Latest Fact-Checks In Race and Ethnicity

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Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on November 14, 2014 a radio interview
"According to HUD, it is patently unfair and socially unjust that wealthy people can live in an exclusive neighborhood."
False
By Katie Mulvaney • December 14, 2014
Don Young
Don Young
stated on October 22, 2014 a speech in Alaska
Suicide comes from federal government largesse "saying you are not worth anything but you are going to get something for nothing."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2014
Tony Perkins
Tony Perkins
stated on October 12, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"We know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2014
Marc Lamont Hill
Marc Lamont Hill
stated on August 20, 2014 a CNN segment
"Every 28 hours" an unarmed black person is shot by a cop.
False
By Katie Sanders • August 26, 2014
Betsy Miller-Jones
Betsy Miller-Jones
stated on April 4, 2014 a newsletter
"Did you know that in 2013 over 50 percent of all babies born in Oregon were Hispanic?"
False
By Dana Tims • April 17, 2014
Miriam Martinez
Miriam Martinez
stated on November 11, 2013 her campaign website
I am "the first Latina to run for governor of Texas."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 13, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 26, 2013 a speech to the Florida Democratic Party
"This is the year Florida becomes a majority minority state."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2013
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
stated on July 18, 2013 an interview on CNN
"Homicides against blacks have tripled" since Florida’s "stand your ground" law has been in existence.
False
By Amy Sherman • July 24, 2013
Susan Yoshihara
Susan Yoshihara
stated on March 21, 2013 testimony before a R.I. Senate committee
Assertions that it makes no difference whether children are raised by heterosexual or homosexual parents have been "shattered by the latest and best social science and research."
False
By Michael McKinney • April 7, 2013
Beaverton
Beaverton
stated on November 23, 2010 a press release
Beaverton "enjoys the most diverse population (by percentage of population) among Oregon cities."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 14, 2010
John Faulk
John Faulk
stated on June 12, 2010 a speech
Says Houston’s 18th congressional district has been "gentrified" and is home to "more Anglos than African Americans."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2010
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