'Duck Dynasty' family stands by suspended patriarch - CNN.com

'Duck Dynasty' family stands by suspended patriarch - CNN.com

In addition to his comments about homosexuality, Robertson also spoke about race and growing up in Louisiana before the civil rights era. "I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once," he told GQ. "Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. I'm with the blacks, because we're white trash. We're going across the field. ... They're singing and happy. I never heard one of them, one black person, say, 'I tell you what: These doggone white people' -- not a word! "Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues," GQ quoted Robertson as saying.

The Changing Face of America

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Whom do you implicitly prefer among Whites, Blacks, Asians, and Hispanics?

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1 The Impact of Anti-Black Racism on Approval of Barack Obama’s Job Performance and on Voting in the 2012 Presidential Election

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At Alabama, a Renewed Stand for Integration - NYTimes.com

At Alabama, a Renewed Stand for Integration - NYTimes.com

Racial biases in Alabama’s Greek system, which has a membership of nearly one-quarter of the university’s undergraduate enrollment, have been an open secret for decades.

The Crimson White | The Final Barrier: 50 years later, segregation still exists

The Crimson White | The Final Barrier: 50 years later, segregation still exists

The recruit, who asked to remain anonymous, seemed like the perfect sorority pledge on paper, yet didn’t receive a bid from any of the 16 Panhellenic sororities during formal recruitment. Gotz and others said they know why: The recruit is black. She and at least one other black woman, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of personal safety, went through formal recruitment this year, but neither was offered a bid.

A Turnabout at Traditionally White Sororities, in Nine Days at Alabama - NYTimes.com

A Turnabout at Traditionally White Sororities, in Nine Days at Alabama - NYTimes.com

The announcement marked the first time since 2003 that those organizations said they had added minority students to their memberships. Other new minority members could follow, said the president, Judy L. Bonner.