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Advice From Former Racist: ‘If You Hear Something Racist, F–king Stand Up and Take Responsibility’
Move over, Tim Wise. There’s a new white expert on race matters in town. A man who goes by the name W. Honky on YouTube and the moniker Dixon D. White on Facebook has broken down white supremacy and racism till it can’t be broken down any more. White, who says he is a former racist, doesn’t mince…
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College Student Who Crossed Up Philly Cops in a Pickup Game Is Later Arrested by Same Cops
According to college junior Samir Hill, the only reason he was taken down to a police station and handcuffed to a chair for nearly two hours while police officers searched his car is that a video went viral showing Hill, 21, and his ankle-breaking moves on the police officers during a pickup basketball game days…
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Walter Scott’s Death and the Cycle of Contempt for Black Lives
By now, many in America have watched the obscene video showing the death of Walter Scott, shot in the back as he flees for his life from North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager. Seemingly in an instant, eight shots from Slager’s gun turned Scott from a man to a memory. Then the officer added insult to…
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Watch: Minneapolis Cop Threatens to Break Teenager’s Leg During Traffic Stop
A video has surfaced that appears to show a Minneapolis police officer threatening to break a teenager’s leg during a traffic stop. Hamza Jeylani, 17, who recorded the cellphone video, told MRP News that he and his friends had left a YMCA on March 18 when police pulled them over. The four young men, of…
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Kentucky Player Apologizes for Obscenity and N-Word Slur After Final 4 Loss
University of Kentucky guard Andrew Harrison apologized Sunday for directing an obscenity and a racial slur at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Frank Kaminsky during a Final Four postgame news conference, according to the Associated Press. Harrison, who is African American, muttered ”F—k that n—ger” into a live microphone when another player was asked a question…
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Racist Email at U of Md. Goes Unpunished; President Defends Vulgar Language as Free Speech
The University of Maryland decided to pursue a course of “restorative justice rather than legal justice” against a student who sent his fraternity brothers a racist and misogynistic email, according to the Huffington Post. University of Maryland President Wallace D. Loh announced that decision following an investigation of a student, and Kappa Sigma Fraternity member,…
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McDonald's To Test All-Day Breakfast; Rest Of World Says "What Took You So F**king Long?"
There are only five reasons to willingly walk into a McDonald’s after 10:30am. 1. You really have to shit. Like, really, really, really, really have to shit, and there are no other indoor toilets within walking distance 2. You need food, and there’s nothing else — not Wendy’s, not a 7-11 , not even a…
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NBC Announces Live Version of The Wiz
In December, when the live version of Peter Pan aired on NBC, some people wondered what the network had up its sleeve regarding another musical. I had my own ideas and shared them on Twitter, with several people in agreement: https://twitter.com/YeshaCallahan/status/540718314931359745https://twitter.com/huny/status/540719602163286016 As irony would have it, on Monday NBC announced that a live version of…
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Watch: Teen Couple Beaten by Skateboarders in Calif.
A teenage California couple was savagely attacked late last week by a group of skateboarders who had reportedly warned the teen girl not to come to the area of town after an alleged fight a month ago. According to KTLA, Brooklyn Smith, 16, and her boyfriend, Toyon Carlson, were walking near Venice Beach Skate Park Thursday…
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When It Comes to Racism and Injustice, These Rappers Know a Thing or 2
When my uncle handed me his headphones when I was 14 years old, I knew I wasn’t supposed to be listening to rap music. Those things just didn’t happen when you grow up in a house where secular music is frowned upon, but I looked up to my uncle and knew he wouldn’t steer me…