MSNBC host and cultural critic Touré is under fire this Memorial Day Weekend a Twitter exchange with an alleged descendant of Holocaust survivors where he attributed Holocaust survival to the "power of whiteness."
Racist A**hole Trolls Touré So, Of Course, Touré Must Apologize
May 26, 2014

Via Liberaland:

MSNBC host and cultural critic Touré is under fire this Memorial Day Weekend for, as down-the-middle website Mediaite puts it, “Chalk(ing) Up Holocaust Survival to ‘The Power of Whiteness’” in a Twitter exchange with an alleged descendant of Holocaust survivors. The right-wing blogosphere is up in arms over what “Black Nazi” Touré said, and if he really said that, maybe they’d have a point. It’s what these websites aren’t saying, though, that’s particularly telling.

Influential conservative website The Right Scoop characterized Touré’s remark as “Touré Thinks Being In A Concentratio...

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