Racial Issues

ESPN's Skip Bayless is the king race-baiter

Das Racist at Grand Central October 9

Das Racist Scarfs Fast Food, Mangles Mikes, and Makes Fun of Michael Jackson

Photo by Bek Andersen​In the hot-as-balls summer of 2009, three dudes from New York City -- rappers Himanshu "Heems" Suri and Victor "Kool A.D." Vazquez, and hype guy Ashok "Dapwell" Kondabolu -- banded together under the vaguely ominous moniker Das Racist, made some beats, spit some rhymes, smok ... More >>

In Between Leaking "Dirty" Pics of Anthony Weiner, BigJournalism.com Says Riptide Has a "Sick Mind"

Look what we're underneath today! ​Right wing media trickster Andrew Brietbart's BigJournalism.com is stringing out the release of supposedly scandalous photos today of Congressman Anthony Weiner. Imagine our surprise when we deigned to check in on their big Weiner pic party today to find a post a ... More >>

Voters love Luther Campbell

Look what we're underneath today! ​Right wing media trickster Andrew Brietbart's BigJournalism.com is stringing out the release of supposedly scandalous photos today of Congressman Anthony Weiner. Imagine our surprise when we deigned to check in on their big Weiner pic party today to find a post a ... More >>

Red State Activists Call For End to the Entire City of Miami Beach

​In reaction to the last 30 years of crime, drug trafficking and sexual provocativeness within the City of Miami Beach, a coalition of good, white Christian activists from a collection of Red States plan to send a letter today to local, state and federal leaders demanding that the entire city be b ... More >>

Luther Campbell Would Like To Thank His Voters

Alex Izaguirre​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke, who lost in Tuesday's mayoral election, lets voters explain why they chose him.I raised only $12,000 ... More >>

South Florida politicans' most memorable racial slurs

Alex Izaguirre​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke, who lost in Tuesday's mayoral election, lets voters explain why they chose him.I raised only $12,000 ... More >>

Rebel Yell

Alex Izaguirre​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke, who lost in Tuesday's mayoral election, lets voters explain why they chose him.I raised only $12,000 ... More >>

Luke for Miami mayor!

Alex Izaguirre​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke, who lost in Tuesday's mayoral election, lets voters explain why they chose him.I raised only $12,000 ... More >>

Get Moving Mayor Regalado, Or I'll Take Your Job

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times This week, Luke lays out his ideas to fix Miami's inner city neighborhoods. While it was nice to see Tony Crapp Jr., an African American ... More >>

Steel Pulse's David Hinds Talks Reggae, Racism, and Barack Obama

Photo by Cecile MaurelSteel Pulse founder David Hinds.​In the run-up to massive reggae fest Bayside Rocks, Crossfade's already spoken with Frederick "Toots" Hibbert about the birth of reggae. We've also convened with Puerto Rican crew Cultura Profética. (Not to mention, we've spent the week revis ... More >>

Twitter User Who Sent Racist Message to Jacory Harris Identified and is Not Apologizing

The Twitter user who rattled Miami Hurricanes Quarterback Jacory Harris by directing racially tinged insults towards him through the web service has been found, and he is not backing down. Since taking heat for the remarks he's gotten into fights with other Twitter users and freely used racial slurs ... More >>

Former GOP Chief Greer Apologizes to Obama, Says Many in GOP Are Racist

A little more than a year ago, former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer made headlines by condemning President Barack Obama's address to the nation's schoolchildren on their first day of school as a "use of taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America's children to his socialist agenda." Gr ... More >>

Miller Dawkins, despite his crimes, was an African-American hero

A little more than a year ago, former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer made headlines by condemning President Barack Obama's address to the nation's schoolchildren on their first day of school as a "use of taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America's children to his socialist agenda." Gr ... More >>

Former Miami Commissioner Miller Dawkins Was a Hero

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke remembers Miami Commissioner Miller Dawkins, who died early this month. One of Miller Dawkins's legacies is Charles ... More >>

Was the "No Latinos. No Tacos." Sign Not Really Racist at All?

via NBCMiami​Early yesterday morning an electronic road sign along the Palmetto Expressway was hacked to read "No Latinos. No Tacos." Most local and national media outlets automatically jumped to the conclusion that it was a racist and offensive message. The Miami Herald called it "an anti-im ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of terror becomes state policy, thanks to Arizona Sen. Russell Pearce and Gov. Jan Brewer

via NBCMiami​Early yesterday morning an electronic road sign along the Palmetto Expressway was hacked to read "No Latinos. No Tacos." Most local and national media outlets automatically jumped to the conclusion that it was a racist and offensive message. The Miami Herald called it "an anti-im ... More >>

Best of Miami 2009 Preview: Best Politician

New Times Best of Miami issue hits the streets this week. With this post, Riptide 2.0 provides an appetizer. The main course/entire issue will appear on the website Tuesday afternoon. Best Politician Michelle Spence-Jones She was elected in 2005, and not a moment has passed without ... More >>

Skin Deep

Art that rocks you to the core.

Palin Supporters Erupt Into Racist, Anti-Media Rampage

Art that rocks you to the core.

The Fastest Man in the World

Art that rocks you to the core.

Devil Inside

Blame those funky white bitches — it's all their fault

The Wisdom of Age

A century of memories from black America

First Edition

The National Hip-Hop Political Convention sets an agenda for a new generation

Mash Out

Miami Beach reluctantly embraces Urban Beach Week

Burned Bridges, Careers

Bias charges raise alarms in the halls of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue academy

When You Strike at a King You Must Kill Him

Miami Commissioner Art Teele survived an attempted coup d'état. Now it's payback time.

Letters from the Issue of November 14, 2002

Welcome to the great Rosie O'Donnell controversy

Of Time and Race

Writers share memories of a divided Florida

Letters from the Issue of August 29, 2002

One cop would rather resign than compromise his integrity

The Thick Blue Line

Max Rameau switches gears on how to get a civilian investigative panel focused on county cops

Caution: Flammable Substance

A county firefighter lights a fuse by accusing his superiors of racially tinged arrogance

A Wasted Life

Will Eddie Lee Macklin accomplish more in death than he did in life? Don't count on it.

A New Political Complexion

Come next week, the City of North Miami will be a very different place

Cruel or Usual Punishment?

Miami-Dade County has a hands-off policy toward its schoolchildren, but that doesn't mean corporal punishment has gone away

In the Rough

A half-century before the Tiger Woods era, black Miamians fought a losing battle to hit the links

Strong Star, Tired Message

Out of the Box

Saviors of Virginia Key

Out of the Box

When Laura Met Ray

Out of the Box

Two Faces of Islam

Two distinct factions of a religion -- one extremist, the other orthodox -- are vying for the minds and souls of Miami's Muslims

Black or Blue

In choosing Rev. Richard Dunn to fill in for Miller Dawkins, commissioners saved Miami's citywide election soul -- for now

The Ethnic Chopping Block

To win the most important election in Dade County history, the top mayoral candidates have hacked the voting public to pieces

Rhaynetta's Cause

Even through her own struggle with the disease, Rhaynetta Cheatham has worked tirelessly to bring AIDS awareness where it's most needed: Miami's black community

Jailhouse Rumble

If racial strife and political bickering were crimes, the entire staff of Dade County's corrections department would be locked up

Crossing the Bar

When Dade's Chamber of Commerce considered backing FIU instead of FAMU in the fight for a new state law school, they figured it would be a walk in the park

A Big Wind Blows A Hot Fire

Two Metro-Dade fire department officials are demoted after the storm. They say it's because they're black.

Letters

Two Metro-Dade fire department officials are demoted after the storm. They say it's because they're black.

There Goes The Neighborhood

Two Metro-Dade fire department officials are demoted after the storm. They say it's because they're black.

Black Grove Feature

Two Metro-Dade fire department officials are demoted after the storm. They say it's because they're black.