closeted white nationalist, was fired earlier this week from his gig at the…

Is Richard Land on Some Kind of Mission to Turn People Away From the Baptist Church?

Betsy Phillips — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:49:07 -0500

I swear, every time I hear anything about Richard Land, it about makes me weep for joy that I am not a Southern Baptist. Say…

APSU Students Rally To Remember Trayvon Martin

Jack Silverman — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:12:57 -0500

As mounting evidence calls into question George Zimmerman's version of events in the Trayvon Martin shooting, Austin Peay State University students gathered on…

Take Molly Secours' White Privilege Pop Quiz

Jack Silverman — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:04:00 -0500

Footage from Saturday's Trayvon Martin rally in Nashville. At the 1:00 mark, Molly Secours, wearing a green…
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Molly Secours on Trayvon Martin, Hoodies and White Privilege

Jack Silverman — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:40:51 -0500

Over at Red Room, Nashville writer/filmmaker/activist Molly Secours has an interesting take on the Trayvon Martin tragedy:

In 2006 I wrote an article…
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Wage: Tell Jeremy Lin 'Racism Is Incredibly Rare'

Jim Ridley — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:42:40 -0600

Over at My Quiet Life, Pith contributor Chris Wage weighs in on the Jeremy Lin racial-slur debate:

Clay Travis responded to the Jeremy…
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Today in Things You Would Find Implausible if It Wasn't Real Life: Court Finds Black Church Owns Klan Shop

Betsy Phillips — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:24:10 -0600

Thanks to Southern Beale, I have been laughing for hours over this story of a black church in Laurens, S.C., which is now the…
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A Christmas Miracle? Is the Belle Meade Country Club Changing Its Tune?

Betsy Phillips — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:19:19 -0600

It has always amazed me that so many prominent Nashvillians could belong to the Belle Meade Country Club, knowing it has no voting black or…
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Impeaching Obama Tops Senate Candidate's Wish List

Jeff Woods — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:41:56 -0500

Voters are electing the successor to Republican state Sen. Jamie Woodson in Knoxville today. Insiders say the favorite is Congressman Jimmy Duncan's sister, Becky Duncan…
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Heimdall's New PR Team: White Supremacists Frown on Idris Elba in Thor

Betsy Phillips — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:29:44 -0600

From the end of the Viking era until recently, Heimdall has suffered from being one of the least interesting of the Norse gods. Sure, back…
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MSM Steps Out on a Limb in Mosque Controversy

Jeff Woods — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:16:12 -0500

The mighty MSM—or at least the Chattanooga paper—finally has gotten around to reporting what every thinking person in this state has known for some…
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A Report From Monday Night's Candlelight Vigil at the Murfreesboro Mosque Site

Jack Silverman — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:33:42 -0500

The City Paper's website today, editor Stephen George reports on last night's candlelight vigil at the site of the proposed Murfreesboro mosque.

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A Man in Full: Jim Leeson, 1930-2010

E. Thomas Wood — Thu, 06 May 2010 11:46:21 -0500

If you've never heard of James T. Leeson Jr., that's just how he wanted things.

Ask him about his role in the Civil Rights…
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How the Obamas Feel About Attacks Against Michelle

Jeff Woods — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:05:40 -0600

Walt Baker's email gave Pith a creepy feeling of déjà vu. Gutter attacks on the Obamas are becoming a Tennessee tradition.
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Nothing Funny About This Monkey Mail

Liz Garrigan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:37:28 -0600

Walt Baker, the prominent CEO of the powerful Tennessee Hospitality Association who was a key figure in gaining approval of the controversial $585 million convention…
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