So, as you can probably tell, the posts (or “hates,” as I like to call them) are kind of irratic, and I apologize. My plan is to have at least two hates a week, and by popular demand, I’ll be including some of the longer, more in-depth hates.

And have you been called out as a hater lately? Send what you love to hate on to hatedeez@gmail.com. Remember, just keep it civil.

Another entry is forthcoming. In the meantime, enjoy the prejudice map (for full version, click here):

Personal favorite? Turkey, known for two things: hospitality and using weapons.

The Today Show filed a story about Barack Obama appearing, for the second time, on the cover of Rolling Stone. If you watch it, about one minute into the story, they start talking about his musical tastes, and mention Jay Z:

They talk about the rapper for a second, play a song of his in the background, and show his picture:

This is Jay Z, right?

Wrong. Instead of showing Jay Z’s picture, they show a picture of Joe Budden.

According to a staff of probably 10 people, whose hands this story had to pass through before it got to the air, all black people look alike. And yes, this is the only conclusion I could come to because, Joe Budden? Seriously? How do you confuse this man:

With this man:

Also, who listens to Joe Budden religiously but doesn’t know who Jay Z is? And I won’t lie; for a second I was like, “Who is Joe Budden?” Then I listened to this.

Ah yes… I’ve heard this before, and so have you. It was most likely when in the club, at the point in the night when you wanted to stab yourself in the eye because of all the terrible music they were playing.

And here’s some added irony to the situation—Joe Budden has a Jay Z dis song. Looks like Matt Lauer was just used as a pawn in furthering Budden’s beef with The Jigga.

Damn you, Budden! This isn’t the last you’ve heard from me!

No hate today. Just this reflection:

The number one search item that brought people to my site? “KKK.” In fact, typing “KKK” into Google got my site 4x more hits than any other search query. Wonder what that says about my readership…

Hate On Me’s #1 fan!

Damn it.

I originally wanted to write a review of last night’s BET Awards, which is a gold mine of ignorance. Then DC Detritus kindly reminded me that “Shitting on BET is like beating up a retarded child.”

Well put.

Also, Al Green—I love your music, but you’re crazy now.

“I’m so honored and humbled by the academy of BET Awards—what y’all laughin’ at?”—actual quote.

And as a complete aside: I’m a huge Maxwell fan and was so excited to see him sing one of my favorite Al Green songs.

Okay, that’s it. More hate to come later.

So everybody’s favorite crazy white man in a cowboy hat (don’t pretend you don’t have a list of, like, five such individuals), Don Imus, said some stuff the other day that has gotten him into a bit of trouble.

Radio host Don Imus downplays race remarks

During his breakfast show on Monday on Citadel Broadcasting Corp’s ABC Radio Networks, Imus discussed Adam “Pacman” Jones, who was suspended by the National Football League in April 2007 because of his link to a Las Vegas triple shooting.

A colleague of Imus commented on how many times Jones had been arrested since he had been drafted by the Tennessee Titans in 2005, and Imus asked what color he was. Told that Jones is black, Imus responded: “Well, there you go. Now we know.”

But, “Nay!” Imus cries. It is not so—he wasn’t being racist. He was simply trying to be sarcastic.

Sound familiar?

Stereotyping eh? Not a fan of it, are we? Well, how about I do a little of that here so you get a feel for it—

Men who normally look like this:

And say things like this:

“That’s some nappy-headed hos there, I’m gonna tell you that now.”—Don Imus, in reference to the 2007 NCAA women’s basketball championship team, Rutgers University.

Aren’t usually the type to call out racism and march along side people like this:

Pretty sure their chants didn’t include, “What color is he?! Well, there you go!”

I know Donny, it’s hard when you make one mistake, and your actions and words are forever misconstrued in a negative light. Hard, too, when people are just constantly passing a surface judgments upon you. Sucks, doesn’t it?

“You’re telling me.”

Just thought I’d take a moment to acknowledge a great comedian died today. He inspired many of us in the new generation. Hopefully we can carry on his torch of unabashedly calling out ignorance.

Legendary Comedian George Carlin Dies at 71

“If you can’t beat them, arrange to have them beaten.”–George Carlin

Hello fellow haters and lovers,

I know it’s been quite awhile since my last post. So many hateful and ignorant things have happened that I just couldn’t keep up with it all. So here’s a mini-roundup of the past few weeks of ignorance:

The fist-bump heard around the world:

What’s great about this initial “report” (term used more loosely here than when applied to a 2nd grade science project) is that they kept calling it a “fist bump.” What the hell is that? And the only person with any sense in the newsroom to realize that people have been giving daps for years was probably the intern they forced to dig up all the footage of previous Obama pounds. Fox News also called it a “terrorist fist jab.” I now like to call it an Islamofacist pound. The blowup afterward is no coincidence, my friends.

Stick with high-fiving—as American as apple pie.

Getting stabbed over keeping the name “C-Thug.”

Two guys fighting over who is the real “C-Thug.” Really though? If you’re going to get cut for a nickname, this is probably the absolute worst one you could have been stabbed over. That and maybe C-Money… Or C-Dawg…. What’s even funnier is that it wasn’t one of the C-Thugs who stabbed the other, but a 44 year-old woman who didn’t want them arguing on her front lawn. I guess she’s the new C-Thug.

“Get the hell off my lawn”—C-Thug

A group of teenage girls making a pact to all get pregnant before graduation.

Damned Juno and her clever punchlines that no one ever uses in real life—so influential. And you want someone to love you? It’s called a Cabbage Patch Kid, girls. Look into it.

You’ll grow weary of me in a week, trust me.

Three in 10 Americans say they have a racial bias

The subheadline for this story should be “Seven in 10 Americans are liars.” Well maybe the seven don’t have any racial bias because they have black friends?

As good as belonging to the NAACP.

Well, what do you all think?

U.N. racism envoy tours United States

UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (UPI) — A U.N. investigator of racism and discrimination has begun a three-week visit to examine human rights abuses in the United States, a statement says

…..Some United States officials say the U.N. itself allows some of the worst rights abusers to sit on its own Human Rights Council.

“I think it’s important for the Human Rights Council to spend its time on real problems and the problems of violations of human rights of countries that are notorious violators,” said U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad. “But we welcome the visit.”

Yes, welcome! In fact, use our welcome mat to help you in your investigation:

Racism in America? NO!

There are many countries with notorious human rights abuses way worse than anything that goes on here and deserve more attention than this—trust me, I don’t argue with that. But no real problems? I think we’re unsettled by having such an ugly phrase used to describe our country. I guess “boys will be boys” goes down easier than “human rights abuse.”

Also, according to this story, the reason racism now is such a hot topic now is because of the presidential race:

Race has become a central issue in the U.S. election cycle because Sen. Barack Obama, the frontrunner in the battle for the Democratic nomination battle, stands to become the country’s first African American president

Yeah, because racism was practically a dead topic before he came along, right?

Slavery WAS a long time ago, you know. The 25th Anniversary edition is already out!

Later in the article:

A U.N. panel which examined the U.S. record on racial discrimination last March urged the United States to halt racial profiling of Americans of Arab, Muslim and South Asian descent and to ensure immigrants and non-nationals are not mistreated.

It also said America should impose a moratorium on the death penalty and stop sentencing young offenders to life in prison until it can root out racial bias from its justice system.

Oh, U.N. I mean, when you tell other countries to stop doing things—ya know, like wrongly jailing or denying education to people—that’s for real. But telling us what to do? This could turn ugly…

You first, America?

I will be posting a more thorough entry soon, but in the meantime, here’s something to enjoy:

Cobb bar protested as racist for Obama T-shirts

Mulligan’s selling shirts with ‘Curious George’ picture

Norman said those offended are “hunting for a reason to be mad” and insisted he is “not a racist.”

Why picture Obama as Curious George? “Look at him . . . the hairline, the ears, he looks just like Curious George,” Norman said.

He said it’s just a coincidence that the character he chose for the T-shirt is a monkey. Norman said proceeds raised from sales of the T-shirts will be donated to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

A black man resembling a monkey isn’t racist and the comment “I’m not a racist” in the same breath? Classic. Here’s a basic rule: anyone that says, “I’m not racist, but….” is 1) a racist, and 2) about to say something very racist.

The shirt benefits the Muscular Dystrophy Association— will they take the money? They could always ask Abercrombie to designate some of their T-Shirts to benefit the organization, like Gap does with the “Red” line:

The Wong Brothers Laundry Service supports breast cancer research!