Former Congressman Tom Tancredo made sure the National Tea Party Convention didn’t have a sleepy opening night. His speech Thursday is drawing considerable notice for its racial nature.

Here’s the online headline of the New York Daily News’ account: Tea Party…

Why is it OK to have a Black History Month but no White History Month? There’s been an interesting discussion this week on the blog, stuff white people do.

Macon d attempts to explain: “non-white gatherings (such) as history months, black-owned…

Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. — in a column reacting to a proposed white-Americans-only pro basketball league — says that, on the whole, whites and blacks are limited in their athletic and academic endeavors by their expectations, not by race.

Pitts…

A proposed pro basketball league for white Americans only wants to put one of 12 franchises in Augusta, Ga., the Augusta Chronicle reported earlier this month. The article says the Atlanta-based league would locate all of its franchises in the Southeast.

The…

The “I forgot he was black” comment from MSNBC host Chris Matthews after President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech Wednesday night has sparked criticism and debate over whether what he said was appropriate, even if well-intended.

In a story by…

In reviewing President Barack Obama’s State of the Nation speech, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews said he liked  it so much that — Matthew’s words — “I forgot he was black for an hour.”

That prompted the guardian.co.uk — in a summary of…

Monday was the official federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. but events honoring him continue well into next month.

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. State Celebration Commission publishes a catalog of statewide events related to the legacy of the civil rights leader.…

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows the number of Americans who think President Barack Obama would help race relations in America has declined since his inauguration a year ago.

On the eve of President Obama’s inauguration a year ago, nearly six…

From Indian Country Today comes a look at a resolution “on behalf of the people of the United States to all Native peoples for the many instances of violence, maltreatment, and neglect inflicted on Native peoples by citizens of the United…

I’m a day late, but wanted to share a feature on the blog RaceWire.org — a short video featuring 10 other things Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said (besides the common quotes you hear around MLK Day).

RaceWire also offers up one…