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Petition Proposes Replacing Confederate Statue in Va. With a Statue of Missy Elliott; Here’s Where You Can Sign
The internet can be a dark and enraging place sometimes, but every once in a while, there is a ray of light in this darkness: This time, that beautiful spark of greatness comes in the form of a petition to replace a Confederate statue with one of Missy Elliott. The Change.org petition proposes removing a…
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‘If I Were KKK, Would I Hold You Like This?’ Viral Picture Supposedly Shows Confederate-Monument Defender and Black Lives Matter Supporter
So, there’s apparently a viral photo circulating the interwebs that purportedly shows a Confederate-monument defender embracing a Black Lives Matter supporter … and I have some serious questions. On Friday the Virginia Flaggers, a group committed to defending Confederate monuments and memorials, stationed “Monument Guards” around a monument in Lynchburg, Va., in response to a…
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University of Texas Removing 4 Confederate Statues From Campus
When students at the University of Texas at Austin return to classes Aug. 30, they may notice that the air on campus is cleaner, and the view clearer and brighter, since the university took action to remove four second-place trophies (aka Confederate statues) from campus. University President Greg Fenves announced the removal of the statues…
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Tenn. Teen Paints Racial Slur on Pastor’s Car, Says ‘It Wasn’t Supposed to Be Racist’
A Tennessee teenager is apologizing after painting a racial slur on two cars, including one vehicle belonging to a local pastor, insisting that “it wasn’t supposed to be racist.” The 13-year-old, who is in middle school, was arrested after the incident, expelled from school and now faces charges of vandalism, as well as a felony…
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Mom of Charlottesville, Va., Victim Heather Heyer Refuses to Speak to Trump After He Compared Anti-Racism Activists to White Supremacists
Susan Bro, the mother of Heather Heyer, who was killed while protesting against white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va., told Good Morning America that she has no interest in speaking to President Donald Trump since Trump’s comments comparing anti-racism activists to the Ku Klux Klan and the like. Bro told GMA that Trump and White House…
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KKK Flyers Distributed Across Green Township, Ohio
Looks like in spite of everything that’s happened in Charlottesville, Va., the Ku Klux Klan is still out here attempting to indoctrinate people to its cause. According to Fox19, packages containing KKK flyers were dropped off on the doorsteps of several homes in Green Township, Ohio, outside Cincinnati. The flyers were hidden in old Employment…
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Officials in Lexington, Ky., Approve Plan to Move Confederate Monuments From Outside Former Courthouse
Officials in Lexington, Ky., have cast their vote on the push to relocate two Confederate statues from outside a former courthouse that is being converted into a visitors center. According to CBS News, the proposal to move the two statues that were erected to honor Confederate officers John Hunt Morgan and John C. Breckinridge was…
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Maine Gov. Paul LePage Compares Removing Confederate Statues to Losing 9/11 Memorial
Maine Gov. Paul LePage continues to prove that he has indeed lost his damn mind, comparing the removal of Confederate monuments to removing a monument to those who died in the 9/11 attacks. According to the Associated Press, LePage made the comments Thursday morning on WGAN-AM when asked for his reaction to the violent white…
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Tech Companies Are Driving White Supremacists Back to the Dark Ages Where They Belong
These Nazis are gonna learn that they’re being shut off from decent society, and they will have a very hard time finding people who support their dumb rhetoric online. They also won’t be able to fund their harmful causes or listen to their shitty music. Apple, LinkedIn, Spotify, Twitter and more are all joining a…
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University of Fla. Rejects Request for ‘Repugnant’ White Nationalist Event
The University of Florida is the latest institution to tell white supremacists to take that shit elsewhere, denying a request by a group led by white nationalist Richard Spencer to rent space on campus for an event in September. According to the Associated Press, university President Kent Fuchs sent out a statement underlining that the…
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