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  • 3 Old Navy Employees Fired After Viral Video About Racial-Profiling Incident in Iowa 

    Life catches up with you real fast, and three employees have been fired from an Old Navy after an Iowa man posted several videos detailing his encounter with management at the store located in West Des Moines. James Conley III shared his experience at the Old Navy store, where he said he was accused last…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    February 5, 2018
  • Photo of Sorority Girls Holding Banana Peel With Caption Reading in Part ‘I’m 1/16 Black’ Sparks Outrage at George Washington University 

    Once again, Snapchat has gotten some dumbass white students in trouble for posting something dumb. On this particular day, George Washington University, located in the nation’s capital, is speaking out after two sorors from Alpha Phi were captured on Snapchat holding a banana peel complete with the caption, “Izzy: I’m 1/16 black.” As USA Today…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    February 2, 2018
  • Surprise, Surprise: Survey Reveals That American Students Are Not Being Adequately Taught About Slavery

    Water is wet; also, a new survey from the Southern Poverty Law Center has drawn attention to the fact that students in the United States are not being taught the full truth about slavery, leaving them inadequately educated on the subject. Of course, anyone who knows anything about education in the United States is probably…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    February 2, 2018
  • Vermont High School Flies Black Lives Matter Flag to Signal Commitment to Inclusivity 

    Black History Month started off with a bang for one Montpelier, Vt., high school that began flying a Black Lives Matter flag Thursday in what officials are calling a commitment to make the majority-white school more inclusive. According to the Burlington Free Press, the flag-raising, which was led by students, is part of a series…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    February 2, 2018
  • Oregon State Student Government Rep Facing Hate Crime Charges in Placement of Racist Bumper Stickers on Cars

    An Oregon State University student government representative is facing felony hate crime charges after he allegedly put racist bumper stickers—that included a racial slur—on cars in Corvallis, Ore., last year. Andrew Oswalt, a 27-year-old chemistry doctoral student, was indicted Tuesday on four criminal counts, including two counts of criminal mischief and two counts of intimidation,…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    February 2, 2018
  • Oregon Mother Furious After 13-Year-Old Son Given Note With Racial Slur

    A Lake Oswego, Ore., mother is calling for stiffer punishment after students at her son’s high school gave the 13-year-old a sticky note with the n-word written on it. Jennifer Cook said that her son, Christiaan Bedford, was given the note on Friday by three white students at Lake Oswego Junior High School. However, although…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    February 1, 2018
  • Iowa Man Says He Was Racially Profiled by Old Navy Employees Who Didn’t Believe He Purchased the Jacket He Walked Into the Store Wearing

    A black man from Iowa is accusing employees at the West Des Moines Old Navy of racial profiling after he says they didn’t believe that he had already purchased the jacket he walked into the store wearing. James Conley III shared a picture and four videos on his Facebook page Tuesday evening, expressing his frustration…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    February 1, 2018
  • North Carolina College Athlete Suspended From Team After Telling Black Opponent, ‘At Least I Know My Dad’

    I don’t know why people don’t learn. Is it that hard not to say something racist and problematic? That being said, whether or not he wants to learn his lesson, one white college tennis player out of North Carolina is going to face the music for his words, after he apparently told his black opponent,…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    January 31, 2018
  • Employees at Michigan Bar Gave Biracial Co-Worker a Watermelon With ‘Happy 1/2 MLK,’ ‘Happy Black Day’ Written on It

    The owner of Darb’s Tavern & Eatery in Mason, Mich., is attempting to apologize after staff members decided it was a cute idea to give a biracial co-worker a watermelon for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, complete with “Happy 1/2 MLK” and “Happy Black Day” written across the fruit. According to the Lansing State Journal,…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    January 31, 2018
  • Bully Ripped Teen’s Wig Off Her Head Over $5 Bet While Another Student Recorded, Mom Says

    A Snapchat video shows the cruel moment when a young boy walked up behind a teenage girl at a Tennessee high school and yanked her wig off her head, causing her pain and humiliation. Now the girl’s mother is standing up and speaking out. The incident was recorded at Franklin High School. The Snapchat video,…

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    Breanna Edwards






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    January 30, 2018
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