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Vince Staples Gets the Last Laugh, Shuts Down GoFundMe Campaign to Send Him Away and Donates Money to Michelle Obama Library
Well, it looks as if the people who had issues with Vince Staples couldn’t put their money where their mouths were and donate the $2 million he requested in exchange for completely disappearing. On Wednesday the rapper announced that he was going to cancel the GoFundMe that was set up, as well as refund all…
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‘I Hope It’s a Trap and Y’all Get Shot’: Sister of White Supremacist Dylann Roof Sends Hostile Snapchat, Is Arrested on Charges Over Weapons, Drugs on School Grounds
Well, it certainly looks as if the same rotten tree produced the same rotten fruit. And as it turns out, while some students were marching for their lives on National Walkout Day to protest gun violence, Morgan Roof, the sister of white supremacist and mass murderer Dylann Roof, was on social media expressing her disgust.…
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‘We’re Not Racist’: Maine IHOP Manager Suspends Server After She Asks Black Teens to Pay Up Front for Their Meals
The manager of an IHOP in Auburn, Maine, is making it clear that no one should or will ever have to pay up front for a meal at the establishment after an incident of racial profiling over the weekend. “And we’re trying to let everybody know that we’re not racist,” Melvin Escobar, the manager, told…
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Alabama Sheriff Pocketed Extra Money From Jailhouse Food Funds, Bought $740,000 Beach House
One Alabama sheriff is freely acknowledging that he has been pocketing excess jailhouse food funds—you know, the money meant to feed inmates—in order to buy himself a snazzy, six-figure beach home. According to AL.com, Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin and his wife, Karen, purchased the four-bedroom home with an in-ground pool and canal access in…
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Package Bombs That Killed 2 in Austin, Texas, Are Connected, Police Say
The city of Austin, Texas, is on edge after authorities said Monday they believe that three package explosions occurring at different homes this month, causing the death of two people, are connected. As the Washington Post notes, the announcement has spiked fears in the Texas state capital, which is also hosting tens of thousands of…
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National Geographic Snatches Its Own Wig Over Racist Past
This may come as a surprise to no one, but [stage whispers] National Geographic (along with many other publications) used to be hella, obviously racist. Shocking. I know. But as it turns out, we don’t even need to lash out at Nat Geo for its racist past, as the world-renowned magazine that explores science, geography,…
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College Student Who Smeared Bodily Fluids on Black Roommate’s Belongings Receives Special Probation to Avoid Criminal Record. How Not Shocking
Brianna Brochu will not be facing any real punishment for smearing her bodily fluids all over, and tampering with, her black roommate’s belongings. In fact, quite the opposite. Brochu, who was expelled from the University of Hartford in Connecticut following the incident, was granted a special type of probation on Monday that would allow her…
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Section of Baltimore Park, Once the Site of Trash Confederate Statues, Now Renamed After Harriet Tubman
It’s never going to be a bad decision to rename something after renowned badass and “conductor” of the Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman. And following that school of thought, a section of a Baltimore park that was once the location of some loser statues has been renamed after the iconic abolitionist. According to CBS Baltimore, the…
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Lisa Bonet Opens Up, Says She Sensed ‘Sinister, Shadow Energy’ From Co-Star Bill Cosby
Lisa Bonet finally has something to say about the sexual assault allegations against her former TV father, Bill Cosby, and it ain’t good, as one might expect. In an interview published in Net-a-Porter, the actress voiced no surprise at the accusations but acknowledged that she had no sense of anything that was happening. Instead, she…
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Black Florida Teacher Under Fire for Tweeting White Supremacist Propaganda … and Sis, What Are You Doing?
Man, I know Florida gets a bad rap, but when things like this pop up, I really have to wonder about what’s in the water down there, and how a black middle school teacher could be caught spreading racist propaganda about Muslims, including posts shared by white supremacist groups. Like, sis. But apparently that’s what…
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