Race Matters
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Dunkin’ Donuts Owner Calls Cops on Black Woman During Dispute Over Free WiFi
Another day, another coffee shop calling the police on a black person for something ridiculous. The morning of Nov. 7 was just like any other for Tirza Wilbon White. She walked into her local Fairfax, Va., Dunkin’ Donuts, a place she visits so regularly, employees know her by sight. She set up her laptop to…
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Michelle Williams and Her Fiancé, Chad Johnson, Have an Important Conversation About Race
Chad Johnson liked it, so he decided to put a ring on Michelle Williams’ finger, thus Chad Loves Michelle was born on the OWN Network. The series that follows a member of one of the greatest girl groups in history and a former pastor details the love of an interracial couple as we get a…
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How Many 'Black Bitches' Does a Woman Have to Be Called While Being Stabbed for It to Be a Hate Crime?
A black woman was brutally attacked by a white man on a Brooklyn subway platform Friday night, and he reportedly called her a “black bitch” over and over again as he did it. So why is it that both the police and larger legacy media outlets are hesitant to label the crime as what it…
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Racism Works
“Yet the harsh fact is that in many places in this country men and women are kept from voting simply because they are Negroes. Every device of which human ingenuity is capable has been used to deny this right. The Negro citizen may go to register only to be told that the day is wrong,…
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#PriceMatchPatty, Is That You? Pennsylvania Location of The Children's Place Charged with Racial Profiling [Updated]
A shopping trip to children’s clothing store The Children Place at the Capital City Mall in Camp Hill, Pa., turned ugly for Miriam Alejandro and her sister Carlita Alejandro last Thursday, when a simple request purportedly resulted in a standoff with an insulting sales associate. Miriam, who documented a portion of the exchange on Facebook,…
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Elementary School Staff Dresses Up as Mexicans and MAGA Border Wall for Halloween
As a small child, I had a Sabbath School (equivalent to Sunday School) teacher who wasn’t particularly great at settling down 20 to 30 unruly kids hopped up on Fruity Pebbles every Saturday. In fact, I only still remember one lesson from Sister Stevenson, but it was the only lesson most people will ever need.…
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White Student at HBCU Law School Antagonizes Her Black Classmates With Racist Comments
What in the world would possess a white woman who doesn’t really care for or about black people to enroll in a law school program at a historically black college in North Carolina? What would possess that same woman to go on Facebook and make racist comments using the n-word that her classmates would be…
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Don Lemon: White Men Are the Biggest Terror Threat in This Country
Don Lemon is fed up. Who knew a year ago that CNN’s Don Lemon would turn out to be the most outspoken and militant black man in television news media? Continuing his trend of calling it like he sees it, Lemon went on a tear during a segment on Chris Cuomo’s show Monday night and…
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America Suddenly Discovers White Supremacy
After a joint investigation by media outlets, government officials and people gifted with a rare superpower called “eyesight,” a small group of Americans have uncovered the existence of a previously unknown, widespread phenomenon that they are now calling “white supremacy.” Exactly one year before a gunman burst into a place of worship and opened fire…