Race Matters
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![Sheriff Slams Racial Profiling Claims in Bus Search of HBCU Students [Update]](https://www.theroot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/41f4bf79c50449542d3ed7c610a35908-300x200.jpg)
Sheriff Slams Racial Profiling Claims in Bus Search of HBCU Students [Update]
The officers used K-9’s to sniff students’ belongings for drugs.
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![LA City Council President Resigns after Racist “Monkey” Remarks Exposed [Update]](https://www.theroot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/8334e56ab6a7d3fa6ef6e9b010a54544-300x200.jpg)
LA City Council President Resigns after Racist “Monkey” Remarks Exposed [Update]
The California branches of the NAACP are demanded her resignation.
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Small Town Horror: The Story of a SWAT Team That Set A House Ablaze
The police were looking for Qiaunt Kelley, accused of violating probation in an armed carjacking. Instead a 15-year-old boy wound up dead.
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Philadelphia Mayor Apologizes For Decades of Horrible Experiments Conducted on Black Inmates
The city allowed Dr. Albert Kligman to conduct experiments on over 300 Black inmates at Holmesburg Prison.
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Echoes of Katrina? Black Fla. Residents Feel Forgotten In Hurricane Ian Relief Efforts
Black residents in the towns of Dunbar and River Park say they were the last to get power and the relief centers are too far
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Wisconsin Conservative Group Is Trying To Stop Biden’s Student Loan Plan–And You Can Guess the Reason Why
Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty's lawsuit is the first to bring up race as a problem with Biden's plan.
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Does Switzerland Have An Issue Combating Systemic Racism Against Black Citizens?
A 55-page report by the United Nations Security Council says yes.
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Louisville NAACP Says It’s Time For Kentucky Attorney General David Cameron To Go
Officials from the Kentucky chapter are calling for David Cameron to step down over his handling of the Breonna Taylor case.
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A Slave Auction Prank Leads A California School to Cancel Football Season
River Valley High School in Yuba City, California, had to cancel the rest of its season after disciplinary measures after the prank.
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![Spotify Fails To Curb White Supremacists On Its Platform, Report Claims [UPDATED]](https://www.theroot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/107a9f9815ad44fea0eee9f127749f4b-300x183.jpg)
Spotify Fails To Curb White Supremacists On Its Platform, Report Claims [UPDATED]
The Anti-Defamation League found that up to 40 white supremacist artists are active on the music and podcast platform.