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Someone Left Bananas at Dorm Rooms Occupied by Black Students at Temple University
This week at Temple University in Philadelphia, there were two alleged instances of bananas being left at dorm rooms occupied by black students, and now the campus Police Department and the Department of University Housing and Residential Life are investigating them as “bias-related” incidents. The Temple News reports that the first incident happened Monday when…
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Policing the Police Takes a Black Eye: Sessions Cuts Program That Investigates, Publicizes Police Department Shortcomings
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice showed once again that it is more concerned about police morale than it is about police failings when it announced that it would be eliminating a program that investigates local police departments and issues reports detailing what they are doing wrong. The Washington Post reports that the department’s…
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Facebook Responds to Reports It Let Advertisers Target Nazis, ‘Jew Haters’ and Other Anti-Semitic Groups
Updated Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, 11:15 a.m. EDT: In response to a report that its ad system let advertisers target people who expressed interest in topics such as “Jew haters” and other anti-Semitic keywords, Facebook issued the following response late Thursday night: Facebook equips businesses with powerful ways to reach the right people with the…
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White Campus Security Guard Shoots Himself, Then Blames Black Man Who Doesn’t Exist to Cover It Up
A campus security officer at a Minnesota college accidentally shot himself in the shoulder Tuesday night, and because he was afraid that he would get in trouble for the incident, he made up a story about a black gunman to cover up his mistake. The Star Tribune reports that St. Paul police were immediately skeptical…
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Aramis Ayala, Selected as Part of the ‘Politico 50,’ Is the Future of Our American Criminal-Justice System
Politico has published its annual “Politico 50,” a list of “50 ideas blowing up American politics (and the people behind them).” Among those included in this year’s list is Florida State’s Attorney Aramis Ayala, who made headlines earlier this year when she announced that she would not pursue the death penalty in the case of…
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Munroe Bergdorf Hired to Be the Face of L’Oreal’s Competition Because She ‘Speaks Out About the Issues’
Less than two weeks after being fired by beauty brand L’Oreal for speaking out against systemic racism and white supremacy, model Munroe Bergdorf has been chosen to be the new face of a British beauty brand because she “speaks out about the issues that affect not just her but the rest of our generation.” The…
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Justice Department Will Not Bring Charges Against Any of the Officers Involved in Freddie Gray’s Death
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it will not be filing federal civil rights charges against any of the Baltimore police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray, who died while in police custody. The Associated Press reports that in a statement, the Justice Department said that while Gray’s death was “undeniably…
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Both of Kobe Bryant’s Jerseys Will Be Retired by the Los Angeles Lakers Later This Year
Updated Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, 7:10 p.m. EDT: Sources have confirmed to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne that the Los Angeles Lakers will be retiring both of Kobe Bryant’s jersey numbers, 8 and 24, during the ceremony Dec. 18. ESPN notes that the Lakers usually don’t retire a player’s jersey until he is inducted into the Basketball…
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How This Country’s Historical Efforts to Prevent the Education of Black People Have Continued Into the 21st Century
As we all know, it was illegal for slaves to learn to read and write during slavery. Even free blacks living in the North before the Civil War were forced to walk long distances from their homes, often passing white schools along the way, to attend the one school designated to educate blacks. These were…
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White People Commit Welfare Fraud, State Creates Amnesty Program so They Won’t Go to Jail
Contrary to popular belief, white people do, in fact, receive welfare benefits. What may also come as a surprise is that some of them even cheat to get it, and sometimes when that happens, a local or state government may come up with a plan that will make it so the white people who commit…
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