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Cops Just Won't Stop Handcuffing Black Children: 11-Year Old Girl Detained Despite Proof She'd Been Misidentified
Is it really that hard to not put handcuffs on black children? One would think that given report after report after report on cops handcuffing or otherwise using excessive force on black children as young as 8-years old, people in law enforcement would get the message that the practice is unnecessarily cruel. And yet, here we…
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Loud, Wrong and White Democratic Strategist Apologizes to Black Woman for Whitesplaining MLK to Her and Saying She Has 'No Standing'
Whitesplaining Martin Luther King Jr. to black people appears to have joined baseball, eating contests and lynching negroes as America’s newest pastime. The latest culprit of this relatively recent phenomenon is Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen who not only attempted to explain her interpretation of MLK’s words in his Letter from Birmingham Jail to a black…
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Ayanna Presley and Other Lawmakers and Legal Experts Call for End to Death Penalty in the Wake of Nathaniel Woods Execution
The unfathomably unjust execution of Nathaniel Woods on Friday has sparked widespread outrage and scorn from activists, lawmakers and legal experts and has inspired a renewed sense of urgency in the call to abolish the death penalty. Woods was a criminal but he was not a murderer—a fact not even disputed by prosecutors or the…
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44 African-American Graves Found Under Florida School District Parking Lot
America has a long history of racial oppression and, apparently, just as long a history of sweeping racism under the rug—or, in this case, the parking lot. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Cardno, a private archaeology firm hired by the city of Clearwater and the Pinellas County School Board, has discovered what appears to…
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Christian University Recruiter Proves Caucacity Knows No Bounds by Having Students Line Up by Skin Color and Nappiness of Hair
It seems as if we can’t go more than a couple of weeks without hearing new reports of racism in the classroom. Harding Charter Preparatory High School in Oklahoma City gives us our latest incident as students were made to line up by the color of their skin and the “nappiness” of their hair as…
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Simone Biles Isn't Done With USAG, USOCP and Their Protection of Their Brand Rather Than Their Athletes
In January, The Root reported on tweets sent by 22-year old, top-tier gymnast Simone Biles regarding her pain and frustration in learning that her sexual abuse allegations against former team physician Larry Nassar had gone ignored and left out of the initial investigation against the now-convicted serial child molester who is currently serving life in…
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NDAs Aren't Just a Bloomberg Thing: Bernie Sanders Campaign Group Handled Racial Discrimination Allegations With Nondisclosure Agreement
It’s been just about a week and a half since Sen. Elizabeth Warren went all the way in on former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg over his use of nondisclosure agreements in dealing with sexual harassment/assault allegations during the last Democratic primary debate. Well, it appears that Bloomberg’s isn’t the only campaign that uses NDA’s to…
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What Better Way to Celebrate the Last Day of Black History Month Than…a Conference Honoring the Confederacy?
On the last day of Black History Month, America sent to me… a white nationalist event honoring the Confederacy. (You should have been singing this in the tune of “12 Days of Christmas” in case that wasn’t clear.) Huffington Post reported that a North Carolina branch of the Hilton Hotel franchise will be hosting an…
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Bloomberg Really Just Wants to Stop and Frisk Everybody Not White: Democratic Candidate Defends Muslim Surveillance Program
In today’s episode of “nah-but-seriously-y’all-ain’t-really-voting-for-that-guy-right?” former NYC mayor and democratic (although I’m not sure anyone has told him yet) candidate Mike Bloomberg, in a PBS interview that aired on Thursday, adamantly defended a heavily criticized surveillance program that targeted American Muslims allowing for them to be profiled and for their mosques and other social spaces…
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Greyhound Is Saying No to Border Patrol Immigration Checks on Their Buses
According to the Associated Press, Greyhound, the largest bus company in the country, has officially declared that they will no longer be allowing Border Patrol agents without a warrant to conduct routine immigration checks on their buses. Previously, Greyhound had insisted that they had no choice but to follow federal law in allowing agents to…
