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Kanye and Chance Go to a Rally for a Black Democrat, Yeezy Leaves After 5 Minutes
The rapper, designer and superhero whose resumé for a post-Thanos substitute Avenger claims his “Make America Great Again” hat gives him superpowers, made an appearance with a Chicago mayoral candidate but bounced after five minutes because he probably got a call to save a child from a burning building or wanted to watch a Trump…
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Iowa Teacher Under Investigation For Wearing Blackface to Halloween Party
It’s almost Halloween, the time of year when sadists pretend that candy corn is not Satan’s butt plug and masochists terrorize their taste buds with pumpkin flavors, which is essentially sweet potatoes with low self-esteem. It is also the season when white people think it would be cute to cover their faces in shoe polish…
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Finally! Black Poll Worker Calls Cops on Suspicious Caucasians for #LurkingWhileWhite
Dear White People, While this story of a white man in North Carolina who was arrested for intimidating a black poll worker seems like another incident of racism, I would like to use this as a teachable moment. I would like you to take note of this story and use it as an example of…
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Black Voters in Georgia Say Something Funny Is Going on With Their Voting Machines
After voters alerted the NAACP of irregularities with voting machines across Georgia, including vote-switching and touch screen malfunctions, the organization has filed complaints with the State Board of Elections for possible voter suppression tactics. NAACP Georgia State Conference president Phyllis T. Blake filed complaints with Georgia’s State Board Of Elections after early voters and eyewitnesses…
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Netflix’s Blackface Algorithm Is White Nonsense, Condensed
Before we begin, please allow me to plainly state that no one here is “outraged.” When talking about whiteness’ infinite blindspot as it relates to race in America, it is easy to paint valid criticism as hyperbolic indignation and tag it as an example of the pervasive “call-out culture,” thereby diminishing it. No, dear reader,…
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Brian Kemp Caught on Tape Warning His Donors About Black People Voting … Again
After he was caught on tape for the second time telling supporters how worried he is about black people exercising their right to vote, Brian Kemp might need to change his name from “The Wizard of Voter Suppression,” to the “Self-Snitching King of the South.” As Georgia’s Republican Candidate for Governor, Kemp would tell anyone…
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Republicans Control the Poorest States, Democrats Control States With Highest Earners: Report
As if we didn’t know already, it turns out that Republicans might keep people poor. A new report reveals that almost all of the states where people earn the least are controlled by Republicans, while the states where people make the most money are almost exclusively led by Democratic politicians. USA Today recently ranked the…
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Video: Librarian Calls Cops on Student for Brazen Attempt at #StudyingWhileBlack [Updated]
Updated: 10/24/2018, 8:59 a.m. ET: The internet has identified the library desk clerk who called the Catholic University campus police as Brittany McNurlin, a law student who also works with the public defender’s office. McNurlin enjoys hobbies such as dialing 911, cosplaying as a bouncer and insisting she is not a racist. Her future goals…
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Second Black Officer Dies in Aftermath of Deadly South Carolina Mass Shooting
A South Carolina woman became the second fatality of the deadly shootout that claimed the life of police officer Terrance Carraway and wounded six other officers in an early October ambush-style mass shooting According to the State, Florence County, S.C., deputy Farrah B. Turner, 37, succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday following the attack by…
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Cops Sexually Assault At Least 100 Women Every Year and No One Talks About It
When discussing America’s police state, we often talk about “black bodies.” The conversation is peppered with words like “brutality” and “police violence.” But no one talks about another brutal act of violence committed by law enforcement figures. We have known about it for years but have mostly overlooked it. Everyone—including this writer—has the information but…
