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Navy Yard Worker Gets 6 Months for Lying About Being A White Nationalist
White nationalists are dumb. I don’t think that’s a particularly controversial statement. If you’re going to lie about being a white nationalist on an application to work for the federal government, perhaps don’t post pictures on Facebook proving that you’re a white nationalist. NBC News reports that Fred Arena, a 41-year-old Navy yard worker, has…
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Rebels of Black History: The Great Escape of Robert Smalls
Meet one of the most badass figures in American history. A man who stole a Confederate warship and delivered himself and 16 others to freedom.
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Chicago High Schoolers Hold Sit-In After Teacher Told Student 'Go Back to Your Country'
I simply feel like it should be a standard policy that racists shouldn’t be teachers. If you’re going to be an asshole at least have the decency to not be one toward children. Granted, racists don’t know what decency is. Otherwise, they probably wouldn’t be racists. According to NBC News, students at Senn High School…
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Court Says "Ha, You Thought" and Reverses $2.5M Settlement to Protect Confederate Monument
You know, quite often these days the news is just sad and anger-inducing. Tonight though, I’m happy to bring you a story that just warms my little heart. CNN reports that a state court in North Carolina has reversed a ruling that would’ve provided $2.5 million in funds from the University of North Carolina to…
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Man Convicted of Double Murder 25 Years Ago Is Free After New Evidence Emerges
It’s an unfortunate reality that failings in the American judicial system often result in people being imprisoned who don’t deserve to be. These failings more often than not affect black men. While it’s long overdue, justice has finally been served to a man wrongfully convicted by the system. CBS News reports that after 25 years,…
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley Drops Some Black History on the Fed Chairman
Does Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) stay winning? That’s what it certainly feels like, y’all. According to Forbes, during a hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, Pressley made sure that the chairman and everyone in attendance understood the role that the civil rights movement played in advancing economic opportunity for Americans. She particularly highlighted the…
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PNC Bank Owes Black Employee $2.4M After She Was Sexually Harassed
Workplace harassment is something that no person should have to go through, especially when it’s coming from customers at your place of work. NBC News reports that a New Jersey jury has ordered PNC Bank to pay Damara Scott $2.4 million after it found they failed to protect her from sexual harassment by a customer.…
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A 'Surging' Amy Klobuchar Gets Pressed on The View
Alright, folks, I have to keep it firmly a buck with you. I don’t know what, exactly, an Amy Klobuchar is. I know she’s running for President and apparently is a bit of a dick to her employees. Oh! I also know ol’ girl got bodied by Sunny Hostin. This Tuesday on The View, Klobuchar…
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A Maryland High School Had a Nazi Flag Hanging in a Classroom Window
Bruh, I swear racism in schools has just become my beat or something. It ain’t even been a whole ass week since another school fixed its face and did something racist. Tonight, it’s Nazis; more specifically, their flag. According to NBC News, over the weekend a Nazi flag was seen hanging in a classroom window…
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Erika Alexander Calls Out The Erasure of Black Art
Over the past couple weeks, we’ve seen the unlikely rekindling of the Friends vs Living Single beef. Things got started when Friends actor David Schwimmer was asked in an interview about a Friends reboot. He gave an answer saying he’d want to see an all-Asian or all-black reboot of the show. While well-meaning, it ignored the…
