Race Matters
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American Medical Association's New Policy Acknowledges What We All Should Know by Now: Racism Is a Public Health Threat
The American Medical Association (AMA), the largest association of physicians in the United States, this week revealed it has developed a new policy identifying racism as a threat to public health in America. After denouncing systemic racism this summer, and identifying violent police interactions as threatening to the health of those in Black and Brown…
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Louisiana Pediatrician Accused of Punching and Using N-Word While Verbally Assaulting Black Woman Student
A Louisiana pediatrician was arrested in Baton Rouge Wednesday and charged with punching and verbally assaulting a Black student-athlete at Southern University. KATC 3 reports that 54-year-old Shane McKinney, a pediatrician at Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, has been charged with simple battery after he was questioned by police about…
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Judge Denies Greg and Travis McMichael Bond in Ahmaud Arbery Murder Case After 2-Day Hearing
Greg and Travis McMichael, two of three men involved in the Feb. 23 pursuit and shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery near Brunswick in Glynn County, Ga., tried to get released on bond. But Friday, after two days of hearings, a judge denied their request, according to the New York Times. During a Thursday hearing, defense attorneys for…
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BLM Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors Pens Letter to Biden and Harris Requesting Meeting to Discuss Their Commitment to Black People
Despite the fact that Trump and his minions appear to be hellbent on attacking the legitimacy of the 2020 election results, it’s safe to say that Joe Biden will be America’s 46th president. We did it, good people; the orange menace will be vacating the Oval Office in 2021. But for Black people, Biden’s election…
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White Supremacist Propaganda Attacking Black Lives Matter Distributed to Texas Residents
While America was either celebrating or mourning the projected ousting of Donald Trump from the White House this past weekend, racist propaganda flyers made by a self-proclaimed white supremacist organization were sent out to homes in several Texas neighborhoods. Photos of the messages, which were sealed in ziplock bags, were shared with News 4 San…
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Black Lives Matter DC Says DC Police ‘Emboldened White Supremacists’ by Accusing Them of Stabbing Proud Boys
In the late hours of election night, three people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in Washington, D.C., after being stabbed by three assailants who haven’t been identified, are still at large and are Black, according to police. D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department initially responded to the attack by giving off big Donald Trump energy and making bold, reactionary…
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America Hates Us
I look at it and cuss. There are few human beings on the planet who enjoy receiving an injection with a needle. My sister—a grown-ass-woman who pushed babies out of her body and once fought a mugger who was armed with a kitchen knife — still gets anxiety attacks every time a doctor or nurse…
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Police Investigate Threat to ‘Raid’ California Town’s Only Black-Owned Store If Joe Biden Is Elected
Police in Tiburon, Calif., are investigating a threat leveled against the city’s only Black-owned business. According to investigators, a social media post threatened to “raid” the local clothing store—which made headlines in August after the owners accused Tiburon police of racial profiling—if Democratic nominee Joe Biden wins the presidential election. Yema—a clothing store on Main…
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Louisiana Man Who Burned Down 3 Black Churches in 2019 Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
23-year-old Holden Matthews—the black metal-loving son of a St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, sheriff’s deputy who wasn’t officially named a white supremacist despite having pleaded guilty to burning down three Black churches in 2019—was sentenced Monday to 25 years in federal prison for his crimes, according to the Department of Justice. CNN reports that along with…
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Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Diversity Training Ban
In September, The Root reported that the commander-in-white-fragility that y’all call president ordered all federal agencies to end anti-racism training and any other training that implements critical race theory. Well now, Trump’s order against hurting white people’s feelings is facing its first legal challenge as three civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Thursday arguing that…