Washington (CNN) — Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's remarks about whether "the Negro" fared better under slavery represents the latest in a series of incendiary racial comments from a new crop of folk heroes embraced in some conservative circles.
On Saturday, Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher who has risen to prominence because of his dispute with the Bureau of Land Management, held forth about “the Negro,” and how black people may have been better off under slavery than now. When I read
(CNN) — Cliven Bundy — the Nevada rancher turned conservative folk hero for bucking the federal government's attempts to stop his cattle from grazing on public land — admits he doesn't understand the bipartisan uproar over his comments suggesting
Cliven Bundy, everybody's favorite Nevada land-fee delinquent, took it to another level this week by questioning whether black people were better off as slaves. Bundy insists his comments weren't racist, just that he's
On Saturday, Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher who has risen to prominence because of his dispute with the Bureau of Land Management, held forth about “the Negro,” and how black people may have been better off under slavery than now. When I read
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