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Have a Coke and a Bigot
The Coca-Cola commercial that debuted during the Super Bowl wasn’t supposed to be controversial; it was supposed to be a celebration of diversity, with several cultures represented to sing a multilingual version of “America the Beautiful.” The bigots didn’t see it that way, so they took to the 21st-century bigot platform, aka Twitter, to type…
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Set to Launch YouTube Show
Can’t get enough of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford? Now you can watch his antics all the time as he and his brother, a city councillor, are launching a YouTube show called Ford Nation that is set to air Feb. 10, the Associated Press reports. In a preview for the show posted Thursday, Ford asks that…
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High School Football Players Claim White Rivals Called Them ‘N–gers’
A heated rivalry between two high school football teams erupted in a huge sideline-clearing brawl, which five black high school football players from Long Island are claiming started after they were called the n-word by the players and coaches, the New York Daily News reports. The black players from Amityville High School, which would lose…
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Family of Man Firefighters Refused to Help Wants Justice
Medric Mills, 77, and his daughter had just finished dropping off a broken computer at a repair shop on Jan. 25 when he collapsed onto the sidewalk. His daughter ran back into the store to have them call 911. Since they repair shop was across the street from a fire department, people ran there for…
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Judge Who Ordered Black Boy’s Name Changed From Messiah to Martin Is Fired
A Tennessee judge who ordered that a black couple change their son’s name from Messiah because that name was reserved for Jesus Christ has been fired, New York’s Daily News reports. Last August, Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew of Cocke County in eastern Tennessee ordered that the boy’s first name be changed to Martin, even…
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Jamaican Bobsledders Make Winter Games but Lose Equipment
The Jamaican bobsled team can’t catch a break. After the team qualified for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, they didn’t have enough money to attend. After raising the funds to make the trip, Winston Watts and brakeman Marvin Dixon missed their connecting flight in Moscow after being delayed by bad weather in New York.…
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Kendrick Johnson’s Family Sues Funeral Home
When Kendrick Johnson’s family ordered a second autopsy for the Georgia teen found dead inside a rolled mat in his high school gym, they were shocked to learn that some of his organs had been replaced with newspaper. The family is now suing the funeral home that prepped Johnson’s body, alleging negligence and fraud, CNN reports.…
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Cop Breaks Leg of 10-Year-Old Who Filmed Him
Courtney Silvera, age 10, was eating cereal at 7 a.m. on Jan. 30, 2013, when the police knocked on the door. They were looking for his mother’s ex-boyfriend, who had possibly violated an order of protection. His grandmother, who is suffering from brain and lung cancer, answered the door but had difficulty understanding the cops’…
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Smartphone, Dumb Thief: Police Use Selfie to Catch Crook
A Florida man stole a cellphone and took a selfie with it, and it’s a good thing he did, since the phone was linked to the owner’s account, through he he could see the photo. The owner then took the photo to the police, who posted it on their social media outlets and the man…
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Jerry Seinfeld Doesn’t Care About Race or Gender, Just Laughs
Asking Jerry Seinfeld about race and gender in terms of who he finds funny “really pisses” him off, Yahoo reports. Talk of diversity in comedy continues—on the heels of Saturday Night Live hiring Sasheer Zamata, their first black female cast member in six years, and two black female writers, after viewers publicly chided the show…
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