Race Matters
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Arizona High School Student Refused to Take Off Bandanna, So He And 3 Other Students Were Arrested Because Apparently, That Makes Sense
Further proving that cops will arrest black kids for anything, an Arizona senior student at Apache Junction High School was arrested, along with some of his schoolmates, all because he refused to take off his bandanna. Needless to say, this has sparked huge conversations about dress code at the Arizona high school. According to AZ…
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'If a White Person Said That': The False Equivalency of Reverse Racism
I was abused as a child. It only happened once, but I remember it like it was yesterday. I was asleep when she attacked me, but I knew it felt wrong. It was disgusting and left me humiliated, ashamed and—worst of all—moist. That was the day my youngest sister smushed a watermelon rind in my…
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Company Tells Woman Via Email Her ‘Ghetto’ Name Disqualified Her From Employment
We’ve all heard people say that those with Afrocentric or non-European sounding names stand a greater chance of being eliminated early in the job-hunting process. There are even some who suspect that their name is why they never got a call back after submitting their resume, but I believe this is the first time I…
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Mississippi Hospital Employee Fired after Hurling Racial Slur at a Donut Shop
A Mississippi Baptist Medical Center employee will now be acquainted with the unemployment line after he was caught on camera hurling a racial slur at an employee at a Flowood donut shop. Kyle Thomas worked in radiology at the hospital and was promptly fired after the video started spreading. The hospital released a statement to…
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I Spent the Whole Unite the Right 2 Weekend Looking for Nazis and Ended Up at the White House
Last weekend was the one-year anniversary of the white nationalist Unite the Right terrorist attacks on Charlottesville, Va., and to celebrate, white nationalist leader Jason Kessler decided to do a remix and hold Unite the Right 2, in Washington, D.C. As a University of Virginia alumni and a resident of the vast suburban sprawl that…
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North Carolina Mom, Pregnant with Twins, Accused of Hiding Items Under Her Shirt at Local Staples
A Pineville, North Carolina mom of two, who is weeks away from giving birth to twins, is outraged and humiliated after she says she was accused of trying to shoplift items under her shirt at her local Staples. According to Boston 25 News, Sherell Bates now regrets leaving her house on Friday to go back-to-school…
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This Is What They Meant By 'Great Again': It's 2018 and America Is Preparing for a Nazi Attack
No matter how stupid or ugly something may seem, everything eventually comes back in style. Ashton Kutcher brought back trucker hats. Jellies made a brief appearance a few years ago. Fanny packs are a thing now. And there may be no better proof that history repeats itself than the Unite the Right 2: Nazi Boogaloo…
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Florida Man Facing Hate Crime Charges After Allegedly Threatening to Lynch Local NAACP President
A 75-year-old Gainesville, Fla., man was arrested on Thursday after police say he threatened to lynch the president of the Alachua County NAACP. Ronald Morris Wadford, who is listed as homeless, was taken into custody on two counts of aggravated stalking, according to the Palm Beach Post. Allegations about Wadford’s terrifying behavior date back to…
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Arkansas Cop Fired After Telling Black Men 'You Don't Belong In My City'
It turns out, it was the Arkansas cop who didn’t belong in the city (and really, at his job) all along. England, Ark. police officer Michael Moore was fired from his job on Wednesday after telling a group of black men that “you don’t belong in my city,” late last month. The incident all started…
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Allegedly 'Smart' White People Keep Getting Dumber and Dumber About Racism
I’m going to keep this short, because variants of this piece have been written so many times that spending more than 600 words on this will make my ears explode. On Twitter earlier today, New York Times features writer Elizabeth Williamson shared a piece from columnist (and colleague) Bret Stephens about Sarah Jeong, whose hiring…