Race Matters
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White Driver Follows Black Man to His House, Calls Him the N-Word in Road Rage Incident
An Ohio state contractor, drowning in economic anxiety and outrage after he thought he had been cut off, actually took it upon himself to follow a black man to his home, pull up at the man’s driveway and call him a “nigger,” repeatedly. What in the entire nonsense is this? The video starts with the…
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Teacher Who Made a Noose Symbol Toward Black Kid Won't Face Charges; DA's Office Said It Wasn't a Hate Crime
I’m beginning to think that schools aren’t safe for black students. A little while ago a white teacher in California made a noose from an exercise rope and put it around his neck, taunting a black student. He told the student, “stay away from me.” It was a joke in the teachers’ eyes but the…
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#CouponingWhileBlack (Again): Dollar General Employee Calls Cops on Black Woman Using Digital Coupons
Like most of us, Madonna Wilburn loves a good deal. That’s partly why she’s an avid couponer. As the social studies and special education teacher told Yahoo Lifestyle, using coupons is a “way of life” for her, and she enjoys the problem-solving and math skills it involves. So it’s no surprise that when she tried…
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'He's Been a Monster His Whole Life': Family of Man Accused of Murdering Black Woman Says He's a White Supremacist
On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the FBI announced the agency would be investigating the killing of a black woman as a possible hate crime and is cooperating with local law enforcement agencies in its efforts, the Kansas City Star reports. According to the news site, Ronald Lee Kidwell, the murder suspect, has insisted that MeShon…
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Family Believes Grandfather Shot and Killed in Long Beach, Calif., Park is a Hate Crime Victim
Frederick Taft, 57, was enjoying a day out at a family reunion in a Long Beach, Calif., park over the weekend when he was shot and killed inside the restroom. Relatives believe that Taft, a doting grandfather, was targeted solely because of his race, the Los Angeles Times reports. The fatal shooting occurred at around…
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Sherri Shepherd's Son Doesn't Like Black Girls Because They're Mean
Sherri Shepherd, former co-host on The View, appeared on The Breakfast Club last Thursday and discussed life as a single mother raising a black son. Shepherd told the hosts of the morning show that her 13-year-old, Jeffrey, doesn’t like black girls because he thinks they’re mean. Jeffrey goes to a predominately white school and apparently…
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Utah Man Impersonated Officer, Threatened to Kill 2 Men Believed to be in the Country Illegally: Report
A Utah man was arrested on Sunday after he allegedly impersonated an officer and then threatened to kill two men whom he accused of living in the country illegally. According to Utah’s Deseret News, a man identified only as Carlos told police that he and his friend Daniel were walking down a trail at Inlet…
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Texas Waiter Who Received 'We Don't Tip Terrorist' Note Admits to Writing Racist Message Himself
Last week we brought you the story of Khalil Cavil, a server at a Texas steakhouse who received no tip and had a racist note scrawled across the bill totaling $108.73 that was allegedly left by the customer. “We don’t tip terrorist,” the note, which had Khalil’s name circled, read. The customer was subsequently banned…
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Black Man Fired From Home Depot for Standing Up to Racist Customer Offered His Job Back, But He's No Longer Interested
By now we should all know the story of Maurice Rucker, the 60-year-old Home Depot employee who was fired from his job at an Albany, N.Y., store after he responded to the racist verbal abuse a customer lobbed his way. “If Trump wasn’t president, you wouldn’t even have a job,” the customer allegedly yelled at…
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#OwningABusinessWhileBlack: San Francisco Man Gets Accused of Breaking into His Own Shop
It was the kind of shop that fits right into the San Francisco landscape: Gourmonade, a small, high-end lemonade shop which recently opened in San Francisco’s Mission District. But the shop’s black owner, Vicktor Stevenson, says he’s been dogged by racist acts against him and the shop even before he opened. The worst of these…