On Tuesday, CNN.com contributor Charles Kaiser (a white male) appeared on Brooke Baldwin's show, CNN Newsroom. Paris Dennard, a Black supporter of Donald Trump, also appeared in the same segment. Kaiser, in addressing Dennard's support for Trump, said "nigger" and bluntly said Dennard was "shameful" for being a Black man that supports Trump, which everyone knows is really code for "traitor to his race."

Under no circumstance should any "news" network feel comfortable distributing such hateful and vitriolic rhetoric. Charles Kaiser did more than merely use a racist word, he conducted a high-tech lynching in front of millions of Americans, sending a message to "uppity" Blacks that dare to think for themselves.

Kaiser's message was loud and clear: if any Black person publicly expresses views contrary to the norm, then this is what will happen to you. You will be lynched on live national television in front of millions of people.

Accordingly, we hereby DEMAND the following: that