As I have pointed out earlier, Mary Mitchell has been a steadfast supporter of Barack Obama. I haven't read every article that Mitchell wrote in relation to Obama, however everytime her support is mentioned toward him it is men, it is mentioned in the context of race.

At a time when African Americans are on the cusp of watching a barrier come crashing down,

As such, the only times I have seen her attack Obama is in response to his own attacks on African American figures. She made several attacks of Obama vis a vis Reverend Jeremiah Wright, and then there is this defense of Louis Farrakhan

When Sen. Barack Obama "rejected" and "denounced" the support of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan during the MSNBC debate last week, it wasn't his finest hour.

What is more revealing is the obfuscations and moral equivalency that she uses to defend Farrakhan...

No matter how many times Farrakhan explains, defends or refutes anti-Semitic comments that have been attributed to him, his kiss is still the kiss of death.

...

The point here, of course, is that these men -- one the pastor of an 8,000-member congregation where the church roll reads like a Who's Who of the Chicago black elite, and the other the leader of an organization that has historically saved young men from crime and drugs -- are unfit to even speak of Obama.

Now, if Farrakhan has apologized for some of these statements, I didn't hear about. Let's just give a sampling of some of his racist remarks. (source)

The real anti-Semites are those who came out of Europe and settled in
Palestine, and now they call themselves the true Jews, when in fact, they
converted to Judaism (2007)

...

“I heard from a very reliable source that under that levee there was a 25
foot hole, which suggested that it may have been blown up, so that the water
would destroy the black part of town, and where the whites lived, it would be
dry.” (9/12/2005)

...

White people are potential humans…they haven’t evolved yet."
(3/18/2000)

...

I call them the so-called Jews because to be a Jew you have to adhere to
the statutes and laws that create the special relationship. How can you be a Jew
and promote homosexual marriage (3/18/2004)

Now, many of these were within the last couple years. Yet, in the view of Mary Mitchell he has apologized profusely for them. Mitchell just can't seem to grasp that the endorsement of a racist maybe a problem to a politician, but then again why would a racist see the endorsement of another racist as a problem.

Now, contrast Mitchell's support of Farrakhan to her crude attack on Don Imus.

Don Imus needs to go home, permanently.And while he's at it, he can take his radio producer with him. Although Imus deserves all the bombs being tossed his way for referring to black members of the Rutger's basketball as "nappy-headed hos," McGuirk led off by first referring to them as "hardcore hos." Neither one of these men would dare call white women soccer players hos on air.

I don't know what pisses me off the most--the fact that Imus and his sidekick get paid for entertaining white listeners by bashing black people, as was pointed out by the Rev. Jesse Jackson , or the fact that black people had to protest before CBS Radio and MSNBC took any action against Imus. Didn't one executive at either outlet know all hell was about to break loose?

Now, I don't know anyone that apologized more profusely for their remarks than Imus did. Furthermore, Imus does all sorts of good things in the community. Yet, when he made his remarks, Mitchell was quick and brutal in not only denunciating him, but in calling for him to be fired. In Mitchell's world, white racists have no place making a living, while African American racists, like herself, are given every opportunity.

The other thing that is interesting is that Mitchell sees Obama's distance as nothing more than politicking.

Fortunately for Obama, most black people understand the game.

...

Although Obama scored points for defusing a political bomb, his answer was
insulting.

Yet the stakes are too high for African Americans to lose faith.

...

Obama should have found a way to escape Russert's trap without denigrating Farrakhan's legacy.

But, like I said, we understand.

In other words, in Mitchell's view, Obama's renunciation was nothing more than pandering to white voters because he needs their votes. She believes that Obama really does subscribe to Farrakhan but can't outwardly admit it because Farrakhan has been unfairly demonized by whites.

Once again, the chutzpah that Mitchell shows is breathtaking. Imagine if a white person had been insulted when John McCain distanced himself from John Hagee. Imagine if the same person had said we white people understand the game. Imagine if the white person had excused Hagee's incendiary remarks by pointing to the good Hagee had done in the community. Imagine if the white person had ended the article by saying, "like I said, we understand". The furor would have been overwhelming again. Yet, Mitchell is able to defend Farrakhan, turn it into a black and white issue, and proclaim that black people understand that Obama is only pandering to whites, and get away with it.

Finally, there is this interesting quote toward the end of the article.

Other longtime supporters of the Nation of Islam are willing to forgive Obama for playing into the hands of his staunchest critics.

"There is a new level of political maturity that one can observe going on in the black movement," said Conrad Worrill, a professor at Northeastern Illinois University Jacob Carruther's Center, and a co-founder of the National Black United Front."

Right now, people are exercising political discipline as it centers around the goals of the black electoral empowerment movement. In the '60s, '70s or '80s, if this kind of condemnation had taken place by one of our revered leaders, there would have been a verbal bloodbath," he said.

"But the more we engaged in verbal rhetoric, the more our enemies used it against us. It is just unfortunate that at this moment in history we don't have the kind of power as a people to keep us from capitulating to forces that have their own agenda."

What is the National Black United Front?

The National Black United Front (NBUF) is a coalition made up of individuals and organizations working together for the benefit of all people of African descent.

Among its goals and platforms is an Afro Centric education curriculum in the public schools, reparations for slavery, and this...

On Friday, October 25, 1996, the National Black United Front (NBUF) launched a National Petition Drive charging the United States Government with genocide.

The National Black United Front takes the position that the proliferation of the distribution and sale of crack cocaine by Africans in America street organizations has reached epidemic proportions, causing serious harm to the African community in America. This harm can only be described as acts of genocide by the United States government through its Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

In addition to the acts of genocide perpetuated through the CIA and in this recent revelation, acts of genocide can also be attributed to the government's use of taxpayers resources to wage war on a segment of the American population. this can be evidenced by the following:

So, this group believes, like Reverend Wright, that the CIA introduced crack cocaine into the inner cities. Now, it is journalistically dishonest to quote the head of this group without setting context of what this group is all about. Then again, it is likely that Mitchell believes that the CIA introduced crack cocaine into the inner cities and so she likely didn't see anything wrong in quoting him.

Thus, to review, we have a column in which a racist, homophobe and anti Semite is defended. He is defended by using the most outrageous obfuscations and moral equivalencies. Furthermore, a politician is attacked when he attacks this racist, and ultimately that attack is chalked up to cynical politics.

Here is the contact information for her boss and editor: i Tom McNamee and you can complain to him by calling 312-321-2510, emailing @ tmcnamee@suntimes.com, or faxing to 312-321-2122.

This is the first official day since I called for racist Sun Times columnist to be fired. Mitchell, who's notorious writing includes this nugget

          Whites don't get it, blacks do, and it's time to move on

published her most recent piece yesterday. While the piece has only subtle allusions to her standard issue black superiority and separationist ideologies, it was long on personal attacks on specific folks. Here is how she described Hillary

But I am also sick of Hillary Clinton's high-pitched screech and her phony
laugh.

And her pantsuits are really getting me down. There's nothing that reminds a woman more of her matronly status than seeing a peer in a brightly colored pantsuit that tries, but fails, to camouflage her spreading hips.

Hillary's know-it-all attitude is irritating, but I am especially fed up with her "I'm the luckiest woman alive to have a husband like Bill" routine that she launches into whenever she wins a state.

Here is how she views John McCain

But I'm also sick of seeing John McCain wave to a room of white supporters.

Even though did he visit New Orleans' devastated Ninth Ward, which is predominantly poor and black, the clips that we see most often is of McCain and other whites. Well, I did see some footage of McCain with a black man, but the man was really old, and looked too much like a servant in a plantation-era movie.

Mitchell's classless behavior takes on a new low when she even cynically attacks McCain's wife...

And I'm already tired of McCain's ram-rod, every-hair-in-place, toothpick of a wife.

In many ways, her pieces remind me of most of my fraternity mates only they were racist against African Americans and most importantly they didn't get paid for their racism.

It's interesting because most of the racists I have met felt superior to others in general. I certainly get the same general impression of Mitchell. From much of her writing she isn't merely a racist, but she just generally feels superior to others. There is a certain obscene chutzpah in someone proclaiming to be so cynical and fed up with the process when all the contribute is vile, filth, and divisiveness to that process.

The print edition of the Sun Times today had a plethora of interesting advertisers that must be made aware that their advertising dollars are supporting a racist. The advertiser that needs to be contacted most is Cook Brothers Warehouse because their ad is found opposite to the reactions to Mitchell's column yesterday. Here is their contact information.

As you might expect, the list of advertisers in the Sun Times is rather eclectic. National retailers like ABT, US Cellular, Macy's and Nikon share space with local retailers like Golf Mill Ford, Razny Jewelers, and Park Place Homes. Any advertiser that continues to sponsor in the Sun Times is not only giving tacit approval to her racism but they help subsidize it.

Enough is enough. Here is a copy of the email I sent Cook Brothers.

My name is Michael Volpe and I am blogger at
www.theeprovocateur.blogspot.com

In today's Chicago Sun Times your ad was facing the page that had the reactions to Mary Mitchell's latest column. Mary Mitchell is a racist and she has made a career out of spewing racist vile. Just recently she started one of her colums like this

"White people don't get it, black people do, now it's time to move on"

Last week, her column had this passage in the middle,

"At a time when African Americans are on the cusp of watching a barrier come crashing down, up jumps a divisive issue that is being driven by those outside of the black community.

...

There is no institution in the black community more respected than the black church. And the notion that white pundits can dictate what constitutes unacceptable speech in the black church is repulsive to most black people."

This sort of racist and separtist filth is much of what is wrong with our national discourse, and it wouldn't be tolerated if Mitchell were white. Yet, she is given a free pass for it because she is African American.

Enough is enough, and she must be held to account. Racism is racism and I don't believe your advertising dollars should go to subsidize a racist. I hope you concur. I hope to hear from you on this. I am starting a campaign to finally hold her accountable and I hope you will do what's right and withhold advertising from the Sun Times until they deal with Mitchell properly.

You can reach Cook Brothers here.

I finished a recent piece by proclaiming this...

Mary Mitchell's racism is no longer in question. The only question is how
much longer she will continue to earn a living from it.

I have decided to do everything I can to make the answer to the second sentence as short as possible. Before, I delve more into that I think it is appropriate to review somethings I have already pointed out along with some things I have since learned.

It all started with a column that started like this...

Whites don't get it, blacks do -- and it's time to move on

That blatantly racist proclamation was followed by one just as racist.

At a time when African Americans are on the cusp of watching a barrier come crashing down, up jumps a divisive issue that is being driven by those outside of the black community.

...

There is no institution in the black community more respected than the black church. And the notion that white pundits can dictate what constitutes unacceptable speech in the black church is repulsive to most black people.

Now, I have only begun to really analyze her work however I have no doubt those types of racist rants are plentiful and at least one reader concurs

If you are a reader of Mary Mitchell, you already know that in her world, there is no right and wrong, there is only black and white!I could cite many of her writings and find it amazing that she gets away with it further, she never answers any of the queries by the public!The vitriolic rantings by Rev. Wright is only another platform to blame the White Community for all the sins of the world.and her defense of his rantings, just further pulls the community apart.

I have also discovered some new information since my last piece. I found some very disturbing information.

I'm on the third day of a six-day bus tour through Pennsylvania as part of the media contingent covering the Obama campaign, and I have heard only one voter mention the name of Jeremiah Wright. Even then, the young white male dismissed the controversy as irrelevant.

Mary Mitchell is a columnist not a reporter. Furthermore, she has been decidedly in the tank for Obama for the entire campaign. What in the world is she doing being part of a contingent "covering the campaign"? Those reporters are supposed to at least give the presentation of being unbiased. Can anyone imagine the uproar if a newspaper sent out a decidedly pro McCain columnist to cover the campaign? Is it any wonder Mitchell found almost no one that was "concerned about the Wright controversy". I doubt it was her intention to find any. Then, she said this...

People who are concerned about Wright can no longer remain silent. At 7:00 p.m. Monday night, friends and supporters of Wright will hold a rally and prayer vigil at Trinity United Church of Christ to show support for their church and their retired pastor.

Mitchell has in fact been defending Wright from the beginning and she continues to defend him to this day.

Furthermore, she has spent the better part of the campaign accusing the Clinton campaign of stirring up the race card

Hillary again playing the race card

Polarizing politics seen as her only way to slow Obama's roll

If that isn't the pot calling the kettle black, I don't know what is.

She even attacked Obama for not defending Louis Farrakhan

When Sen. Barack Obama "rejected" and "denounced" the support of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan during the MSNBC debate last week, it wasn't his finest hour.

This has to stop. The irony is that she has been doing this most of her career. As such it is not only that much more obscene, but it is that much more difficult to hold her accountable. Mary Mitchell is free to say what she wants however she is not free to receive a handsome living from being a racist.

I believe she can be held to account and everyone and everything else that set up a system that allowed a racist.


Thus, I am starting a campaign to get Mitchell fired that I am calling Mitchell Gate. I am announcing right here and now that Mary Mitchell must be fired immediately. There are many things everyone can do immediately. First instance, her boss is Tom McNamee and you can complain to him by calling 312-321-2510, emailing @ tmcnamee@suntimes.com, or faxing to 312-321-2122.

In order for this to work though, the advertisers of the Sun Times and Mitchell's columns in particular must be held to account. I believe a lot of advertisers find themselves supporting Mitchell without even knowing it. If they were contacted many of them would do the right thing. For instance, by merely going to each of her columns online you find several major corporations and businesses: Land Rover, Intel, Grossinger GMC, State Farm, XM Sattellite Radio, and Blackberry. I haven't even gotten to any of the companies that advertise in their print paper everyday.

I believe that I should lead by example so I will not only contact as many of these folks myself but also post emails I sent from time to time. I hope others will share their emails in the comments section. Let's remember the stakes folks. If Mary Mitchell is allowed to make money from being a racist, she can open up a niche for such venom. If she is held to account, it will make it that much more difficult for the next racist to profit.

Now, to start the campaign off, here is contact information for each company I listed: Intel, Grossinger GMC, State Farm, XM Satellite Radio,Ford, and BlackBerry.

Also, here is a copy of my email to Tom McNamee

Mr. McNamee,

In the last four weeks Mary Mitchell has published two virulently racist columns. As her editor, you had the responsibility of approving these columns. By that measure I assume that your editorial positions include such thoughts as

Black people get it, white people don't, now it's time to move on.

Mitchell has made a living out of being a racist and you have given her tacit approval as long as you have been her editor. This is inexcusable. Earlier during the campaign, Mitchell accused Hillary Clinton of playing the race card and just yesterday Mitchell said this

There is no institution in the black community more respected than the black church. And the notion that white pundits can dictate what constitutes unacceptable speech in the black church is repulsive to most black people.

It is nothing short of brazen chutzpah for Mitchell to on the one hand accuse someone else of playing the race card and then play it herself so blatantly. In my opinion, it is nothing short of incompetence for her editor to allow it. That is exactly what you have done. Furthermore, Mitchell herself proclaimed that she was part of a group of journalists "covering the campaign" of Barack Obama. She has been in the tank for Obama the entire campaign. Since when is a columnist with a clear bias toward a candidate assigned to cover that candidate?

In fact, your newspaper has allowed Mitchell to make a good living being a racist and as long as you have been her boss, you are the main culprit for that behavior. You have an opportunity at long last to do the right thing and hold her accountable. I will be watching and I have started a campaign to have Mary Mitchell removed from her duties. If you don't do it I will.

When Jimmy the Greek uttered these notorious words,

bred to be the better athlete because, this goes all the way to the Civil War when ... the slave owner would breed his big woman so that he would have a big black kid

not only was he fired by CBS but his entire career was ended. He lived out the rest of his days in infamy generating little to no income. Such was the fate of a white person that was branded with the term of racist.

If the Chicago Sun Times were to hire David Duke it would likely face uncontrollable and intense protests. Their business would grind nearly to a halt and the company would likely go under. Such is the fate of any newspaper hiring a white racist.

Yet, the Chicago Sun Times has absolutely no problem and faces absolutely no criticism for hiring an African American racist in Mary Mitchell. I first noticed the incendiary and racist thoughts of Mary Mitchell in a column that started as such

Black people get it, white people don't, now let's move on

Outside of my own criticism, I didn't pick up on anger from anywhere. Despite the outrageous and racist tone of the column, Mary Mitchell and the Sun Times faced absolutely no criticism. It appears in the world of news, while hiring a white racist is a taboo, an African American racist is perfectly fine.

Thus, it should come as no surprise that this racist has just finished yet another racist column.

This is a sad day for Black America.

At a time when African Americans are on the cusp of watching a barrier come crashing down, up jumps a divisive issue that is being driven by those outside of the black community.

Obviously, Wright's timing for a press conference about his sermons couldn't have been worse. Still, when Obama says he is "offended" by Wright's latest comments -- given in defense against an orchestrated assault on his character and on his ministry -- he's opening up a can of worms.

There is no institution in the black community more respected than the black church. And the notion that white pundits can dictate what constitutes unacceptable speech in the black church is repulsive to most black people.

Now, let's try an experiment...

This is a sad day for White America.

At a time when Caucasians are on the cusp of watching a barrier come crashing down, up jumps a divisive issue that is being driven by those outside the white community.

...

There is no institution in the white community more respected than the white church and the notion that African American pundits can dictate what is acceptable speech in the white church is repulsive to most white people.

The first quote will likely be viewed as provocative and the second would be shocking and racist. It appears that in America if you are an African American racist with a gift for putting words together you can be a columnist or commentator, while if you switched that around, you would be shunned.

Mitchell used the term "repulsed as part of her diatrobe. I will tell you what repulses me. What repulses me is that a major newspaper in a very large city would legitimize her racism by giving her a regular platform. Furthermore, I found this particular article at Real Clear Politics which gives it even more credibility. What is repulsive to me is that major media outlets choose to legitimize racism by giving it a platform.

Jimmy the Greek uttered one racial thought and his entire career was ended. Mary Mitchell makes those thoughts a career.

The stakes could not be higher. If racism pays, it will encourage more racism. Mary Mitchell will spawn the next generation of African American racists looking to cash in on their racism. She will create more proteges who will continue to spew more of the same filth and continue to poison the waters through their incendiary language. The simple fact of the matter is that society should never stand for a racist no matter their color, and certainly racists should not make racism their profession. The Chicago Sun Times has offered just such an outlet for one and it is unacceptable. Mary Mitchell's racism is no longer in question. The only question is how much longer she will continue to earn a living from it.