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Texas School Shooting Suspect Identified as 17-Year-Old Dimitrios Pagourtzis [Updated]
Updated: Friday, May 18, 2018, 2:17 p.m. EDT: A law enforcement official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, has identified the Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting suspect as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis. According to the Associated Press, Pagourtzis plays on the Santa Fe High School junior varsity football team and was a member of a local Greek…
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#BlackMomMagic: District MotherHued Caters to Millennial Moms of Color in Nation’s 1st ‘Momference’
Even in the year of our Lord 2018, it is hard in these United States to find inclusive, welcoming spaces that actually feel that way if you’re a person of color. That’s why, often, if black people want to be represented in a space—whether it be hair, makeup, clothing (what is “nude”?), workspaces, you name…
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Meghan Markle’s White Relatives Are the Messiest of Bitches
Much like my colleague Michael Harriot at The Root, I cannot find a solitary damn to give about the royal wedding. Prior to the news, I, too, had no idea who Meghan Markle was and had no idea there was a show called Suits on the air (but this is less surprising, since I don’t…
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Watching the Racist Lawyer Who Threatened to Call ICE on Spanish Speakers Run Away From Reporters Is My New Favorite Thing Ever
I’m a simple person who finds pleasure in the simple things in life. But of the many simple things I enjoy—watching the sun rise, listening to Beyoncé sing, stalking cat/dog videos online—watching racists get clocked is undefeated, and this week delivered in the most delightful of ways when it comes to Aaron Schlossberg, a midtown-Manhattan…
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Montana High School Student Suspended for Repeatedly Wearing Confederate Flag Sweatshirt Whines About 1st Amendment Rights
I had really, honestly and truly hoped that we had left all this Confederate flag/monument/symbolism bullshit in 2017, but alas, that does not seem to be the case. At least not at Big Sky High School in Missoula, Mont., where 17-year-old Mitchell Ballas insisted on repeatedly wearing a vile ass Confederate flag sweatshirt, despite the…
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Texas 13-Year-Old Abducted, Assaulted After Getting Off School Bus; His Mom Believes He Was Targeted Because of His Race
On Monday afternoon, Michelle Lee called police in Houston to report that her 13-year-old son, Zavion Parker, had not returned home from school after she received threatening messages on her phone coming from his cellphone. As officers were collecting information, Zavion was found alive—but his shirt was torn and he had on no shoes. According…
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Bill Cosby to Be Sentenced in September
Bill Cosby is scheduled to be sentenced in September after being convicted of drugging and molesting former Temple University women’s basketball administrator Andrea Constand. Cosby was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault last month. Since the verdict was handed out, Cosby has been confined to the same suburban Philadelphia mansion where he…
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#ShoppingWhileBlack: California Woman Accuses Macy’s of Racial Profiling After Being Accused of Stealing
Another day, another shakedown just for being black. At least that’s what Conteh Moore believes she experienced while shopping at Macy’s in the Westfield Oakridge Mall in San Jose, Calif. According to NBC Bay Area, Moore was browsing the Macy’s on May 8 when a sales associate accused her of stealing a bottle of cologne.…
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South Carolina NAACP President Claims He Was Racially Profiled During Traffic Stop, but Bodycam Video Tells a Different Story
Last month, Timmonsville, S.C., NAACP President the Rev. Jerrod Moultrie slammed local police in a Facebook post, claiming to have been racially profiled during a routine traffic stop. “Tonight, I was racially profiled by Timmonsville Officer CAUSE I WAS DRIVING A MERCEDES BENZ AND GOING HOME IN A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD,” Moultrie wrote in the April…
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White Woman Calls Cops on Black Real Estate Investor Inspecting House Next Door
It’s news to no one that the Rebeccas and Karens of the world will not cease until they call cops on every single black person in this country for the most minuscule of perceived infractions. In the past month alone we’ve had incidents of police being called on black people for napping while black, cooking…
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