All tag results for 'bigotry'

In today's edition of "Ponder This While Choking Back Tears" we introduce to you a VERY poignant, beautifully crafted PSA from the Anti-Defamation League, titled Imagine A World Without Hate.

Grab a kleenex and press play (above)!

The creative concept portrays a potential future where those who have died in the past as a result of hate-fueled crimes are still alive as pivotal members of a global society.

Fusing the music of John Lennon with imagery of Martin Luther King Jr., Anne Frank, Matthew Shepard, and others, this is a video that needs to be viewed on every screen!!

Humans for a humane world! Whoop whoop!

Tags: anne frank, anti defamation league, bigotry, harvey milk, hatred, imagine a world without hate, inspiration, john lennon, martin luther king jr, matthew shepard, psa, sad, video

Sure, let us check to see if we have change for a… wait, HUH?!

Yup, T.I. is auctioning himself off to the highest bidder and the starting price is $75 million!!

As cute as he would surely look vacuuming our yoga mats in a French maid's outfit, we might have to pass.

LOLz, JK!

The Hotlanta native isn't looking to do housework for that kind of cheddar, though — he's negotiating the terms of a new three-album record contract with anyone who will front him the cash!

From what we hear, the rapper already has more suitors than a Disney princess!

Dr. Dre's wined and dined T.I. at Katana recently, hoping to sign him on Interscope, while Jay-Z is maneuvering to land him on RocNation!

Wowzers!! He's like the most popular kid at school!

He sure has come a long way since his drug arrest and bigoted comments!

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: 75 million dollars, album, atlanta, bigotry, contract, disney, dr dre, drugs, interscope, jay-z, katana, music minute, rapper, record, record deal, rocnation, ti

The Silver Fox truly is a death-defying diva!

While Anderson Cooper dodges rockets in Gaza like Neo from The Matrix, he must also defend himself from personal attacks here at home.

The newsman risks his life to illuminate the realities of this escalating Middle-Eastern crisis!

Instead of thanking him, some of Twitter's bottom-feeders snipe at him from the darkest corners of the internet, assuming Anderson is too preoccupied to defend himself.

You know what they say about assumptions! They make an "ass" out of "u" and…. uh, "mptions"?

When one anonymous bigot suggested Coop deserved to be the victim of violence because of his sexual orientation, he fired right back!

He responded:

@retireleo wow, tough words from an anon Internet troll. why not use your name and photo, coward? Have some more fritos and keep typing

— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) November 19, 2012

We love it!

He's fighting this tweet-war on many fronts, though — ch-ch-check out more of our favorite correspondent's bad-ass responses…AFTER THE JUMP!!!

Tags: anderson cooper, bigotry, gay gay gay, gaza, gaza strip, middle east, news, rockets, silver fox, the matrix, tv news, twitter, violence, war

The Silver Fox said his piece and now he's done!

Anderson Cooper wants no part of a (ratings-friendly) celebrity feud with Star Jones, he's just here to report the news!

And maybe the well-being of Colonel Meow!

Remember when the former View co-host publicly offered up the absurd notion that Anderson came out of the closet for the ratings boost?

As if announcing his sexual orientation while on assignment in Africa whilst his show was on hiatus would be the way anyone might go about manufacturing a ratings boost!!

We remember, but the handsome hunk of foxiness would just as soon forget!

Tags: anderson cooper, bigotry, colonel meow, gay gay gay, sexual orientation, silver fox, star jones, the view, tv news

We've all read or heard about Vanity Fair's dirty dish on Tom Cruise's relationship with Scientology and how it has affected his love life, but now we're hearing the Church's side of the story.

In an eight-page letter to Graydon Carter, the magazine's editor, the controversial religion's legal rep accuses Maureen Orth's piece of being "shoddy journalism, religious bigotry and potential legal liability."

Before the high-profile story was even in print, Scientology fired off the scathing letter to criticize Carter for ignoring "firsthand knowledge" from VF staff as he prepared to "publish a poorly researched and sourced story."

The letter refutes any and all allegations against the Church, especially any against its "ecclesiastical leader," David Miscavige. While the exposé claims that he secretly recorded Cruise's confessions during auditing sessions and served as a "third wheel" in his romantic relationships, the rep disputes the notion by citing Miscaviges extensive traveling. The letter reads:

Tags: bigotry, david miscavige, expose, graydon carter, ignorance, journalism, magazine, maureen orth, scientology, staff, story, tom cruise, vanity fair

This is just low.

A principle of a Texas technical school has decided to shut down the cosmetology program all because a gay man enrolled in the classes!

Ugh! How deplorable!

The Taylor Career Center has been offering the adult program since 2009, but that all changed after the principle Thomas Amons noticed 22-year-old Kwmane Gray attending the classes.

Since it's illegal to deny admission to a student strictly

Tags: awful, bigotry, career, deplorable, discrimination, gay student, kwmane gray, principle, sad, taylor career center, texas, thomas amons

Wow! We can't even believe this show lasted as long as it did.

If you thought Jerry Springer's talk show was low class, wait until you catch a glimpse of José Luis Sin Censura (above), a Spanish-speaking talk show that caters to the ignorant minds that are holding this country back.

Episodes regularly featured male guests being berated as a "puto" (which translates to "f*ggot") or female guests being called a "puta" ("whore) by the ENTIRE audience!

While physical confrontations are often teased, but usually prevented on Springer, guests accused of being gay were PUMMELED by other guests and even some irrational audience members!

Yes, this wildly offensive daytime guilty pleasure for Spanish-speaking Americans allowed and basically endorsed hate crimes.

However, thanks to the efforts of GLAAD and the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), the show — which aired in over 30 markets across the country — has been PERMANENTLY removed from the EstrellaTV network's schedule.

Alex Nogales, President & CEO of NHMC,

Tags: bigotry, daytime, faggot, ignorance, jerry springer, sad, talk show