culture
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NYC Cops Raid Harlem Housing Projects, Make Some 100 Arrests
Dozens of police from across New York City stormed two Harlem housing projects, arresting some 100 people they believe have been at the center of a deadly gang feud that included the 2011 killing of an 18-year-old woman destined for basketball greatness. According to the New York Daily News, police dressed in full combat gear…
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Fort Hood Sex-Assault Prevention Officer Was Behind Base’s Prostitution Ring, Witness Claims
Army Sgt. 1st Class Gregory McQueen picked his targets based on his knowledge of their tight financial situation is what one female soldier claimed. McQueen, who ironically was a sexual assault prevention officer at Fort Hood, Texas, is facing charges including pandering, conspiracy, adultery and sexual assault for his alleged part in running a prostitution…
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Watch: NY Man Records Racial Confrontation in Parking Lot
Editor’s note: Tweets that were previously attributed to the woman in this video were not genuine. “You’re a n—ger!” This is allegedly what the woman said, pointedly and vehemently, to the man recording her from his car window as she called her husband to tell him to come and deal with him. Apparently the confrontation…
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Mannequin Wearing Obama Mask Hung From Overpass Near Kansas City, Mo.
Police were called in on Monday to investigate a fully clothed mannequin hanging from a highway overpass a few miles outside of Kansas City, Mo., that was wearing a Barack Obama mask, Reuters reports. Interstate 70 was closed down for a short time as a bomb squad investigated the mannequin, which hung from a bridge…
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Cotton Gin Boss Threatens to ‘Hang’ Black Workers Who Drink From ‘White’ Water Fountain
African-American workers at a cotton gin in Memphis, Tenn., have filed a federal discrimination complaint claiming that they were subjected to racism and Jim Crow conditions that included a supervisor longing for the old days when they could “hang” black men who drank out of the wrong water fountain, Raw Story reports. According to…
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Man Accused of Attacking V. Stiviano Arrested, Charged With Hate Crime
Police arrested a Long Island, N.Y., man on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting V. Stiviano, who became the center of media attention following her recordings of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling allegedly making racist comments about black people, which ultimately led to his lifelong ban from the NBA, Reuters reports. Dominick Dorio, a resident of…
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New Video Shows Justin Bieber Singing About Killing a ‘N–ger’ and Joining the KKK
Justin Bieber’s publicist has to be working overtime considering that the pop singer just apologized Sunday for a 2009 video that surfaced showing him telling a racist joke that included repeated use of the n-word in its punch line. Now a new video has surfaced allegedly showing the Biebs singing about killing a “n—ger” and…
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LeVar Burton Plans to Take Reading Rainbow Even Further
Overjoyed, ecstatic. These words could be used to describe LeVar Burton’s current emotions, inefficient and near nondescriptive as they may be in comparison to the star’s real feelings in light of the success of his Kickstarter campaign to bring back the popular reading show Reading Rainbow as a digital app. “It’s still a bit overwhelming…
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Art Mixed With the KKK Leaves a Bad Aftertaste
I’d gone to Montreal for a conference and, because I fell in love with the city, decided to stay a few more days to explore it. I was with my travel companion, a woman who’s working on a start-up site about art, and she asked me to tag along with her to check out Montreal’s…
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Think You Know the Dropout Rates for Black Males? You’re Probably Wrong
On Bladensburg Road along the border of Prince George’s County, Md., and Washington, D.C., a billboard reads, “57% of District of Columbia students drop out.” The billboard is large and imposing, with an orange backdrop and bold diagonal dashes on each side to mimic a road-hazard sign. Many would find the content of the sign to…