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  • Okla. State Students Celebrate MLK Day in ‘Blackface’ … or Was It Just a Face Mask?

    Two Oklahoma State University students decided that the best way to celebrate not having classes because of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday was to paint their faces black. The photo posted by a student presumably named “Abbey” was posted to Instagram and immediately caught the attention of black students at Oklahoma State. Not everyone assumed…

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    Yesha Callahan

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  • The Trouble With Jimmy Fallon

    All in all, he wasn’t a bad choice to host the Golden Globes. He had the requisite clever and colorful opening number, an affable demeanor and the ability to improvise. He even started off strong with some postelection shade—though it didn’t erase our memory of his pre-election playfulness with the now-PEOTUS. And it certainly couldn’t…

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    Maiysha Kai

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  • When Jethro "Becomes" Jamal: Alabaster Fucknuggets And Their Laughable Digital Blackface

    Remember that time a foot-faced, soul-sucking gargoyle became a beacon of hope for previously shamed racist swampdonkeys and self-hating Black folks everywhere and won the U.S. presidential election, thus empowering a new wave of oppressive shitbaggery and violence by the hateful, unmoisturized masses? That was big fun. Even funner? When previous critics of the Tangerine…

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    Alexander Hardy

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  • Ark. School Board Member’s Blackface Photo Leads to Calls for Resignation 

    Ted Bonner, an eastern-Arkansas school board member, is being called on to resign by the Arkansas NAACP and several residents after photos surfaced of him wearing blackface as a costume for a Halloween party while also holding a sign referring to the Black Lives Matter movement, the Associated Press reports. On Monday, during a Blevins…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Photos Surface of Ark. School Board Member Wearing Blackface 

    Ted Bonner, a Blevins (Ark.) School Board member, painted his face black, distressed his teeth and, while carrying a sign that read, “Blak [sic] Lives Matters,” apparently wore the costume to a Halloween party in October, Raw Story reports. Photos of him wearing the costume circulated around social media, and Bonner apologized for them Monday…

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    The Root Staff

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  • University of Oregon Law Professor Who Wore Blackface Issues Apology

    A University of Oregon law professor who came under fire after reportedly wearing a blackface costume to an off-campus Halloween party issued an apology Friday. While the University of Oregon has declined to reveal the faculty member’s name, citing employee confidentiality, news and media organizations based in Oregon have identified her as Nancy Shurtz, a…

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    Monique Judge

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  • University of Oregon Law Professor Wears Blackface Costume to Halloween Party

    Updated Thursday, Nov. 4, 12:14 a.m. EDT: The professor in question has been identified by The Register-Guard as Nancy Shurtz. Earlier: An unnamed professor at the University of Oregon School of Law has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation after it was reported that the faculty member went to an off-campus Halloween party…

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    Monique Judge

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  • University of ND Investigating Yet Another Racist Photo Incident

    Things are looking bad at the University of North Dakota. The school is investigating its second racially charged photo in just about as many days, Valley News Live reports. The photo in question, which was posted to social media, shows four white people wearing black facial masks with the caption “Black Lives Matter,” the site notes.…

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    Breanna Edwards

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