Race Matters
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Caucasian Woman In Caucus Capital Confesses to Running Over Girl Because She Thought She Was Mexican
The state known as the first to hold a political caucus is the home of a white woman who barreled over a 14-year old girl because she thought she was Mexican. Police in Des Moines, Iowa, charged the woman from the city of Clive with attempted murder after she confessed to intentionally running over a…
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Wyoming Students Showed Up to Class in Bootleg KKK Robes Because Of Course They Did: ‘This Is Taught Behavior’
Riverton High School’s dress code explicitly states that in showing regard for their educational environment, students must refrain from attracting “undue attention or interfere with the instructional program” in order to “create an atmosphere of self-respect and respect for others.” So unless the Riverton, Wyo., based public school was hosting a Klan rally, can somebody…
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Florida Man Facing Federal Charges for Racist YouTube Videos: ‘I Can Burn Thousands, Millions’ of Black People
Meet Mostafa Hussaini: He’s 34 years old, hails from Miami, and lives to harass black people on the internet. “I don’t like blacks. I don’t know any blacks,” he says in one video published on YouTube. “I can not even name any blacks. I don’t know any black people.” “Black people use these beaches,” he…
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Maybe It’s Time to Just Burn Down Every Plantation
The most telling revelation from the now-concluded spectacular first season of Watchmen came directly after its first episode and was inspired by its first scene—a reenactment of the Greenwood Massacre. Like many, I was surprised that HBO would launch a big-budget prestige series about angsty superheroes with a depiction of the government-sanctioned slaughter of hundreds…
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New Study Confirms What We Already Knew: Being Black in Corporate America Is Not for the Weak
It’s not exactly a secret that corporate America has a diversity and inclusion problem, and a new report uncovers just how ugly life is for many black professionals in the workplace. According to the New York Times, the Center for Talent Innovation just released a report, “Being Black in Corporate America,” after surveying approximately 3,700…
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Revisionist History X: Nikki Haley Claims Dylann Roof ‘Hijacked’ Meaning of Confederate Flag
For the better part of this year, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley was blessedly irrelevant. That changed Friday, after a clip of a recent interview with Glenn Beck went viral. In the snippet, Haley appears to suggest the Confederate flag was not a symbol of racism until Dylann Roof made it so.…
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NY High School Pulls the Plug on Tarzan Production Amid Concerns That Students Would Be Cast as Apes
Amid concerns of racial insensitivity, a New York high school has pulled the plug on its upcoming production of Disney’s Tarzan. The Rockland/Westchester Journal-News reports that the drama club at Alexander Hamilton High School was prepared to kick off auditions for their Tarzan adaptation on Dec. 4, but those plans came to a screeching halt…
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#LeavingYourApartmentWhileBlack: White Woman Refuses to Allow Black Teen to Leave Her Own Apartment Building
In today’s edition of #ExistingWhileBlack, we learn that something as innocuous as leaving your apartment building is grounds for being harassed and accused of engaging in criminal behavior. On Friday, Daily Dot reports that high school junior Taheera Rashad was minding her black-ass business while leaving her apartment when this happened: In the minute-long video,…
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White Woman Accuses Playwright Jeremy O. Harris of Being 'Racist Against White People' During Tirade
White people might hate to season their food, but boyyyyyyy do they love to call black people “racist.” Take black playwright Jeremy O. Harris, who, following a Broadways performance of Slave Play, was engaged in a Q&A with the audience when a white woman—who I’ll refer to as “Broadway Becky,” henceforth—“completely freaked out and couldn’t…
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Report: Black Commuters 6 Times More Likely to Be Cited by BART Police for Consuming Food, Drinks
Earlier this month, Steve Foster of Concord, Calif., made headlines when he was detained by BART police for—wait for it—“illegally eating.” And while many believe it was merely an isolated incident instead of the latest example of overzealous police selectively enforcing the law, a new report makes it explicitly clear that this type of behavior…