Grievance, Inc. 7/27/13

Former American Idol Contestants File Multi-Million-Dollar Lawsuit Against The Show Citing Racial Discrimination

"EW and TMZ both cite sources claiming that Corey Clark (Season 2, pictured), Jaered Andrews (Season 2), Jacob John Smalley (Season 2), Donnie Williams (Season 3), Terrell Brittenum (Season 5), Derrell Brittenum (Season 5), Thomas Daniels (Season 6), Akron Watson (Season 6), Ju’Not Joyner (Season 8), and Chris Golightly (Season 9) are part of a lawsuit that claims that were mistreated while on the show and unfairly disqualified from the competition, mainly due to their race."

....The letter cited ”cruel and inhumane” treatment....

 CNN's Lemon to Guest: You're White, You Can't Understand

""You have a certain entitlement as a white person that people of color don’t have. You don’t see that? You’re filtering through a place of privilege that you don’t understand. Your privilege does not allow you to see certain biases and certain circumstances in society.""

 

Sharpton mocked O’Reilly and his cohorts for having “discovered the epidemic of violence in Chicago, which many of us in the African American community have been talking about for months.”

 " “We need a real conversation about race in this country, not the same old right-wing divide and conquer garbage,” Sharpton said. “Bill O’Reilly, the Willie Horton stuff has got to go.” "

 

Bill Ayers And Others Asking UN To Intervene In Chicago School Closings, Alleging The Closings Cause “Serious Human Rights Violations”

 "A terrorist petitioning an American hating organization. Oh, that will go over well."

Jesse Jackson: Boycott Florida Over 'Stand Your Ground'  ""We can boycott Florida, cut conventions in Florida, for its 'stand your ground' laws," said Jackson, speaking on a panel at the National Urban League's annual conference in Philadelphia. "If we can boycott South Africa and bring it down, we should boycott Florida and bring it down." "

Fort Hood suspect to Fox: US at war with Islam