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Texas News Outlets Oppose Effort to Put Confederate Flags on License Plates
Texas Dailies Say Keep Confederate Flag Off Plates The Sons of Confederate Veterans continued to fight the Civil War all the way to the Supreme Court on Monday, but Texas’ major dailies oppose the group’s demand for a Texas specialty license plate that features the Confederate battle flag. “The Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) insist…
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‘I Go to UVA,’ Martese Johnson’s Cry of Millennial Disbelief
Earlier this week I participated in a PBS NewsHour Twitter chat on race and millennials. We discussed members of the University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter, a white fraternity founded in the antebellum South, being caught on video singing one of their traditional songs about hanging “niggers” from trees. The chat was partially built…
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Report: White Supremacist Threatens O.J. Simpson’s Life
Disgraced NFL running back O.J. Simpson used to make astonishing cuts on the football field, but cutting a jailhouse medication line may have the Hall of Famer running for his life. According to the Daily Mail, the 67-year-old Simpson is housed in the minimum-security section of a Nevada prison, but when it comes time for…
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Prestigious Art School Is Giving Kanye West an Honorary Doctorate
He once rapped about being a college dropout, but Kanye West will be receiving an honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on May 11, according to the Chicago Tribune. Dr. Kanye West. He’ll be even more insufferable. Lisa Wainwright, the dean of faculty and vice president of academic administration at…
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The Top 5 Most Profound (or Outrageous) Quotes From Azealia Banks’ Playboy Interview
Until recently I hadn’t paid much attention to Azealia Banks. I knew her better as the girl who was always beefing on Twitter than as an emcee. But then, in December, the Harlem rapper did a completely politically incorrect interview with New York City radio station Hot 97, where she went off about race, racism and cultural…
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NYC Mom Arrested After She Asked Police to Talk to Son About Stealing: Report
A mom living in the Bronx borough of New York City was merely trying to teach her young son a valuable lesson about why stealing is wrong. She petitioned the help of people who should know best—New York’s finest—when she ended up being handcuffed herself, DNAinfo New York reports. According to the report, 29-year-old Tyeesha…
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4 San Francisco Cops Investigated for Sending Racist Text Messages
The conviction against San Francisco Police Officer Ian Furminger was supposed to end there, with him serving jail time for robbing drug dealers during his tenure as a supervisor in his bureau’s plainsclothes unit, CBS SF reports. But during a court filing, federal prosecutors came across racist and homophobic texts sent between Furminger and three…
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Terrence Howard Wants N-Word Used on Empire; Taraji P. Henson Says No
Empire has proved to be an envelope pusher in network television. With bold storylines that include homophobia and mental health, the show doesn’t skip a beat in addressing poignant issues in the black community. But one actor says the show is not authentic enough in the language it uses. Terrence Howard, who plays Lucious Lyon,…
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Blame It on Hip-Hop: Why Morning Joe Came to SAE’s Rescue
As MSNBC continues its obvious attempts to draw conservatives away from Fox News, Morning Joe co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have fully embraced their roles as the Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin of the network. Mocking rapper Waka Flocka Flame for canceling a scheduled performance at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon frat house at the…
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Watch: Morning Joe Panelists Blame Rappers for SAE Members’ Racist Chant
Turns out it’s hip-hop’s fault for the University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon frat members’ racist chant that included the lyrics, “There will never be a n—ger SAE/There will never be a n—ger SAE/You can hang him from a tree, but he will never sign with me/There will never be a n—ger SAE.” According to…