Ralph Macchio dismisses 'too White' criticism of 1984's 'Karate Kid': 'Ahead of its time'

Responding to recent criticism that 1984’s “Karate Kid” was “too White” and didn’t delve into the Japanese cultural aspects of the discipline enough, the film’s star Ralph Macchio last week called the coming-of-age story “ahead of its time.” “People have said it’s a very White cast, that it didn’t dive into the Asian story,” Macchio, 60, told…

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Activist Sacheen Littlefeather exposed by sisters for reported fraudulent Native American identity: 'A lie'

In an explosive new interview, the sisters of Sacheen Littlefeather have claimed the late activist was a liar and a fraud — and not Native at all. Speaking separately to the San Francisco Chronicle, Trudy Orlandi and Rosalind Cruz shared that they are not ethnically Native American and that they identify as “Spanish.” Littlefeather, the…

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Georgia election official asks Biden, Abrams how many records they need to break to get apology

Continued record voter turnout in Georgia following the Biden administration’s lawsuit against the state alleging racist voting practices and the president’s accusation that the system is “Jim Crow 2.0” has at least one Georgia election official looking for an apology from the administration. “How many turnout records do we have to break before Stacey Abrams…

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Biden's energy policies hurting US, Europe: Here's the fix

The highly marketed and short-lived gas price reprieve did little to alleviate financial woes for Americans this summer. Now, that reprieve is officially over and the international oil cartel, OPEC+, has announced deep production cuts of 2 million barrels per day. Leaked talking points revealed that the White House views this action as a “total disaster,” which…

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