Mugged: Racial Demagoguery From the Seventies to Obama

  civil rights trends (post-OJ), 147–64

  guilt relieved and OJ verdict, 15–16, 56, 127–28, 137–46

  language, manipulation by, 172–73, 198–99, 252–53

  limousine liberals, 256

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

  racial turmoil, start of, 5–7

  racism as obsession of, 5, 13–14, 16, 21–22, 69–70, 108–9, 207–8

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

  self-perception, hypocrisy of, 108–14

  WASPs, view of, 158

  Libertarians, Goldwater as, 166–67, 170–71, 185

  Lieberman, Joe, 179

  Limbaugh, Rush, 249

  Lincoln, Abraham, 174, 255

  Lindsay, John

  Kerner Report, 10, 255–56

  Nation of Islam mosque attack, 80–81

  NYC devastation under, 95, 255–56

  Lippman, Robert, 12

  Livecchi, Dawn, 50

  Long, Russell, 178

  Lopez, Fidel, 121

  Los Angeles

  race riots, 120–25

  Rodney King, 115–25

  Los Angeles Times, on Rodney King violence, 120–21

  Lott, Trent, 176, 179

  Louima, Abner, 90

  Louis, Joe, 107

  Love, Mia, 260

  Lungren, Dan, 130, 132–33

  Lynching, anti-lynching laws, 180

  M

  MacArthur, Douglas, 178, 196

  McCain, John

  black children hoax, 197–98

  on Christian evangelicals, 88

  McCarthy, Joseph, 177, 178

  McCurry, Michael, 77

  McDonald, Michael, 218

  McDonald v. City of Chicago, 20

  McGlowan, Angela, 145

  McGovern, George, 169, 179

  McGrory, Mary, 251

  Mack, John, 124

  McKinney, Laura Hart, 128–29

  McLauchlin, Melissa, 74

  McMahon, E. J., 256

  MacMillan, Robert M., 166

  McWhorter, John, 93, 104, 250

  Maddow, Rachel

  black guests, gushy praise for, 99, 110–11

  on Jim Jones, 87

  on Obama birth certificate, 248

  Maddox, Alton

  black criminals defense by (1980s–1990s), 35, 40, 41–42, 51–52, 62, 89–90

  Brawley victim defamation suit, 142

  disbarred, 142

  Maddox, Lester, 172, 176

  Madoff, Bernie, 136–37

  Magnuson, Warren, 171

  Maher, Bill, 217

  Mahoney, George, 4, 99, 172, 176

  Mailer, Norman, 100

  Mangum, Crystal, Duke lacrosse team rape hoax, 125, 156, 158–63

  Mansfield, Mike, 171

  Maraniss, David, 223

  Marcotte, Amanda, 162–63

  Marriage

  black, decline in rates, 11–12

  gay, 76–77, 149–50

  Marshall, Thurgood, 107, 183

  civil rights cases by, 2, 3, 5

  Martin, Trayvon

  911 call, NBC editing, 115, 117, 233–34

  deceptive photos, 37, 101

  media drops story, 18

  Obama comments on, 233–35

  Mason, C. Vernon

  black criminals defense by (1980s–1990s), 51–52, 58

  Brawley victim defamation suit, 142

  Master of the Senate (Caro), 174

  Matthews, Chris

  bean-counting hypocrisy of, 109

  on racist Tea Party, 245

  on Republican racism, 187

  Matthews, Frank L., 58

  Meacham, Jon, 179, 199

  Media (non-FOX). See also specific outlets, for example, New York Times; CNN

  anti-police position of, 27–29, 32, 38, 122–23, 133–34

  black criminals idealized by (1980s-1990s), 22–33, 37–42, 45–46, 67–68

  black-on-white crime, downplaying, 53–56, 59, 61–62, 67–68, 72–74, 81, 255–56

  on blacks, after OJ verdict, 141

  civil rights-centered slant, 17, 21–22, 120, 144

  civil rights records, hiding, 178–79

  JournoList leak, 234–35

  and Obama assassination rumors, 208–17

  peace between races, sabotaging, 13, 22, 73–74, 102, 115, 117–20, 123–26

  on protecting Obama, 234–35

  video, altering/editing, 115–25, 117, 233–34, 246

  white crime victims, blaming, 41–42, 101–2

  Medlin, Edward A., 60

  Meeropol, Robert, 99

  Meredith, James, 109

  Messinger, Ruth, 144

  Metts, Harold, 247

  Meyers, Danette, 132

  Meyers, Twyman, 255–56

  Meyerson, James I., 35

  Miami Herald, 39

  Mignolo, Walter, 160

  Milbank, Dana, 220–21

  Military, desegregation of, 2, 4, 180

  Miller, Angela, 190–92

  Miller, Kelly, 99, 107

  Miller, Stephen, 161

  Mississippi Burning (film), 72

  Mondale, Walter, 83–84, 86, 139, 169, 252

  Moore, Gilbert, Jr., 60–61

  Moore, Hazel Diane “Rasheeda,” 43

  Moore, Michael, 100, 108

  Moore, Sara Jane, 218

  Morganthau, Robert, 32–34

  Mormons, gay marriage, opposition to, 76

  Morrison, Antonio, 155–56

  Morse, Wayne, 171

  Mortgage-backed securities, racism related to, 126

  Moscone, George, 84, 85

  Moses, Peter, 67

  MOVE and John Africa, 88–90

  living conditions, 89

  shootout with police, 89–90

  Moyers, Bill, 165–66, 252–53

  Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 258–59

  MSNBC. See also Maddow, Rachel; Matthews, Chris; Olbermann, Keith

  liberal hypocrisy at, 108–14

  on Obama assassination fear, 215–17, 246

  on Southern Strategy, 187

  Muhammad, Don, 143

  Mumia Awareness Week, 99

  Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (film), 41

  Murphy, Audie, 196

  Murphy, Patrick, 80–82

  Murphy, Wendy, 161–62

  Murray, James, 171

  Myers, Dee Dee, 182

  N

  Nappi, Scott, 45–46

  NARAL Pro-Choice America, 177, 183

  National Abortion Rights Action League, 153

  National Action Network, 139–40

  Nation of Islam

  police attacked at mosque (1972), 78–83

  police attacked at mosque (1994), 143

  Navarra, Vito, 78–80

  Nee, Dan, 122

  Negroes with Guns (Williams), 20

  Nelson, Diane, 160

  Nelson, Lemrick, 28–29, 125

  Newark, Booker transformation of, 260

  New Deal, and welfare state, 107–8

  Newman, Paul, 100

  New Republic, 247–48

  Newsday, black criminals idealized by (1980s–1990s), 29, 33, 39–40, 67–68

  Newsom, Christopher, 55–56

  Newsweek, 102, 199

  Newton, Bennie, 121

  Newton, Huey, 84

  New West, 85

  New York City

  black community leaders. See Maddox, Alton; Mason, C. Vernon; Rangel, Charles; Sharpton, Al

  black criminals idealized (1980s–1990s), 22–23, 29, 33, 35, 37–41, 45–47, 54, 67–68

  black-on-white crime, media neglect of, 53, 59, 67–68, 72–74, 81

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

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

  blacks framed by whites claims, 45–47

  crime rate decrease in, 144

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

  Giuliani’s transformation of, 82, 142–45, 200, 202

  hoaxes by blacks (1980s–1990s), 58–59, 62–68, 71

  Lindsay administration damage, 95, 255–56

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

  Nation of Islam provocation, 78–83, 143

  police, black attacks on, 23–41, 78–83, 255–56

  police, media attacks on, 27–29, 32, 38, 201

  police brutality/racism claims (1980s–1990s), 22–41

  police department/Klan rumors, 21, 24–25

  race riots, 13, 28, 30, 80, 97, 255

  racial turmoil, reasons for, 5, 20–21

  segregation, lack of, 5

  white victims, blaming, 102, 104

  New York Magazine

  black criminals idealized by (1980s–1990s), 45–46

  on Dinkins, 259

  New York Post, 67

  New York Times

  anti-police position of, 27–29, 32, 38, 201

  black criminals idealized by (1980s–1990s), 22–33, 38, 47, 54, 67–68

  civil rights-centered slant, 17, 49, 51, 92, 144

  on Clarence Thomas decisions, 105

  on Clinton crime policy, 200

  crime by blacks, downplaying, 53–56, 61–62, 67–68, 81

  on John Lindsay, 95, 256

  on Obama assassination fears, 209–12

  on Obama/racism connection, 16–17, 212, 240–41

  white-victims, blaming, 102, 104

  Nichols, John, 174

  Nifong, Mike, 26, 162

  Nimitz, Chester W., 196

  Nixon, Fred, 123

  Nixon, Richard M.

  and civil rights laws, 3, 20

  on Democrats as segregationists, 4, 20

  impeachment and Democrats, 4

  law and order as code words, 199

  school desegregation by, 4–5

  and Southern Strategy, 51, 175, 177, 183, 185, 199, 203

  Southern vote for, 168, 169, 267–68

  Noah, Tim, 240

  North/Northerners. See also New York City

  black underclass, creation of, 10–14

  discrimination against Southerners, 10

  race riots (1960s), 13

  Norton, Eleanor Holmes, 213–14

  Nossiter, Adam, 174–75

  N-word

  accepted use of, 128–29

  anti-ObamaCare rally, 242–43

  Mark Fuhrman perjury conviction, 127–38

  real crime versus, 134–35

  O

  Obama, Barack

  assassination fears for, 207–17, 219–22

  birth certificate demands, 248

  blackness, other Democrats on, 227–29

  black voters (2008), 76, 240

  “Celeb” ad, 238–39

  on coal industry, 241–42

  David Dinkins compared to, 18, 258

  on Gates-Crowley incident, 231–33

  on handling white people, 225

  on Imus racist comments, 231

  and Jeremiah Wright, 17, 91–92, 229–30

  non-voters as racists, 239–42, 258

  N-word, anti-ObamaCare rally, 242–43

  racism in memoirs of, 223–24

  racism resurrected by, 16–18, 223–35, 239–53

  on Republicans as racists, 226–27

  Secret Service protection, 210–11, 213–14, 220–21

  self-race-baiting by, 226–28

  Southern vote for, 174–75

  on states’ rights, 189

  on Trayvon Martin shooting, 233–35

  white voters (2008), 239–40

  Obama, Michelle

  master’s thesis on blacks, 224–25

  O’Reilly lynching comment about, 112–14

  on threats to Barack, 207, 209

  Occupy Wall Street, 251

  O’Connor, Sandra Day, 18, 152

  Ohrenstein, Manfred, 151

  O’Keefe, Michael, 29–34

  Olbermann, Keith

  Hillary on Obama assassination risk, 212–13

  O’Reilly firing, demand for, 112–14

  on Republican racism, 187, 238–39, 249

  Olmstead, Frederick Law, 9

  Olsen, Ron, 124

  O’Mahoney, Joseph, 171

  Operation PUSH, 230

  O’Reilly, Bill

  firing, Olbermann demand for, 112–14

  Jesse Jackson exposure by, 145

  Ornish, Dean, 100

  Orr, Delbert Africa, 89

  Oswald, Lee Harvey, 87

  P

  Pagones, Steven, 62, 141–42

  Palin, Sarah, Obama threat at rally, 219–21

  Parloff, Roger, 118

  Patrick, Deval, 175

  Pelosi, Nancy, 243

  People for the American Way, 153

  People’s Forum, 84

  Peoples Temple, Democratic connection to, 83–88

  Perkins, Francis, 11

  Perry, Edmund, 36–41

  Perry, Jonah, 36, 38, 40

  Philadelphia, Mississippi, Reagan’s campaign speech, 186–89, 199

  Phillips, Lisa, 122

  Pickering, Charles

  civil rights heroism of, 152–53, 172

  federal appointment blocked by liberals, 152–53

  Pickett, George, 195

  Pinchback, P. B. S., 175

  Pitts, Leonard, 210

  Planned Parenthood, 152

  Police

  black victim/white-cop brutality (1980s–1990s), 22–41, 115–20, 122–23, 201

  media position against, 27–29, 32, 38, 122–23, 133–34, 201, 255–56

  Political correctness, beginnings of, 21

  Poll tax, 172

  Potok, Mark, 210, 214–17

  Potter, Charles, 2

  Powell, Colin, 251

  Powell, James, 97

  Powell, Laurence, 116–17, 119, 123

  Presidential campaigns

  Democrats, on Republican racism. See Republican racism (liberal claims of)

  Obama, assassination fear, 207–17, 219–22

  Proposition 8 (California), 76

  Pryor, Richard, 144

  Puller, Lewis Burwell “Chesty,” 196

  Pulp Fiction (film), 129

  Q

  Qadaffi, Muammar al-, 92

  Quarls, Richard, 195–96

  Quindlen, Anna, 14, 33, 68–69, 93

  R

  Rabkin, Jeremy, 156

  Race riots

  Baltimore, 98–99

  Kerner Report, 10

  liberal connection to, 13

  Los Angeles, 120–25

  New York City, 13, 28, 30, 80, 97, 255

  Racial desegregation

  blacks in trade unions, 4, 5, 181

  military, 2, 4, 180

  schools, 2–5, 170–71, 180

  Racial discrimination

  civil rights struggle. See Civil right laws; Republicans

  Jim Crow, 9, 14, 20

  mortgage lending, 126

  restrictive covenants, 192

  segregationists. See Democrats

  Racial turmoil

  media as provocateur, 13, 22, 73–74, 102, 117–20, 123–26

  in New York (1980s–1990s). See New York City

  riots. See Race riots

  starting point in U.S., 5–7, 20–21

  Racism against blacks

  as black criminal defense. See Crimes by blacks; Criminal justice system

  Democratic claims against Republicans. See Republican racism (liberal claims of)

  least/most racist states, 241

  liberal obsession with, 5, 13–14, 16, 21–22, 69–70, 108–9, 207–8

  Mark Fuhrman perjury conviction, 127–38

  Obama resurrecting issue, 16–18, 223–35, 239–53

  and OJ verdict, 15–16, 56, 127–28, 137–46

  race mongers. See Democrats; Liberals; specifi
c names

  racist statements by liberals, 250–53

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

  whites punished for, 21–22, 51, 127–38

  Racism against whites

  and Al Sharpton, 64–65

  anti-Semitism, 64–65, 92

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

  and Jeremiah Wright, 17, 91–92, 229–30

  Raines, Howell, 14

  Ramseur, James, 100–101, 126

  Rand, Paul, 245

  Randolf, Irv, 187

  Rangel, Charles

  and Nation of Islam police attack, 79–81

  tax evasion, 81

  Ransier, Alonzo J., 175

  Rape

  by blacks, cases, 55, 73–74, 101, 126, 190

  blacks versus whites statistics, 157–58

  Duke lacrosse team hoax, 158–63

  false claims, percentage of, 162

  Tawana Brawley hoax, 62–63, 141–42

  Violence Against Women Act (1994), 155–56

  Raspberry, William, 134

  Rather, Dan, 141, 250

  Ratigan, Dylan, 246

  Reagan, Ronald

  assassination attempt, 209

  black opposition to, 9

  Philadelphia, Mississippi speech, 186–89, 199

  Southern vote for, 168–69, 179, 269

  welfare, view of, 199

  Recht, Laurie, 64–66

  Reconstruction Act of 1867, 180

  Reed, Lou, 27

  Reid, Andrea, 103, 104

  Reid, Harry, 251

  Reno, Janet, 154, 202

  Republican racism (liberal claims of)

  code words, Republican use of, 189, 198–200, 252–53

  Confederate flag symbolism, 193–97

  George H. W. Bush restrictive covenant, 192

  George W. Bush Bob Jones speech, 193

  Giuliani as racist, 200–202

  hate crimes bill opposition, 202

  Hillary exits Republican Party, 203–5

  Jimmy Carter on, 187–88, 249

  McCain’s black children, 197–98

  N-word, anti-ObamaCare rally, 242–43

  Obama birth certificate demands, 248

  Obama “Celeb” ad, 238–39

  Obama on, 226–27

  racial fears, Republican exploitation, 187–89, 198–202

  Reagan’s Philadelphia, Mississippi speech (1980), 186–89

  Republicans are Southern, 179

  Romney kitchen cabinet remark, 249–50

  Scott Brown ads, 249, 252

  and Southern Strategy, 51, 165–66, 169–70, 175–77, 183, 185–87, 198–99, 203

  and Tea Party, 242–45

  and voter ID laws, 247–48

  Willie Horton ad, 189–92

  Republicans. See also specific names

  anti-slavery Amendments passed by, 179

  civil rights laws supported by, 2–5, 20, 166, 171–73, 179–81

  crime, decline under, 97, 144

  Democrats label as racists. See Republican racism (liberal claims of)

  expansion of party (1972), 179

  Southern integrationists, work of, 171–73

  and Southern vote, 2, 166–71, 179, 185, 265–71