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Life for Zimmerman? Don't Count on It
For weeks, online and on the streets, people called for the arrest of the man who fatally shot an unarmed black 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin. To them the shooting constituted what they no doubt saw as murder, despite the speculations of many legal experts that, at most, the man, George Zimmerman, might be charged with manslaughter,…
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Soledad O'Brien: 'Named After a Prison'?
Fox Chief Roger Ailes Takes Swipe at Soledad O’Brien Roger E. Ailes, chairman of Fox News, referred to anchor Soledad O’Brien of rival network CNN as “that girl that’s named after a prison” after a lecture Thursday before journalism students at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Chapel Hill, Melody Guyton Butts reported…
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Tulsa Suspects Charged With Murder, Hate Crimes
According to CNN, the two men accused of fatally shooting three black people in Tulsa, Okla., earlier this month, Jake England and Alvin Watts, have been charged with murder as well as hate crimes. The local Tulsa Crime Stopper hotlines also revealed that England had “bragged about other shootings,” in addition to writing that his…
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Tulsa Shootings and the Color of Hate
The fallout over the killing of three black people in Tulsa, Okla., continues after the arrest of two “white” men, Jacob England, 19, and Alvin Watts, 32, both of whom reportedly confessed to the shooting spree, which occurred in a predominantly black neighborhood. On April 5, England, who is half Cherokee, posted comments on his…
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Hunger Games: 'Racist' Teen Tweeters Respond
For Slate’s Browbeat blog, L.V. Anderson tracked down some of the teens who tweeted in response to the shocking news (to those who can’t read well or don’t read carefully) that Rue’s character in Hunger Games is played by a black actress. The ‘Hunger Games Tweets’ Tumblr that originally collected such responses went viral. Anderson…
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Tulsa Shooting Victim Knew Gunman, Wife Says
Updated: April 11, 10:53 a.m. EDT: Jeanette Allen believes that her husband, William Allen, 31, who was killed Friday, knew Jake England, the Tulsa World reports. England and Alvin Watts have confessed to the shooting spree in a predominantly black neighborhood of Tulsa that left three dead and two injured. Updated: April 10, 9:30 a.m.…
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Playing the Violence Card: It's a Cynical Ploy
In an op-ed for the New York Times, Khalil Gibran Muhammad takes on those who deflect complaints about racism against black people by playing “the violence card”: suggesting that “black people should worry more about the harm they do to themselves and less about how victimized they are by others.” Some have used this tactic…
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The Roots of Clarence Thomas' Black Burden
The oral argument over President Obama’s health care law and the Supreme Court’s decision to revisit its 2003 ruling upholding race-conscious university admissions have focused attention on Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Anthony Kennedy and their willingness to disturb apparently well-settled precedents. But just as assuredly, both cases will shine a spotlight on another justice…
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Racial Gap in Attention to Trayvon Story
“For African Americans, No Other Story Comes Close” “The growing controversy over the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida was the public’s top story last week, though African Americans express far greater interest in news about the killing than do whites,” the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press reported on…
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'Awkward Black Girl': Shorty Award and Racism
The Shorty Awards recognize the best short content produced for social media, and the popular Web series Awkward Black Girl took home the top award in its category this year. Creator Issa Rae and the rest of the team were no doubt thrilled. Fans who don’t like black people (or don’t like black social media…