Racial Issues

Denver Fire Department: Does it have a diversity problem?

Out of 32 assistant chiefs currently working in the Denver Fire Department, one is black, four are Hispanic and there are no females. Of 62 captains below them, six are black, and three of those are eligible to retire in coming years. The consequence of these numbers according to some members? As in ... More >>

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The Help is this week's most ridiculous trailer

​Gather round, children, and I will tell you of a time -- it was, like, at least 50 years ago -- when there was racism. Those days are over, of course, and in the bright future of today all humans live in perfect harmony with no economic or institutional discrepancy whatsoever, but there was a ... More >>

Doug Lamborn's Barack Obama-tar baby remark: Intentionally racist or harmless?

Lamborn.​As we reported yesterday, Doug Lamborn said that being associated with Barack Obama was like touching a tar baby during a Friday radio appearance -- a gaffe for which he's now apologized. But did he need to? An editorial in the Colorado Springs Gazette suggests it was really no big de ... More >>

Chelsea Handler brings her dirty mouth and show to Denver

​Blowjobs, blowjobs, blowjobs, vodka. You'd think at a Chelsea Handler comedy show sponsored by Belvedere Vodka that there'd be more vodka plugs, more jokes about alcohol or more punch lines about boozing it up with your girlfriends. But there weren't. The only plugs Chelsea -- or any of the ... More >>

The GOP members of the House Judiciary Committee will go down in history -- as shmucks

Bob Gardner​It was a foregone conclusion from the beginning. Earlier this year, state representative Mark Ferrandino and state senator Pat Steadman introduced a bill that would have allowed civil unions in Colorado and given gay couples the same right to make a legal commitment as heterosexu ... More >>

Tonight: Das Racist at the Larimer

​Joke rap hinges upon one thing: Whether an artist is laughing at themselves, or if the rest of the world is just laughing at them. Das Racist are clearly laughing at themselves -- best evidenced in the track "Hahahaha JK" where they explain they're not joking, just joking, they are joking, ju ... More >>

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Bossip: Playing up black stereotypes for page views

A "thug looking auntie"​It wouldn't be the first time Bossip, a tabloid site devoted to black celebrities and culture, has espoused seemingly racist views about, ahem, black celebrities and culture. Take, for example, the actor and model Djimon Hounsou, who Bossip has consistently mocked for h ... More >>

Dr. Laura Schlessinger: Saying the N-word several times on the air made me feel bad

Dr. Laura Schlessinger .​The page for Dr. Laura Schlessinger on the website for KHOW, her broadcast home in Denver, typically features advice of the sort featured on this video co-starring a poodle named Phoebe. But at this writing, the Denver landing spot for the syndicated yapper sports not ... More >>

ACLU puts out travel alert for people traveling to Arizona due to new "racial-profiling" law

Joe Arpaio.​Planning on traveling to Arizona over the upcoming holiday weekend? A fan of dry heat? The American Civil Liberties Union, joined by the Colorado branch, has issued a travel advisory due to the recent passage of SB 1070, which the organization describes as "Arizona's racial-profili ... More >>

Racially motivated attack claims bolstered by shocking "LoDo Wilding" footage

An image from Channel 4's "Wilding" coverage.​Last November, the Denver Police Department announced the arrest of more than thirty African-American men and women for allegedly participating in racially motivated attacks on Caucasians and Hispanics; click here to see a mug shot gallery. Now, C ... More >>

Insane Clown Posse stabbings: Are some fans too stupid to understand irony?

Are you down with the Clown?​Update, 9:32 a.m.: Denver Police Department spokesman Detective John White declines to identify the stabbing victims in the incident described below, but he says the name of the man arrested in the case may be available as soon as this afternoon. For more informati ... More >>

Insane Clown Posse stabbings: Are some fans too stupid to understand irony?

Aaron ThackerayThe scene last night near the Fillmore.​ Most attempts by the media and authorities to blame music for violence are patently ridiculous. Take those early attempts to pin the Columbine massacre on Marilyn Manson, a performer the shooters didn't even like. But the mayhem-happy ... More >>

Scott McInnis isn't the real tea party candidate, says rival Dan Maes

Dan Maes would like to have his tea and drink it, too.​Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes is upset about the effort by GOP heavyweights to make Scott McInnis the de facto party standard bearer months before the primary -- and he says lots of tea party members will express the same sen ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Tancredo's not running for governor, but he's on the move

​Tom Tancredo will have his Kumbaya moment at 10 a.m. today, when he gathers with Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis and other top GOPs -- including former governor Bill Owens and former gubernatorial Josh Penry -- to unveil an agreed-upon set of Republican principles. And that ... More >>

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The Blind Side

Wake-Up Call: Civil Rights on the road

​ The Colorado Civil Rights Commission took its show on the road last night, hosting an evening forum at the Blair-Caldwell Library. And if the conversation didn't seem to go exactly where Colorado Civil Rights Division director Steve Chavez wanted it to go -- after an active initial discussio ... More >>

For a Mexican, better late than never

Block Party

Last year, the parade passed by Five Points. But now Juneteenth is making a comeback — just like the neighborhood.

Mixed Messages for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Mavis Staples On The Main Line

Mavis Staples Speaks Out

The civil-rights era is far from over for this songstress.

A House With No Walls

Thomas Gibbons keeps the race conversation going.

Money Waters

Swalhaggin (Noir Sound Records)

Open Wide and Say Uh-Oh

Love, Mexican Style

Can this relationship be saved?

Letters to the Editor

From the week of May 5, 2005

Catch and Release

One Nation Enlightened wants just one thing from Denver cops: their business cards.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of July 29. 2004

The White Stuff

Denver's wilding becomes a black and white issue for some.

Shades of Meaning

Thought-provoking Yellowman bravely explores racism within the black community.

Street Wise

Robert Duran got jacked up. Then he grew up.

The Message

The Mayor's Race

Eye of the Beholder

Two CU groups feel burned by a fiery sports column.

The Black-and-White Newsroom

Several Post staffers want more colors in their paper's palette.

Artbeat

Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

Dead Prez

Let's Get Free
(Loud Records)

Black to Nature

Bill Gwaltney wants to see more people like him at Rocky Mountain National Park.

Off Limits

Different Jokes for Different Folks

The Usual Suspect

Mt. Gilead churchgoers aren't the only blacks who feel burned by Perkins. First came Devitt Young.

Million Man Mystery

March madness comes to Denver.

PATIENTS EXHAUSTED

BLACK GAY ACTIVIST STEVE ARRINGTON MAKES A STORMY EXIT FROM AN URBAN LEAGUE APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS.

BRIEF ENCOUNTER

THE NEW AIDS OFFICIAL FOR THE URBAN LEAGUE SUDDENLY QUITS.

A HATRED OF HATE

A CU EXHIBIT ABOUT RACIAL AND ETHNIC STEREOTYPES GETS AXED AT LOWRY.

LETTERS

A MATTER OF PRINCIPAL

THE MANUAL HIGH FRACAS BECOMES A FAMILY AFFAIR.