Chauncey DeVega
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Birthday
- September 11
- Title
- A (Sometimes) Respectable Negro
- Bio
- Editor and Founder of the blog We Are Respectable Negroes
He has been a guest on the BBC, Ring of Fire Radio, Ed Schultz, Joshua Holland's Alternet Radio Hour, the Burt Cohen show, and Our Common Ground.
His essays have been featured by Salon, Alternet, the New York Daily News, and the Daily Kos.
The NY Times, the Daily Beast, the Utne Reader, Washington Monthly, Slate, and the Week (among others) have featured his expert commentary and analysis on race, politics, and popular culture.
MY RECENT POSTS
- A Country of Strangers: Racial
Framing and Superstorm Sandy
November 05, 2012 04:17PM - What are the Real Burdens
Faced by a Black President?
October 18, 2012 04:53PM - Forget Boxing, the 2012
Election is More Like Pro
Wrestling
October 12, 2012 01:23PM - That Was No Rope-a-Dope: Obama
Got His Butt Kicked by Romney
October 04, 2012 12:26PM - The "Obama Phone" Lady vs.
Angry White Men with Guns
October 02, 2012 10:56AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “@L. There is so much
hostility and animus out
there, the
implicit bias that
is lo…”
October 18, 2012 06:39PM - “@MS. Thanks, how kind.
Appreciated.”
October 04, 2012 07:34PM - “The personal is
political as I keep saying on
these matters.
Funny, how few
folks…”
August 14, 2012 05:58PM - “@all thanks for your
comments and interventions
against the
mouth breathers
who i…”
August 12, 2012 10:04PM - “Every little effort
helps. We shall see.”
May 11, 2012 03:32PM
Chauncey DeVega's Links
- Editor’s Pick
- 25872 Views
- 62 Comments
Rush Limbaugh and the Crisis in White Conservative Manhood
MARCH 6, 2012 1:14PM EST
- Editor’s Pick
- 27589 Views
- 65 Comments
Trayvon Martin and Life Lessons for Young Black Boys
MARCH 19, 2012 2:06PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 14092 Views
- 58 Comments
Trayvon Martin is Dead Because Black People are "Scary"
MARCH 26, 2012 1:51PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 7802 Views
- 40 Comments
Cognitive Dissonance and the Tea Bagger Phenomenon
MARCH 29, 2010 11:40AM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 12756 Views
- 56 Comments
Republican Racism is an Air Raid Siren, Not a Dog Whistle
JANUARY 18, 2012 3:44PM EST
- Editor’s Pick
- 10329 Views
- 57 Comments
Smearing Trayvon Martin: Blacks Commit More Crime And...
MARCH 29, 2012 2:36PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 9517 Views
- 52 Comments
The Big Lie: Tea Party Rebranding and Liberal "Infiltrators"
APRIL 20, 2010 3:14PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 3474 Views
- 32 Comments
A Young Republican vs the Human Face of the Great Recession
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 2:42PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 3497 Views
- 69 Comments
Violence: The Real Motives Driving Obama as an Ape Imagery
APRIL 19, 2011 1:56PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 6585 Views
- 32 Comments
Did You Know that America is Becoming a Cruel(er) Nation?
OCTOBER 6, 2011 2:37PM EDT
- 2355 Views
- 47 Comments
An Open Letter to Newt Gingrich From the Son of a Janitor
DECEMBER 29, 2011 5:13PM EST
- Editor’s Pick
- 7373 Views
- 47 Comments
Iowa and Beyond: "Common Sense" Racism and the Tea Party GOP
JANUARY 4, 2012 4:37PM EST
- Editor’s Pick
- 16405 Views
- 57 Comments
Romney's "Dog Whistles" Are Clear to White Racists Online
AUGUST 9, 2012 2:42PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 3576 Views
- 43 Comments
(Black to the Future): Of "Negro" and the 2010 Census
JANUARY 8, 2010 1:50AM EST
- 2171 Views
- 22 Comments
The Genius of Romney's "Obama is a Lazy Negro" Ad
MAY 31, 2012 3:48PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 3188 Views
- 43 Comments
That Was No Rope-a-Dope: Obama Got His Butt Kicked by Romney
OCTOBER 4, 2012 12:29PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 5455 Views
- 33 Comments
The Lie of White Victimhood: In Defense of Shirley Sherrod
JULY 20, 2010 6:09PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 7217 Views
- 34 Comments
Trouble in Sanford! Negroes Plot Revenge for Trayvon Martin!
APRIL 6, 2012 2:29PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 11983 Views
- 49 Comments
A Very Impersonal Thing: Ron Paul's Polite White Racism
JANUARY 25, 2012 1:28PM EST
- Editor’s Pick
- 4112 Views
- 74 Comments
George Zimmerman: I am Sorry Your Son Ran Into My Bullet
APRIL 23, 2012 4:39PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 4590 Views
- 47 Comments
Further Proof that Racism is Not an "Opinion"
MAY 1, 2012 3:07PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 7773 Views
- 27 Comments
"Niggerization": Toure was Right About Romney's Race Baiting
AUGUST 17, 2012 1:10PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 1892 Views
- 46 Comments
Real Talk: Day to Day Racism in Barack Obama's America
JANUARY 18, 2010 3:00AM EST
- Editor’s Pick
- 3787 Views
- 23 Comments
White Supremacists Reflect on the Sikh Temple Massacre
AUGUST 6, 2012 2:03PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 4145 Views
- 42 Comments
Yes, Biden Can Talk to Blacks in Ways That the GOP Cannot
AUGUST 22, 2012 3:50PM EDT
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