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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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In Monsters and Men, the Impact of a Police Shooting Is Examined From 3 Different Viewpoints
As activists in Sacramento, Calif., continue to demonstrate and demand justice in the police-related deaths of Stephon Clark, Brandon Smith and Darell Richardson, it’s a reminder that extrajudicial violence by police takes it toll on the community at large just as it does on the families of the victims. The constant presence of police violence…
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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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A New Tent City in the Texas Desert and Other Changes Being Imposed on Migrant Children in the US
The number of detained migrant children in the United States has increased more than fivefold since last year, and their plight in this country is not getting any better. In recent weeks, hundreds have been transferred to a tent city in the South Texas desert with little access to legal representation and no required education.…
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Kanye Is Just Being Kanye. That's It, and That's All
I want to say from the outset that this is not a post meant to excuse anything Kanye West is saying or doing—because a lot of what he is saying and doing is very damaging for black folks, and I cannot get behind that no matter the cause. Yesterday, I wrote about Kanye’s visit to…
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White Social Studies Teacher Fired For Teaching a Racist Slavery Lesson Wants to Sue for Reverse Racism
Once upon a time, a white lady social studies teacher decided she wanted to teach her students a lesson on how it felt to be slaves. To illustrate her lesson on the Middle Passage to her Bronx middle school students, she selected some black students, had them come to the front of the classroom and…
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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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Gwinnett County, Ga., Swears in First Ever Black Judge to State Court
On Thursday afternoon, Gwinnett County, Ga., swore in its first ever black judge to be appointed to a state court position—and it’s a black woman to boot. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Snellville, Ga., attorney Ronda Colvin-Leary—who won her seat in May—is the first black person to be elected to any countywide position and the…
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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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Jesse Williams Is Sorry You Were Offended by His Artistic Expression
Just a day after he caught all types of hell on Twitter because he decided it was a good idea to make a meme of Mamie Till-Mobley using the new Nike slogan from the Colin Kaepernick campaign, Jesse Williams showed up on the social media platform to apologize. Sort of. Williams made the memes on…
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