Read more racial slurs stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/21879/racial-slurs.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:04:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71931/target-blasted-over-illegal-alien-costume.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTarget has apologized for an "illegal alien" Halloween costume that comes complete with green card and orange jail suit. The company is removing the costume from its website after Hispanic groups complained. "It's very disturbing," an official with the League of United Latin American Citizens tells the Minneapolis Star Tribune...http://www.newser.com/story/71931/target-blasted-over-illegal-alien-costume.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 17 Oct 2009 11:55:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66423/wise-latinas-embrace-their-new-label.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGOP senators may have pooh-poohed Sonia Sotomayor’s “wise Latina” comment, but wise Latinas everywhere are wearing the phrase like a badge of honor, the New York Times reports. From t-shirts to blogs, women of Hispanic heritage have warmed to the phrase much like other minority groups appropriate slurs, a linguist...http://www.newser.com/story/66423/wise-latinas-embrace-their-new-label.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Aug 2009 13:51:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66077/cop-suspended-for-gates-slur-sues-over-civil-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Boston police officer suspended for referring to Henry Louis Gates as a “banana-eating jungle monkey” is suing the city and the department for violating his civil rights, the Globe reports. The BPD, police commissioner, and mayor are “conspiring to intentionally inflict emotional distress” and interfering with Justin Barrett’s “property...http://www.newser.com/story/66077/cop-suspended-for-gates-slur-sues-over-civil-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 12:11:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65606/boston-cop-suspended-after-racial-slur-on-gates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe fallout from the Henry Louis Gates arrest continues: A Boston cop has been suspended for referring to Gates as a "jungle monkey" in an email, the Globe reports. Officer Justin Barrett, 36, faces a disciplinary hearing next week and could be fired. He used the phrase while describing media...http://www.newser.com/story/65606/boston-cop-suspended-after-racial-slur-on-gates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 17:54:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61219/huffpo-scrubs-vid-of-drunk-israelis-obama-rants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Huffington Post censored a video of young people in Israel using using racial slurs to attack President Obama, and Gawker wants to know why. Max Blumenthal, who shot the film, says a HuffPost administrator told him the clip lacked “any real news value.” Notes Blumenthal: “For the first time,...http://www.newser.com/story/61219/huffpo-scrubs-vid-of-drunk-israelis-obama-rants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 07 Jun 2009 10:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47762/ex-driver-sues-knicks-star-for-gay-harassment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York Knicks center Eddy Curry is being sued for soliciting sex from his former driver, the New York Post reports. David Kuchinsky says the married star approached him in the nude several times with comments like “look at me, Dave, look.” Kuchinsky also says Curry forced him into “humiliating...http://www.newser.com/story/47762/ex-driver-sues-knicks-star-for-gay-harassment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Jan 2009 9:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47672/gordon-brown-harrys-sorry-now-move-on.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritain’s PM defended Prince Harry today amid an uproar over an army training-camp home video in which Harry calls a colleague “our little Paki friend,” the Daily Mail reports. “I think Prince Harry knows that these comments aren't acceptable,” Gordon Brown said, in calling for the matter to be dropped....http://www.newser.com/story/47672/gordon-brown-harrys-sorry-now-move-on.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Jan 2009 7:35:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47616/furor-follows-harrys-paki-vid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritain's defense ministry has launched a formal inquiry following widespread outcry over a videotape showing Prince Harry calling a fellow military trainee “our little Paki friend” and another cadet “a raghead,” reports the Telegraph. “This sort of language is not acceptable in a modern army,” a Defense spokesman told the...http://www.newser.com/story/47616/furor-follows-harrys-paki-vid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 Jan 2009 14:20:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/39366/palin-supporters-berate-media-at-ugly-rally.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin’s supporters are taking her attacks on the mainstream media to heart. Reporters at a rally yesterday were greeted with jeers and taunts from the 3,000-strong crowd, Dana Milbank reports in the Washington Post . Palin’s supporters banged thunder sticks and shouted abuse at reporters, and one yelled a...http://www.newser.com/story/39366/palin-supporters-berate-media-at-ugly-rally.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Oct 2008 13:39:48 CDT