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Black Hotel Guest Files Lawsuit Against California Hotel, Accuses Manager of Racial Profiling and Berating Him for Sitting in Car in Parking Lot

In today’s episode of Can Black People Even Exist Without Looking Suspicious Someone? a Black man has filed a lawsuit against the Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley hotel in Alameda County, Calif., after he said he was racially profiled and treated like shit last year by the hotel manager all because he committed the egregious crime…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 27, 2021
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'Jesus Never Condemned Slavery': Florida Board to Rename Robert E. Lee High School. White People Object by Being Racist AF

For nearly a year now, a community in Duval County of Jacksonville, Fla., has been in the midst of a controversy that is all over one thing as far as I can tell: White people love their slavery symbols. Thursday marked the final debate in a series of debates over the renaming of Robert E.…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 27, 2021
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'She's Damaging Our Children': Black Father of NYC 'Bagel Karen's' Biracial Children Speaks Out

Listen: I’m not against interracial relationships. I mean, it couldn’t be me—but I understand that everyone’s journey to finding love is different, so I’m not here to judge. However, if you’re going to be a Black person with a white significant other—especially if you’re going to be procreating—please make sure your love interest isn’t a…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 27, 2021
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Racists Gon' Racist: Sports Radio Host Fired After Comparing Skin Tones of Serena Williams, Halle Berry and Gayle King to Burnt Toast

Another day, another white man in dire need of catching hands. On Wednesday, radio host Rob Lederman and his Morning Bull co-hosts made some unflattering remarks on-air about superstar athlete Serena Williams, my childhood crush Halle Berry (who is still fine as shit to this very day), and Oprah’s BFF, Gayle King—and by “unflattering,” I…

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Jay Connor

Published

March 26, 2021
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White Headmaster of New York Catholic School Who Forced Black Student to Kneel and Apologize Resigns

You can tell that a lot of white people have not gotten used to the existence of a social environment where their unmitigated whiteness can cost them their jobs. And unmitigated whiteness is exactly what was on full display when John Holian, the now-former headmaster of St. Martin de Porres Marianist School in Hempstead, N.Y.,…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 25, 2021
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Here We Go Again: Black Starbucks Customer Says He Was Discriminated Against by Manager at California Location

So… Is it just me or does Starbucks find itself in the middle of a new racial controversy every year or so? It’s like ever since a Philadelphia Starbucks employee called the police on two Black men for simply existing without having made a purchase—and then days later, a similar incident happened at a California…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 25, 2021
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China Quotes George Floyd in Report Calling Out America's Racism

The United States loves to position itself on the global stage as a bastion of freedom, justice and democracy with the authority to call out other nations for not sufficiently exhibiting those ideals. But on Wednesday, the Chinese government issued a 28-page report to the United Nations challenging America’s critique of the rising power in…

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Ishena Robinson

Published

March 24, 2021
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NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Launches Commission to Address Systemic Racism and I’m Struggling Not to Be a Cynic

On Tuesday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that he is doing what a number of lawmakers and officials have been doing in order to at least appear interested in addressing the whole systemic racism in America thing: He launched a commission. Racial justice commissions seem odd to people who are looking to…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 24, 2021
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Evanston, Ill. Becomes First American City to Launch Reparations Program for Black Residents

A small, Illinois suburb has finally done the thing that America has kept hand-wringing about since the end of slavery: reparations. The Washington Post reports that on Monday night the Evanston City Council voted 8-1 in favor of a resolution to launch the first phase of reparations in the city, with $450,000 being allocated towards…

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Joe Jurado

Published

March 23, 2021
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White Headmaster at New York Catholic School Forced a Black Student to Kneel and Apologize to His Teacher

Time and time again, we’ve seen educators show their complete asses when it comes to doing the bare minimum to not be racist. A white headmaster at a Catholic school in Long Island is on leave after forcing a Black student to kneel and apologize to his teacher. According to the Washington Post, John Holian,…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

March 22, 2021