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Donald Trump Doesn't Care About Black People and Kanye West Knows This
Kanye West ventured out of the studio on Thursday night to make an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The rapper, producer and fashion designer was his usual confident, outspoken self, answering Kimmel’s questions. And neither Kimmel nor Ye seemed to shy away from the questions about Dark Lord Trumplestiltskin, with Kanye adamantly declaring that neither…
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Arkansas Cop Fired After Telling Black Men 'You Don't Belong In My City'
It turns out, it was the Arkansas cop who didn’t belong in the city (and really, at his job) all along. England, Ark. police officer Michael Moore was fired from his job on Wednesday after telling a group of black men that “you don’t belong in my city,” late last month. The incident all started…
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Outraged Mother Speaks Out After 11-Year-Old Daughter is Tased in the Back by Off-Duty Cincinnati Cop [Update]
Updated: Wednesday, August 8, 2018; 4:00 p.m. EDT: A Cincinnati mother is demanding answers and action after her 4-foot-11, 90-pounds-soaking-wet 11-year-old daughter was tased in the back by an officer. Donna Gowdy, the mother in question, does not believe that any child should be stunned in that manner, because why the fuck would you do…
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'Black $$$ Matter': Protesters Gather Outside Brooklyn Nail Salon Following Fight Over Botched Eyebrow Wax
Dozens of protesters gathered outside of an East Flatbush nail salon in Brooklyn, N.Y., demanding that the business be closed after viral video spread of employees, who are Asian, attacking a black woman with the handle of a broomstick or a mop and even spraying what appears to be acetone nail polish remover The New…
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Federal Judge Stops New Orleans From Jailing Those Who Fail to Pay Fines, Rules That They Must Have a Chance to Plead Poverty
Instead of being immediately tossed into jail for failing to pay fines or fees related to whatever legal issues you may have, a federal judge has ruled that anyone who owes money from criminal convictions in New Orleans must have a chance to plead poverty in a “neutral forum,” before being put behind bars for…
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Alabama Subway Manager Fired After Being Caught on Camera Using Racial Slur; Tries to Frame It as a 'Slip Up'
My friends, regardless of your race, gender, religion, etc., has the word “nigger” (or any variant thereof), ever just “slipped” out of your mouth even though you hate the word? Asking for myself, because that is exactly what a Birmingham, Ala., Subway manager is claiming after she was captured on video loudly berating a black…
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Washington State Utility Company Sends Black Woman Racial Slur as Temporary Password
I can’t pretend to know how companies and programs come up with temporary passwords, but something tells me that they should at least be able to ensure that certain letters don’t wind up together … like n-i-g-g-a. Except that’s exactly what happened to one black woman in Seattle, Wash. who requested a temporary password for…
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Ohio Judge Ordered Deputies to Tape Black Man's Mouth Shut During Sentencing
This is America … where a judge found it appropriate to order that a particularly chatty defendant be gagged, literally taping the man’s mouth shut, instead of you know, adding an additional charge of contempt of court or something more refined. Franklyn Williams, 32, showed up in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday, insistent…
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Cue the World's Smallest Violin: White Driver Who Followed Black Man, Called Him Slurs, Now Whines About Life Being Ruined
An Ohio state contractor who, in a fit of road rage, took it upon himself to follow a black man to his home and call him a “nigger” repeatedly is now whining and complaining about his life being ruined. Hmm, this year’s crop of white tears is exceptional. Jeffrey Whitman, the owner of Uriahs Heating…
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Will Austin, Texas Get a New Name? A Local Report on Confederate Monuments Suggests Renaming City
Stephen F. Austin, known also as the “father of Texas” is often credited with carving out the early outlines of Texas, so perhaps it is apt that the capital of the Lone Star state is named after him. Except, hold that thought. Or at least that’s what Austin’s Equity Office wants you to do after…
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