n-word

  • Utah Man Charged With Yelling Racial Slur at Boy, Attacking Father With 'Stun Cane'

    A Draper, Utah, man is accused of yelling a racial slur at a neighbor’s son before attacking the boy’s father with a “stun cane” during a confrontation over his choice of words, KSL.com reports. Mark Olic Porter is facing a third-degree felony aggravated assault charge for allegedly attacking the neighbor, who came to defend his…

  • NYC Woman Finds N-Word Written on Her Door With Tomato Sauce Thrown on It

    Dolly Ragoo discovered Monday that the door to her home had been splashed with tomato sauce and had the n-word scrawled on it, the New York Daily News reports. Ragoo, who lives in Queens, N.Y., is of Indian descent, and after finding the vandalism on her door, she was terrified. “This called me [n—ger] because I’m…

  • Veteran TV Reporter Confronts Man Who Called Him the N-Word

    A Virginia man was arrested, charged with harassing a veteran Charlotte, N.C., TV reporter during a confrontation in Charleston, S.C., the Charlotte Observer reports. Brian Eybers, 21, is being held in the Charleston County Detention Center and is due in court Friday on charges of disorderly conduct and possession of drug paraphernalia in the form of a…

  • Woman Who Used N-Word, Spit on Black Couple at Chicago Festival Charged With Hate Crime

    A white woman who shouted racial slurs at a black couple in a video that went viral over the summer is now facing a hate crime charge, DNAinfo reports. Jessica Sanders, 26, was arrested last week and charged with a hate crime and battery, according to the report. Her bail has been set at $50,000.…

  • Ky. High School Apologizes After Assignment on the N-Word

    A high school in Lexington, Ky., is apologizing after an assignment focused on questions surrounding the use of the n-word, WKYT reports. According to the report, Kiarah Raglin, a freshman at Lafayette High School, was given the assignment in English class last week, prior to fall break. According to school Principal Bryne Jacobs, the assignment…

  • Texas Sonic Drive-In Customers Upset at 'Racist' Receipts 

    A Fort Worth, Texas, man is demanding answers after he and his friend noticed that the receipts for their Friday lunch included racial slurs, Fox4DC reports. Tyrone Moseley and a co-worker stopped at a local Sonic drive-in for their meal and ordered on the patio, where, according to Moseley, the servers usually take his name.…

  • Racist Message Written on Dorm Whiteboard at SUNY College: ‘N–gers Deserve to Die’ 

    The College at Brockport, State University of New York, has launched an investigation after someone wrote “N—gers deserve to die” on a whiteboard in a college dorm earlier this week, WHAM reports. According to the station, students who live in the dorm are mostly people of color, a student said. University police are looking into the…

  • Outgoing Ala. Mayor Denies Posting Racist Facebook Comment: 'I Lost. The N–ger Won' 

    Midland City, Ala., Mayor Patsy Capshaw Skipper insists that she did not write a racist Facebook comment after losing to a black candidate Tuesday night, citing recent heart surgery and technical problems with the social media site, AL.com reports. On Thursday Raw Story reported that the Republican mayor allegedly wrote, “I lost. The [n—ger] won,”…

  • Woman Shouts N-Word, Spits on Black Couple at Chicago's Margarita Festival 

    Ernest and Cassie Crim, both high school teachers in Chicago, said they were just looking forward to a weekend of adult fun at Chicago’s Margarita Festival, one “last summer hurrah before we went back to school,” according to Mic. However, the site reports, the July 30-31 event turned sour after the couple, who are black, said…

  • Why ‘How to React When Being Called a N–ger’ Is So Complicated, Explained

    Who is Emmy Victor? Emmy Victor is a morning reporter for KCCI-TV in Des Moines, Iowa. According to her Twitter bio, she’s also a New York City-Washington, D.C.-area native and a Howard University alum. And, according to the footage I saw of her, she might also be a Tibetan monk. A Tibetan monk? Why would…