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White Teacher Sues for Right to Say N-Word
A Chicago teacher has filed a federal lawsuit against his school district after he was suspended for saying the n-word in a class lesson, according to the Chicago Sun Times. The teacher, Lincoln Brown, who is white, alleges that the black principal at his school and the district violated his civil rights. Brown, who has…
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NAACP Image Awards Honor Whitney Houston, 'The Help'
The award-winning movie The Help, starring Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, took home three prizes at last night’s NAACP Image Awards, according to the Daily News. The movie won top actress honors for Viola Davis, supporting actress for Octavia Spencer and best motion picture. “I found my voice,” said Davis as she accepted her awards.…
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White Couple Told Black Foster Child Belongs With Black Family
A white Norfolk, Va., couple is fighting the state after officials threatened to take their black foster child away, according to WKTR. Foster parents Ben and Sarah FitzPatrick claim that Norfolk social workers are retaliating against the couple because the FitzPatricks blew the whistle about a baby they were caring for in Virginia Beach. Social…
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2 Black Students Accused of Faking Racist Threats
Two students at Montclair State University in New Jersey have been arrested for allegedly reporting fake racial threats on campus, according to MyFoxNy.com. The students, Olivia McCrae, 19, and Tanasia Linton, 19, both African American, have been charged with disorderly conduct, false reports to law enforcement and criminal mischief. McCrae and Linton told school officials…
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Crazy Talk: Shock Jocks Call Whitney Houston 'Crack Ho'
Two Los Angeles-based shock jocks have been suspended by their station after calling the late Whitney Houston a “crack ho,” according to the Daily News. John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou, known as John and Ken on KFI in Los Angeles, apologized for their comments and accepted their 10-day suspension. In a statement, Kobylt apologized, saying,…
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Cop Cuffs Black Men, Says 'I'll Make Stuff Up'
A Seattle police officer has been caught on tape saying “I’ll make stuff up” when arresting two black men who were later found to be innocent, according to KOMO News. Officer Brad Richardson and his partner stopped Josh Lawson and Christopher Franklin on Nov. 16, 2010, after they got a dispatch call about “two tall,…
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Interracial Marriage at All-Time High in US
A steady flow of Latino and Asian immigrants has helped push the rate of interracial marriage in the U.S. to one in every 12 couples, according to CBS News. Interracial marriages have climbed to 4.8 million — or 8.4 percent of all marriages — in the U.S., and blacks are more likely than ever before…
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Aretha Franklin to Sing at Whitney Houston's Funeral
The Queen of Soul will headline the funeral of her goddaughter, the Queen of Pop, this Saturday in Newark, N.J., according to the Daily News. Aretha Franklin reportedly reached out and offered her services to sing at the Saturday, Feb. 18, service for Whitney Houston, who died last Saturday in Beverly Hills. The family is…
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White House Drug Czar on Houston Death: 'A Teachable Moment'
The director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy called Whitney Houston’s death a “teachable moment,” according to CBS News. The statement from Gil Kerlikowske comes a few days after President Obama released a statement about her death in which he said the family was praying for the Houstons. In an interview with CBS…
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