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Donald Trump Thinks Racial Profiling Will Solve Gun Violence in Chicago
During a taxpayer-funded White House trip to Orlando, Fla., Donald Trump told a group of police officers from all across the country that law enforcement in Chicago should start the slave patrols back up again implement a “stop and frisk” policy if they want to put an end to the gun violence that plagues the…
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The Metaphor Club Is Black, Creative and Defying the Gentrification of Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles
As a black creative living and working in Los Angeles, the search to find spaces that both accommodate my lifestyle and give me the fellowship and creative boost I need can be hard and often times disappointing. Traditional coworking spaces are everywhere in L.A., but they are expensive and can be just as isolating as…
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White People Will Work to Get You Fired If You Call Out Implicit Bias and Systemic Racism
White people don’t want you to talk about racism. It doesn’t matter that there have been years of institutionalized racism and systemic bias that still continue today. The fact that you, a black person, would even bother bringing it up or talking about it makes you the real racist. Even when we talk about the…
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Remy Ma, Bill Cosby and How Women Contribute to Rape Culture
At some point, we as women are going to have to stop being active participants in something that drags us down, keeps victims languishing and suffering in the dark, dismisses our stories and creates a climate where men like Bill Cosby, R. Kelly and Brett Kavanaugh can be accused and/or convicted of sexual assault and…
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Trumpslains the President's Mocking of Christine Blasey Ford
Both Donald Trump and his proxy, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, continue their public defense of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. In the latest White House press briefing, Sanders also goes so far as to say defend the president’s mocking of Christine Blasey Ford during a rally in Southaven, Miss., Tuesday. Sanders opened…
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Members of California White Supremacist Group Charged in Connection With 2017 Charlottesville Riot
The U.S. Department of Justice has arrested and charged four members of a violent, racist, white supremacist group from California with traveling to the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., with the explicit purpose of inciting a riot and attacking counter-protesters. The U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Virginia said in a press…
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This Man Found Out Those Numbers in Your Fortune Cookie Really Can Help You Win the Lottery
Most of us have had the experience of opening a fortune cookie, reading the enclosed fortune, and then tossing it aside and never thinking about it again. Those “fortunes” usually include some sort of advice or platitude and what are supposed to be your lucky numbers. We don’t really pay attention to the lucky numbers…
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Kanye West Is Obviously Still Stuck Deep Down in the Sunken Place. His Visit to The Fader Proves It
If you were holding out hope that the Kanye West who infamously told us that George W. Bush “doesn’t care about black people” was going to make a return anytime soon, don’t hold your breath—you might die. Ye’s recent visit to the offices of The Fader proves that “our nigga gone” for real. He showed…
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White Mother Accidentally Sends Racist Text to Her Black Nanny Then Fires Her For Possibly Being Offended
Have you ever noticed that whenever white people get caught doing or saying something racist, the first thing they want to do is throw out the “That’s not really who I am” defense? Have you ever noticed that white people will do something racist to a black person and then expect the black person to…
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Bill Cosby Will Likely Only Get a 3-Year Sentence For Drugging and Sexually Assaulting Andrea Constand
Bill Cosby’s sentencing hearing for the drugging and sexual assault of Andrea Constand began in a Pennsylvania courtroom Monday. Cosby was facing a maximum of 30 years in prison, but the judge in his case said he will likely be imprisoned for less than three years. Despite a psychologist from Pennsylvania’s Sexual Offenders Assessment Board…
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