Mugged: Racial Demagoguery From the Seventies to Obama

  Chaney, James, 186, 187

  Chavis, Patrick, 260

  Chertoff, Michael, 210

  Chomsky, Noam, 100, 208

  Christian, Cannon, 55–56

  Christian, evangelical, 75, 88

  Christie, Ron, 145

  Churchill, Ward, 91

  Circle of Six (Jurgensen), 80

  Cirincione, Joseph, 252

  Civil rights, 147–64

  abortion rights, 152, 154

  and blacks. See Civil rights laws; specific laws

  Democratic definition of, 149–51

  equal protection clause, 150, 154

  gay marriage, 149–50

  women versus blacks, 154–57

  Civil Rights Act of 1866, 179

  Civil Rights Act of 1957, 171, 174, 180

  Civil Rights Act of 1960, 180

  Civil Rights Act of 1964, 3, 147, 151, 165–66, 170, 180

  Civil Rights Act of 1965, 181

  Civil Rights Commission, 3

  Civil rights laws

  Democrats against, 2–3, 171, 174, 179–81

  Republican support, 2–5, 20, 166, 171–73, 179–81

  Civil War

  African Americans in, 195–97

  black legislators after, 175

  Confederate flag as symbol, 193–97

  political party affiliations, 174, 193

  Clark, Ramsey, 94, 97

  Clay, Lucius, 196

  Cleaver, Emmanuel, 243

  Clinton, Bill

  on affirmative action, 251

  Dinkins endorsement by, 259

  on gay marriage, 77

  Giuliani labeled racist by, 200–202

  hoax hate crimes cited by, 69–70

  perjury of, 130

  Republican crime policies of, 200–202

  segregationist mentor of, 170, 174, 181

  Southern vote for, 167, 170, 181, 270–71

  Clinton, Hillary

  Giuliani labeled racist by, 200–202

  leaves Republican Party, 203–5

  on Obama assassination risk, 211–13

  Clyburn, James, 112

  CNN

  illegal immigration reporting, 151

  on Jesse Jackson scandal, 71

  on Obama assassination fear, 208, 215, 221

  on Southern Strategy, 203

  Coal industry, 241–42

  Cochran, Johnnie, 127–28, 130–31, 136, 142

  Codd, Michael, 79

  CODEPINK, 219

  Code words, racist, by Republicans, 189, 198–200, 252–53

  Cohen, Ben, 100

  Cohen, Richard, 102

  Cohen, Roger, 212

  College campuses, hoaxes by blacks (1980s–1990s), 58–62, 71

  Collins, Sabrina, 59–60

  Collins, Tyler, 245

  Colonial era

  first Africans during, 248

  Southern behavior, roots of, 7–8

  Columbia University, hate crimes hoax, 58–59

  Commission on Civil Rights, 180

  Confederate flag, 193–97

  Democratic attacks on, 193, 197

  symbolism of, 195–97

  Congressional Black Caucus, 127–28, 140, 153

  Congressional Hispanic Caucus, 140

  Congress of Racial Equality, 101, 144

  Connor, Eugene “Bull,” 5, 21, 59, 176, 261

  Conservatives, liberal use of term, 172–73

  Constantine, Madonna, 71

  Constitution of the U. S., anti-slavery Amendments, 179

  Cooke, Miriam, 159

  Cooper, Anderson, 203

  Court TV, OJ trial, 127–28

  Cowen, Ryan, 123

  Cracker, origin of term, 8

  Crawford, James, 155–56

  Crime

  by blacks. See Crimes by blacks

  blacks as victims of, 96–97

  Clinton’s Republican policies, 200–202

  at Occupy Wall Street, 251

  rise and liberal policies, 94–97, 260–61

  white-on-black, exaggeration of, 48–53

  Crimes by blacks

  black-on-white, media downplays, 53–56, 59, 67–68, 72–74, 81

  black-on-white cover-ups, 78–83, 255–56

  black-on-white retaliatory, 50, 52–53, 72–74, 120–23

  blacks framed by whites claims, 41–47

  black victim/white-cop brutality (1980s–1990s), 22–41, 115–20, 201

  criminals idealized (1980s–1990s), 22–23, 29, 33, 35, 37–42, 45–47, 54, 67–68

  hoaxes by blacks (1980s–1990s), 57–73

  increase since 1960, 13, 17, 22, 50, 199

  and punishment. See Criminal justice system

  rape, cases of, 55, 73–74, 101, 126, 190

  rape statistics, 157–58

  white victims, blaming, 41–42, 102, 104, 121–23

  Criminal justice system, 93–105

  acquittals, black criminals, 15–16, 27–29, 40, 82–83, 89, 124–28, 134–35

  black citizens, call for justice, 97–99, 101–4

  black rage insanity defense, 74

  blacks, understanding versus punishing, 10, 12–13, 78–83, 93–94

  Democratic influence on, 12, 94–97, 189–91

  imprisonment, cost-effectiveness of, 96

  NYC/Lindsay administration, 95

  prison cap, negative effects of, 96

  prison furloughs, 189–91

  Republican influence on, 97

  white criminals, punishment versus blacks, 10, 47–48

  Willie Horton release, 189–92

  Crowley, James, 231–33

  Crown Heights, Yankel Rosenbaum stabbing, 28–29, 64, 125

  Cults, black. See Black cults

  Cummings, Elijah, 112

  Cuomo, Mario, 51, 62, 104, 259

  Curtis, Kim, 159

  D

  Dahmer, Vernon, 152

  Daily Caller, 234

  Dates, Charles, 61

  Davidson, Cathy, 159, 161

  Davidson, Lemaricus, 55

  Davis, Angela, 84

  Davis, Larry, 27–28

  Dean, Howard, 140, 193

  Debate Immigration (Swain), 151

  Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), 77

  Demagogue, traits of, 88

  Demakos, Thomas, 52

  Democrats. See also Liberals; specific names

  anti-slavery amendments opposed by, 179

  and black cults, 78–90

  and black evangelicals, 75–77

  black stability destroyed by, 10–14, 107–8

  black vote, roots of, 9

  black vote, securing, 2, 20–21, 107–8

  civil rights laws opposed by, 171, 174, 179–81

  during Civil War, 174, 193

  criminal justice system thwarted by, 12, 94–97, 189–91

  Dixicrats as offshoot of, 176

  Jim Crow devised by, 9, 14, 20

  Ku Klux Klan connection, 19, 107, 172, 174, 176, 181–83

  and media. See Media (non-Fox); specific outlets, for example, New York Times

  racism expressed by, 250–53

  on Republican as racists. See Republican racism (liberal claims of)

  school desegregation opposed by, 2–3, 170–71, 180–81

  segregationist members/actions, 1–6, 20–21, 166–83, 204–5

  and Southern vote, 9, 167–70

  and welfare state, 11–14, 107–8

  Denny, Reginald, 120–21, 124–25

  Derricotte, Cheryl, 58

  Dershowitz, Alan, 130

  Diallo, Amadou, 54, 201

  Dilulio, John, 96

  Dinkins, David

  and NYC race crimes (1990s), 29–31, 66–67, 73, 74, 256–59

  Obama compared to, 18, 258

  racial tension provoked by, 257–59

  Dirksen, Everett, 167

  Dixiecrats, 170, 172

  Strom Thurmond as, 167, 169, 176, 178, 181

  Dixon, Richard, 148

  Do
bbs, Lou, 221

  Dodd, Chris, 182–83

  Dorfman, Ariel, 160

  Douglass, Frederick, 104

  Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Obama), 223–25

  DuBois, W. E. B., 107

  Dukakis, Michael, 139, 188

  and Willie Horton release, 189–92

  Duke, Charles, 117

  Duke lacrosse players rape hoax, 55, 125, 136, 156

  rush to judgment, 158–63

  Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 107

  Dunn, Oscar James, 175

  Dupree, Louis 17X, 82–83

  Durbin, Dick, 210–11

  Dwyer, Jim, 14, 33, 68, 93, 127

  E

  Eastland, James, 177, 178

  Ebonics, 9

  Economic collapse, relationship to racism, 126

  Edwards, Joan, 60–61, 88

  Edwards, John, 20, 140

  Eisenhower, Dwight D.

  civil rights supported by, 2–3, 20, 170

  Southern vote for, 167, 265–66

  Ellender, Allen, 177

  Ellis, Joseph, 5–6

  Emory University, hate crime hoax, 60–61

  Equal protection clause, 150, 154

  Equal Rights Amendment, 177

  Ervin, Sam, 3, 4, 173–74, 177

  Evers, Charles, 152, 153

  Evers, Medgar, 152

  F

  Falcone, Michael, 45–46

  Falwell, Jerry, 65, 87, 88

  Farrakhan, Louis, 9. See also Nation of Islam

  and Jeremiah Wright, 92

  Farrell, Mike, 100

  Faubus, Orval, 20, 170, 171, 176

  Favor, Homer, 99

  Feminists, and Duke lacrosse players hoax, 159–63

  Ferguson, Colin, 74

  Fernandez, Giselle, 32

  Ferraro, Geraldine, 227–30

  Fierstein, Harvey, 77

  Fifteenth Amendment, 179

  Figueroa, Bryan, 66–67

  Fineman, Howard, 249

  Fischer, David Hackett, 8, 173, 196

  Folks, Homer, 11

  Foner, Eric, 172

  Foote, Shelby, 195

  Ford, Gerald, assassination attempts, 209, 218

  Foster, Jodie, 218

  Fournier, Joseph, 190

  Fourteenth Amendment, 179

  FOX News. See Hannity, Sean; O’Reilly, Bill

  Franks, Tommy, 196

  Freedom Trail, 5–6

  Freitas, Joseph, Jr., 85

  Friedman, Myra, 103

  Fromme, Lynette “Squeaky,” 218

  Fuhrman, Mark

  compared to Hitler, 131

  media position against, 133–34

  perjury conviction, 127–38

  Fulbright, J. William, as segregationist, 3, 170, 174, 177, 181

  G

  Gaiter, Dorothy J., 39

  Game of Thrones (TV series), 217

  Garcia, Jose (Kiko), 29–34

  Gardner, Joseph, 74

  Garofalo, Janeane, 140–41

  Garry, Charles, 87, 100

  Gates, Daryl, 133

  Gates, Henry Louis, 71, 231

  Gay marriage

  black opposition to, 12, 76

  civil rights argument for, 149–50

  Clinton and DOMA, 77

  Mormon opposition to, 76

  Gelb, Arthur, 95

  George, Nelson, 37, 39–40

  George, Walter F., 178

  Gilbert, Steve, 214–15

  Gilliard, Steve, 252

  Giuliani, Rudy

  black leaders, relationship with, 143–45

  and Goetz case, 101

  and Nation of Islam mosque attack (1994), 143–44

  NYC transformation under, 82, 142–45, 200, 202

  as racist, Democratic claim, 200–202

  Glendening, Parris, 148–49

  God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (Hitchens), 85

  Goetz, Bernie, 27, 40, 100–104

  public approval of, 101–2

  victims, future crimes of, 101, 125–26

  victims, past arrests of, 100–101

  Goldman, Fred, 131

  Goldman, Kim, 136

  Goldstein, Richard, 144

  Goldwater, Barry

  on Christian evangelicals, 88

  civil rights opposition by, 166–67, 170–71

  as libertarian, 166–67, 170–71, 185

  Southern vote for, 167

  Gomez, Elissa, 169

  Goode, W. Wilson, 89

  Goodman, Andrew, 186, 187

  Gore, Al, 65, 139–40, 154

  lies and 2000 election, 204–5

  Gore, Albert, Sr., 3, 177, 181

  Grace, Nancy, 161

  Graham, Bob, 141

  Green, Bobby, 121

  Griffith, Michael, 49, 51

  Grimes, Timothy, 49, 51, 54

  Grimké, Archibald Henry, 107

  Gross, Dr. Elliot M., 25–26

  Grutter v. Bollinger, 104

  Guardian Angels, 101

  Guevara, Che, 251

  H

  Hall, Norma, 29

  Hand, Richard, 198

  Hanger, Major George, 8

  Hannity, Sean

  and Jeremiah Wright comments, 91

  on Jesse Jackson scandal, 71

  Zimmerman 911 call, 234

  Hanson, Marla, 41–42

  Hardin, Alicia, 61–62

  Harding, Warren, 2

  Hardt, Michael, 160

  Haring, Keith, 27

  Harris, Dan, 86

  Harris, Jeanette, 134–35, 136

  Harris-Lacewell, Melissa, 110–11

  Hates crimes bill, Bush opposition, 202, 204

  Havill, Adrian, 6

  Hawkins, Yusef, 256–57

  Hayes, Chris, 111–12

  Hedges, Chris, 75

  Helms, Freddie, 117

  Helmsley, Leona, 137

  Henderson, Horace E., 172

  Herbert, Bob, 186, 209, 212

  Hernandez, Marcia, 29

  Hill, Marc Lamont, 146

  Hill, Samuel S., 75

  Hinckley, John, 9, 218

  Hitchens, Christopher, 85

  Hitler, Adolf, Mark Fuhrman compared to, 131

  Hoaxes, hate crimes hoaxes (1980s–1990s), 57–73

  Holder, Eric, 238

  Holliday, George, 117

  Hollings, Ernest, 3, 178

  Homosexuals. See also Gay marriage

  evangelical Christians on, 75

  Hooks, Benjamin, 44, 104

  Hoover, Herbert, Southern vote for, 2, 167–68, 174

  Horton, Willie, 189–92

  Democrats racism claims, 191–92

  Dukakis and release of, 189–91

  Hosenball, Mark, 221

  Howard Beach (1986), 48–53

  Huffington Post, on Obama assassination fear, 210

  Humphrey, Hubert, 4, 134, 168

  Hurston, Zora Neale, 107–8

  Hynes, Charles, 51

  I

  Ice Cube, 130

  Immigration, impact on American workers, 150–51

  Imus, Don, 230–31

  Innis, Niger, 145

  Innis, Roy, 101, 104, 144

  Interstate commerce clause, and civil rights laws, 150

  Irish immigrants, law and order approach to, 10

  Irvine, Reed, 124

  Ito, Lance, 130

  J

  Jackson, Andrew, 250

  Jackson, Jesse

  and hate crimes hoax, 61

  on Marion Barry arrest, 43

  mistress/child, 70–71

  O’Reilly exposure of, 145

  in presidential campaigns, 139–40, 141, 228

  racist remarks of, 230

  Jackson, Thomas Penfield, 43–44

  Jackson-Warren Valerie, 44

  Jenkins, Anthony Neal, 50

  Jim Crow, as Democratic policy, 9, 14, 20

  Johnson, Andrew, 179

  Johnson, Jack, 107

  Jo
hnson, James Weldon, 107

  Johnson, Lyndon B.

  on civil rights legislation, 165–66

  as segregationist, 3, 4, 166

  Southern vote for, 267

  Jones, Isaac, 201

  Jones, Jim, 83–88

  Democratic connection to, 83–88

  inappropriate behaviors by, 84–85, 88

  Jones, Marceline, 84–86

  JournoList, 234–35

  Jurgensen, Randy, 80, 82

  K

  Kaplan, Alice, 160

  Kardashian, Robert, 131

  Katsaris, Maria, 87

  Katz, Lawrence, 150

  Kaus, Mickey, 230

  Keller, Bill, 105, 251

  Kennedy, Edward, 150, 153, 260

  Kennedy, John F., Southern vote for, 266

  Kennedy, Kerry, 100

  Kennedy, Robert, 211–13

  Kerner Report, 10, 255–56

  Kerry, John, 149–50, 217, 229, 240

  Kilborn, Craig, 218

  King, Larry, 135

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 97, 98, 182, 218, 252–53

  King, Rodney, 115–20

  behavior before arrest, 115–17

  tape, KTLA editing of, 115–20, 123–24

  trials of officers, 118–19, 124

  Kissinger, Clark, 99

  Klaperman, Gilbert, 258

  Klein, Joe, 175–76, 200, 234

  Koch, Ed, and NYC race crimes (1980s), 49, 50, 80, 143, 257

  Koon, Stacey, 116–17, 119

  Koonz, Claudia Ann, 160

  Koppel, Ted, 118, 119

  Koppelman, Alex, 220

  Koresh, David, 90

  Kozol, Jonathan, 100

  Kroft, Steve, 207

  Krugman, Paul, 198, 234

  KTLA, Rodney King tape edited by, 115–25

  Kuby, Ronald, 74

  Ku Klux Klan

  black armband Obama protest, 219

  black defense against, 19–20

  Carter campaign speech, 188

  Democratic party connection, 19, 107, 172, 174, 176, 181–83

  in NYC police department, 21, 24–25

  Pickering war against, 152

  Republicans as target of, 180

  Web site traffic, 216

  Ku Klux Klan Law of 1871, 151

  Kunstler, William, 27, 74, 99, 231

  L

  Labor unions, blacks in, 4, 5, 181

  Lane, Mark, 87

  LaSane, Michael, 47, 233

  Lasch, Pedro, 160

  Law and order. See also Southern Strategy

  as Republican code words, 199

  Leach, Robert, 103, 104

  Leaphart, Vincent, MOVE and John Africa, 88–90

  Ledbetter, Huddie William (Lead Belly), 107

  Lee, Robert E., 195

  Lessing, Doris, 209

  Lester, Jon, 49–50

  Levin, Jennifer, 47–48, 50

  Levy, Robert, 12

  Lewis, Charles, 42–43

  Lewis, John, 221

  Liberals. See also Democrats

  and black crime/criminals. See Crimes by blacks; Criminal justice system

  on black instability, slavery as cause, 8, 11, 12, 14, 17, 107, 229–30

  blacks as pets of, 105, 108, 147

  Christian evangelicals, view of, 75

  civil rights activism fabricated by, 5–7