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Tenn. Man Says He Was Fired From Job After Not Standing During National Anthem at Weekend Event
I, as much as anyone, am fully aware that freedom of speech and expression is not equal to freedom from consequences. That being said, I do have some questions about employers who look to discipline employees for refusing to stand for the national anthem. One Tennessee man probably has more than a few questions himself…
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Snapchat Showing Ill. High School Student in Blackface Sparks Outrage
Another day, another high school student causing outrage because he or she thought it was a great idea to be on Snapchat in blackface. According to the Chicago Tribune, the photo of the student at Oak Park and River Forest High School stirred up tensions and controversy after it showed the student in blackface with…
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Deandre Harris Is Now Wanted in Connection With the Same Attack at a White Supremacist Rally Where He Was Seriously Injured, Because America
Deandre Harris, a 20-year-old black man who was viciously attacked by white supremacists at the Charlottesville, Va., white supremacist rally almost two months ago, is now a wanted man after a local magistrate issued a warrant for his arrest in connection with the same Aug. 12 incident that left him bloody and wounded. Harris, according…
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Detroit Firefighter Fired After Gifting Watermelon to Majority-Black Station
One Detroit firefighter is out of a job after he decided to give a gift of a giant watermelon, all topped with a pink bow, as he introduced himself to who would have been his new colleagues at Engine 55. However, according to WJBK-TV, the gift did not go down well at the fire station,…
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Texas Mom Goes Through 9 Surgeries to Look Like Melania Trump
First ladies are often looked to as fashion icons. However, one Houston mom seems to have taken that admiration to the next level after having a grand total of nine surgeries done to look like first lady Melania Trump. This is not a drill. Claudia Sierra, 41, really committed to her vision, completing an eye…
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Black Lives Matter Protests Police Shooting of Patrick Harmon in Utah
Black Lives Matter has turned its latest protests to Utah, where 50-year-old Patrick Harmon was shot by a police officer as he attempted to run away from officers. Of course, the district attorney called the shooting justified, claiming that officers feared for their lives even though Harmon was running in the opposite direction, which sparked…
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Banana Republic Employee Told Her Box Braids Are Too ‘Urban’ and ‘Unkempt’
A young black woman is accusing her managers at Banana Republic of “blatant racism,” saying that they targeted her over her hair, which was protected by box braids. According to a Facebook post shared earlier this week by Destiny Tompkins, her manager—a white man—labeled her hair “too urban” and “unkempt,” cited her for a dress…
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Video Shows Utah Police Fatally Shooting Black Man Who Was Attempting to Flee; District Attorney Says Shooting Was Justified
Recently released bodycam footage shows Utah police fatally shooting a man from behind as he attempts to run away from officers, once again sparking tensions between the black community and police officers, and sparking accusations of racial profiling and police brutality. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill has cleared a Salt Lake City police…
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Federal Judge Officially Dismisses Guilty Verdict Against Joe Arpaio, Who Purposely Ignored Court Order, Illegally Detained Latinos While Sheriff
Former Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio will officially have his criminal record scrubbed clean after a federal judge accepted his presidential pardon Wednesday. According to the Arizona Republic, at the request of Arpaio’s defense lawyers as well as lawyers form the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton dismissed Arpaio’s guilty verdict…
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‘It’s Not Murder if They’re Black’: Man Charged With Sending Racist Death Threats Targeting Howard University Students
A 24-year-old man from Alexandria, Va., is finally facing charges in connection with racist death threats online on 4chan and Reddit that targeted students at historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C. “Any niggers left at Howard University after 10 tomorrow will be the first to go,” the messages read in part, according to the…
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