“this definition reflects the long experience with slavery and later with Jim Crow segregation. In the South it became known as the “one-drop rule,'’ meaning that a single drop of “black blood” makes a person a black. It is also known as the “one black ancestor rule,” some courts have called it the “traceable amount rule,” and anthropologists call it the “hypo-descent rule,” meaning that racially mixed persons are assigned the status of the subordinate group. This definition emerged from the American South to become the nation’s definition, generally accepted by whites and blacks. He is the FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT!!!

First off, all of these people that are saying that Obama will be the first black President are wrong. By saying that you are denying his true heritage on his moms side. He is BI-RACIAL people NOT black. I am a democrat but will be voting for McCain cause I think Obama is a snake and a phony.

What a lot of people do not seem to understand is that Nas is an activist. This man made an album that was saturated with political activism and he took a stand in front of the entire nation. He cannot make this stand alone. This is 2008 and we still have to hear rascist archaic terms in conjunction with the man that was selected by the people as the presidential democratic nominee. Not only are these verbal attacks centered around him, but his wife and children! Are you kidding me?! They were made by a nationally recognized news sindicate that people tune to every day for news. There is no politically correct way to justify their vituperation to Senator Obama and his family. I am even more disguisted at the closed-minded remarks and mind states of so many Americans who post ridiculous comments and remarks on this very subject. Wake up people. Dont hate the messenger, just listen to the message. This nation scares me.

When I see one, just one black person on Fox hosting his/her own political show on a weekday or weekend, my pov may change, but for now i personally believe that the fnc with ppl like hannity, doocy, ed hill, and oreilly on the air with no balance, is a racist organization.

The funny thing about this whole argument is that people claiming fox news is racist are the same people supporting a racist for president. You know the sad thing is that so many on the left support a guy for president that is so close in ties to his racist church and its pastor that anyone who believes he is not harboring the same views is an idiot. Even more useless and pathetic are the white people that support this anti-white candidate for president - thats just plain stupid. Oh and save the arguments I have heard them all before and don’t buy them (”oh but he’s half white how can he be racist against whites? He has chosen which group he associates with and it isn’t the boyscouts its the racist church Trinity United Church of Christ). So you all should really examine what organization or person you are claiming is the racist with the kind of candidate your supporting.

Nas is right,Fixed News is racist.MoveOn is not racist,nor biased.Now groups like Freedom Watch,and Let Freedom Ring,are racist.

Fox is simply the infomercial channel for the GOP. The GOP is racist, by extension so is Fox.

When will Fox hire a black person to host one of their political talk shows? Never, huh? I figured that.

you think Nas raps about this because he wants to promote the left and degrade the right. I don’t think so. Explain the “terrorist fist bump”, O’Reilly clearly says “holla” with much hate.

I can’t say that the network is racist, but I can say that a lot of the people on fox show no respect for other races and cultures in our country which is disgusting.

Screw fox, I’m not apart of a political party but it is the most clearly biased station. I wish I was a better writer so I could express how I feel about them more clearly in better detail. I watch this terrible station so that I get the bias that both sides show, but it is so horrible to watch….

Colbert is hilarious.

Oh, and one more thing, just b/c the majority of Americans are conservative, and fox is so high rated and popular. Means nothing. Sorry fellow Americans, I feel a lot less people are educated enough to have an fair, educated, unbiased opinion. It means a majority of Americans subconsciously feed off of the same biased idea that fox gives them. I wonder if that has anything to do w/ how we got a president like this elected. And when I say that, I’m referring to the war, and the economy. Not his conservative policy and his troubled speaking.

Great Nas album btw, to whoever said its his worst in years… idiot….

Well, it’s no secret that Fox is racist and homophobic. It’s good that more people are doing something to get this trash off the air.

Nas is right, and his album is great. No one is music is taking as honestly and truthful as he is. Go Nas and keep protesting. We need voices as strong as his, that speak the truth like Bob Dylan, Woodie Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen. We never know when the next one comes, they just do. Pay attention people…

It’s been known for awhile in this campaign season that the Left is using the tactic of labeling criticism of Obama as “racist.” Nas’s accusation of “racism” against FOX News is simply a Leftist political ’stance’ designed to silence an opposing source of information.

ColorOfChange is the MoveOn.org for the black community. It’s all part of the Leftist network headed up by George Soros-affiliated partisan NGOs. The fact of ColorOfChange reaching out to Nas and getting him involved in the Left’s campaign season tactics, should be apparent to all.

And, FOX as the most popular news station, is a popular source for the right-of-center perspective and, hence, they’ve long been a partisan target for the Left.

One can review the history of the Left’s attacks on FOX News and find a whole litany of supercilious charges, from the Left’s NGO network, directed against the news station. “Racism” is only the latest.

Nas has now joined in the effort, recruited by ColorOfChange which is a minority-oriented MoveOn duplicate.

I hope any free-thinkers will keep this in mind. For the “blind” partisans, i.e., the Brownshirts, it wouldn’t matter anyway.

To “free thinkers” (either partisan or non-partisan), facts are facts. For us, empirical truth reigns over self-serving partisan political ’stances.’

No one should be fooled by this latest Leftist political gambit against the Right.

this is to the comment titled ridiculous.

if you knew anything about Nas you would know of his conflicts with both Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson
whom are one of the reasons his album is untitled.

so i wouldnt call other people ignorant when you yourself dont know the whole truth.

and the fact that you respect a news station that repeatedly used racist
slanders and then apologized and says another racist comment the very next week is kinda sad.

So since Nas is so concerned about fairness in the media I now expect him to go after NBC, CBS, the New York Times and the rest of the media for being completely in the tank for Obama. Oh wait a minute…

O’Reilly and Fox News is a racist hatemonger? I’ve seen Sharpton, Jesse Jackson Cam’ron, Damon Dash, Malik Shabazz, and DJ Star on the O’Reilly Factor. I don’t see many people with opposite views on Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

By doing this Nas is becoming nothing more than the left wing equivalent of what he is going after. For someone who claims to speak the truth he ignores a lot of facts to do so.

How is it that Nas will eagerly go after Fox News, yet ignores Dan Rather’s goof of calling Obama Osama bin Laden? Or Jesse Jackson’s racist comments directed towards Obama on national television? Or the washington post’s article detailing Obama’s “radical muslim history,” a story that has since been unequivocally debunked?

You’re kidding yourself if you think Fox News is the only news outlet guilty of poor or off-putting remarks, or if you think any of the other networks are any better.

Say what you want about Fox News, but the fact is, they employ more minorities than any other news network, and actually offer a conservative point of view on a major network, something that was missing from news reporting for over 30 years. My biggest criticism of Fox is that they spend far too much time on pop-culture and celebrity gossip. Interestingly enough, they are also the most transparent of all the news agencies in that they have a list available of all their employees, contributors, guests, and advertisers, something that can’t be said of other networks.

I myself am not a conservative, but as an american I believe more viewpoints on issues is always a good thing. It has been said that among those groups who think alike very little thinking is involved.

And excellent job rolling stone, on trying to skew O’Reilly’s words. He said he would not condone a lynching party after a caller basically suggested that very thing (not in a literal sense of course). And as for his comments on Sylvia’s, the african american restaurant, Al freaking Sharpton (the ultimate race-baiter) was with O’Reilly at the restaurant, and was in no way offended by his comments, and actually came to his defense, as those words were also selectively picked apart and placed out of context on media matters.

Also, Al Sharpton happens to be a contributor to Fox News. Do you really think that he, of all people, would be contribute to an anti-black organization?

Nas is either a hypocrite or is hopelessly ignorant.

an internet forum that any yahoo like you can post on, open to the public is SO far differnt than allowing on air personalities to refer to an ivy league educated man as Barack Husein Obama, calling his wife his baby mama, and implying he has links to terror. You too should go learn something.

MoveOn.org’s petition that accuses Fox News of racism is quite audacious for an organization that welcomed anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic, and even racist (against Black Republicans) hate speech at an Internet forum over which it exercised editorial control. I am referring to MoveOn’s now disgraced Action Forum.

Kenny,

To quote Rodney Dangerfield, “Who made you Pope of this Dump?”

Kenny are you for real? “Left wing lunatics preach tolerance but can’t accept the conservative point of view?” Is the conservative point of view racism, and trying to create ties between a presidential cadidates fist pump and terrorism? I think not. Your comment makes no sense. Go learn something.

Steve- Annie, Debz…get a grip. As Sandor said, it is only the left wing lunatics that preach tolerance yet don’t accept a conservative point of view that give FNC a bad name. Fact is it is the highest rated and most watched news channel. More Americans have a conservative POV than the vocal minority of leftists.

Nice, Meatwad … a typical intelligent response from the American ignorami. Bet you watch Faux News too.

Hey Debz, go to another country you ungrateful b*tch.

It’s about time someone started preaching to the part of America who are most vulnerable to subliminal messages from the crooks in our government’s very own News network…the part of America that has no idea of the BS they’re feeding to those who have no idea what they’ve done…and will continue to do until all of America is aware of the brainwashing being implemented by the people in leadership who have their own agendas.

Until recently, I only knew what they taught us in school…the curriculum they strategically placed so we would only learn what they wanted us to know…not the REAL history.

Otherwise, everyone would know that the wars we’ve fought were only fought for monetary gain…not because they were necessary.

I’m so happy Nas stepped up. I wasn’t a big fan of his music before because I always felt he was too serious, too philosophical, too wordy…but at the same time, I knew that what he was rapping was all true. FINALLY there is someone out there people will listen to…especially young America, and black America as well. In the past, I never understood why African Americans were always bitching and complaining about their rights being violated…and like most of America, ignored it. Now, I see. The biggest crooks in America somehow miraculously made it to the highest seats in our government…and they did it because they are motivated by money. And those who aren’t motivated by money…are the sociopaths, like Karl Rove, a brilliant mind, but as Evil as the devil himself. Who knows why they’ve dedicated their lives to manipulating the WORLD into their own money making machine. It’s sick and appalling, and sometimes I wish I was still ignorant.

But I’m not, and I always wondered why, if people know about the corruption, nobody was willing to stand up to it and call them out on it. We are a country of millions, and they are only a handful in numbers. And Nas, finally found a way to reach those who are naive of this sick country’s agenda. WOOHOO. I just can’t wait to see what happens. Will he succeed in making America aware? Or will the Karl Roves of America use it against him and somehow spin it to their advantage? I hope that doesn’t happen, but you never know what they’ll come up with next.

And if Nas were to have a debate with Bill O’Reilly, I’m highly confident that Nas knows his shit. He’s not what they think he is…and if O’Reilly ever got a chance to listen to his music, he’ll know never to accept that challenge.

Thank you Nas. Fight media w/ media.

How can you guys comment on music when this topic has nothing to do with an album? How can you say that racism in America and in so-called “news media” is a mole-hill? Do you understand the power of media?

Freedom of speech has nothing to do with NEWS REPORTING. You have an obligation to report OBJECTIVELY. Nas is addressing real issues that affect EVERY AMERICAN and you guys are talking about PUBLICITY FOR ALBUM SALES??

You can’t be serious.

If I was the one who organized the rally, Rolling Stones wouldn’t even be covering the event. Think about that… Instead of commending him for using his star power for a good cause, you try to cut him down.

Think this through before making empty comments like that.

Fox News is the #1 most-watched news outlet in the country. So, when they start saying things like a “terrorist fist jab,” the “baby mama” + “lynching party” comments, and an equivocation of “Barack Hussein Obama = Muslim = terrorist,” it by default becomes a huge problem.

If they were just some small alternative outlet, nobody should care. But they have more viewers out of any network, so Nas & Co. have all the reason to petition and protest their bullshit journalism.

Also, Nas’ new album is probably the best one that will come out this year. It’s content is heavy as sh!t (definitely deserving of its original “N!gger” title) and he is one of very few rappers who can legitly make these kinds of statements. (word to Chuck D and Immortal Technique)

First off, any sane person at FOX would (and should) be ashamed of the “terrorist fist bump” and “baby mama” incidents. Comments like that are outright racism, and black people have a right to be offended over them. However, I don’t believe that’s what is really bothing Nas and his cronies.

What they really hate is that FOX hasn’t jumped on the pro-Obama bandwagon with the rest of the media. CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, and The New York Times are presently engaged in what can only be called an Obama love-fest, and it annoys the leftist elite that there’s one network out there that hasn’t followed suit. Those few despicable incidents aside, FOX news is generally fair and balanced. They only seem conservative because of every other network’s huge liberal slant.

Also: 600,000 signatures is unimpressive considering the power and wealth of MoveOn.org’s left-wing smear machine. Bring me 10 million signatures and I’ll accept that the issue is of concern to mainstream America. Until then this looks like exactly what it is: Fanatics screaming about a mountain of racism that looks, to the rest of us, more like a mole-hill.

Nas is one of the best rappers of all time (everyone who loves music knows that). But the timing of this and his album are too close to make it seem that he wants publicity ESPECIALLY AFTER HIS ALBUM NAME CHANGE. His new album is doing well and oen of the best albums I heard but to me this is similar to what Eminem did for publicity.

I understand his view point and ColorOfChange. I just wonder why only the left protests…

Nas my brother- Fox does in fact suck. But your music sucks also.

They ARE scared of Nas. He’s bringing the heat to their network, whose owner Rupert Murdoch has admitted to having an agenda supportive of the Bush administration. They aren’t journalists, just a snazzy crew of white guys that want you to feel elite if you agree with them and fearful and alone if you do not. It’s amazing the network has lasted as long as it has.

Why shouldn’t he use his public currency to bring it to light? This isn’t the first or last time an entertainer has done something similar. They all know publicity is directly related to their work, and each use it to their benefit in a different way.
This is a major news network. Obviously there are choices out there, but I do agree that it’s time for them to be held accountable when you bring racist tactics into play.
People obviously can have different opinions, but what Fox is doing is breeding ignorance, in a country that’s already getting dumber by the day.
For every 99 people that turn away and bury their heads in the sand, good for the one who tries to do some good. It’s not gonna change anything, but maybe he did it for peace of mind in helping a worthy cause.

You most be white to make a statement like that. You idiot you are missing the bigger picture, they went to nas, nas didn’t go to them. FOX news needs to be called out on the racist comments that they make. Everyone has a freedom of speech but when it comes to speaking on national televsion it is a different story. If you don’t have anything to say positive about the siutation sit back and shut up.

I’m no fan of Fox or anything, but this just seems like something blown out of proportion by a music star who is trying to make his album important when it is his worst album in years. And even if the comments are racist, do they not have a freedom of speech?

Outstanding! More public figures need to hold this sorry excuse for a network accountable for its racist pandering.

Yeah, they’re scared of Nas … what an asshole. Fox DOES suck & has many problems, but Nas ain’t shit to them.