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McKinney, Texas: Rage Is Our Rightful Response to Anti-Black Racism
If those were my sons, somebody would have to post my bail money. That was my first thought when I watched the now-viral video of white police officers—allegedly responding to disturbances at a private pool party in McKinney, Texas—throwing black teenage boys to the ground and handcuffing them. When, in the same video, I watched…
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3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets: The Death of Jordan Davis
When Michael Dunn murdered 17-year-old Jordan Davis in the parking lot of Gate gas station in Jacksonville, Fla., on Nov. 23, 2012, the bullets not only ripped through Jordan’s body but also tore open the hearts of his parents, Ron Davis and Lucia McBath, before finally slicing through the post-racial lie America pretends to believe…
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Tom Hanks’ Son Chet Haze Surrounds Himself With Black People Who Allow Him to Use the N-Word
Tom Hanks has been called “the nicest guy in the world” for most of his acting career, but his son, aspiring rapper Chet Haze (real name Chester Hanks), is aiming for another title. Which is probably more along the lines of “f—kboy of the year.” Haze, who couldn’t rap himself out of a paper bag,…
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Chicago Outlet Debated Publishing Photo Showing 2 Cops Treating a Black Suspect Like a Deer
Sun-Times Runs a Photo That Police Didn’t Want Seen “Photographs can do a number of things. “They can help frame a news story or put it into better context. “They can convey details and nuances of a story that might otherwise be lost,” Jim Kirk, publisher and editor in chief of the Chicago Sun-Times, wrote…
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Woman Gives 12-Year-Old Stepson ‘George Jefferson’ Haircut for Smoking Weed
There’s one thing I’m thankful for now that I’m an adult. I’m thankful that social media and cellphone cameras did not exist when I was a preteen, because I’m quite sure my mother would have been the type to publicly embarrass me by posting her versions of discipline on the Internet. Not that I was…
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Cleveland Verdict: Where the Threat of Blackness Prevails
The numbers: 137 rounds; 49 shots from one gun; two unarmed black victims dead. Not guilty. Perhaps the most chilling element of the verdict in the case of Cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo, charged with the voluntary manslaughter of two unarmed black suspects, was a mainstay phrase uttered by Judge John P. O’Donnell in his…
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Hey, Grads, Time for Real Talk: 10 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me in a Commencement Speech
As graduates across America bask in the pomp and circumstance of commencement festivities, I have tried to reflect on the indispensable words of wisdom famed news anchor Dan Rather shared with my fellow classmates and me during his commencement address to the University of Texas, College of Communication, Class of 2002. … As it turns out, I…
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Pregnant Chicago Woman Accuses Angry Cop of Punching Her Belly
A pregnant Chicago woman says that a plainclothes police officer punched her in the belly and then unleashed a racist tirade after she and a few friends laughed at him. Nicola Robinson, who is eight months pregnant, told WFLD-TV that she and others were standing near her apartment building on Friday when they saw police…
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Ga. School Nurse to 11-Year-Old Student: ‘I’m Going to F–k You Up’
A Georgia school nurse is being accused of cursing and using a racial slur against an 11-year-old in the school cafeteria, 11 Alive reports. Witness statements given by six children and three adults described the explosive confrontation between Beverly Barnes, a nurse at Mundy’s Mill Middle School in Jonesboro, and 11-year-old Jason Ezzard, who had been…
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Biker Clubs Instead of Thugs? This Is How Racism Works
On Sunday in Waco, Texas, violence erupted when an altercation between members of two rival motorcycle gangs spilled out from a bathroom at the Twin Peaks restaurant into the main area of the eatery and eventually into the parking lot. When it was over, the bloody encounter left nine dead and over a dozen people…