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White Supremacist Troll Low-Key Stalks Maxine Waters; George Zimmerman Mixes Her Up With Another Black Woman
Well-known white supremacist troll Chuck C. Johnson somehow found himself on a plane with Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and snapped her pic in some kind of weird, stalkery behavior. As Little Green Footballs reports, Johnson was recently in the news for hyping a fraudulent sexual harassment allegation against Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and must have…
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17-Year-Old Maame Biney Becomes 1st Black Girl to Make US Olympics Team for Speedskating
We ’bout to see all the #BlackGirlMagic during the Winter Olympics in South Korea, now that a 17-year-old from Virginia has bust through. On Saturday, Maame Biney became the first African-American woman to qualify for the U.S. Olympics team in speedskating, with two victories in the 500-meter race. “I can’t believe it, aww geez,” said…
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George Zimmerman Says He’ll Beat Up Jay-Z, Feed Him to Alligators Over Trayvon Martin Doc
Trayvon Martin’s killer is still flapping his lips. And this time, George Zimmerman has threatened violence against Jay-Z over a Trayvon documentary that is currently in production. Earlier this year, Jay-Z announced that he was working with the Weinstein Co. to produce a six-part documentary about Trayvon’s life titled, Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin…
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Trump Administration Forbids CDC From Using 7 Words in Budget Documents, Including ‘Transgender,’ ‘Diversity’ and ‘Fetus’
You may call folks shrill for saying that the country under President Donald Trump is sliding into fascism, but in a minute, all of us will be speaking in panicked, high-pitched tones. The Chicago Tribune is reporting that there is now a list of words that are prohibited from appearing on any official document from…
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Is This Sign Racist or Just Part of American History?
There are two trains of thought on displaying America’s historically racist trinkets and statues—well, a lot more, but the main ones are: 1) Racist symbols are a part of our shared song and we shouldn’t shy away from them; and 2) Fuck that, don’t nobody wanna look at that racist shit while I’m walking in…
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Sorry, Santa—‘Jingle Bells’ Has Racist Roots
We know that the third stanza of “The Star-Spangled Banner” is racist, and the children’s song “Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe” is also suspect, but a Boston professor is now saying that “Jingle Bells” might as well be called “Jungle Boogie.” OK—she never said that, but theater historian Kyra Hamill did discover that the beloved Christmas…
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Watch: Let’s All Approach 2018 the Way This Atlanta Hawks Fan Approached This Half-Court Shot
It’s easy to believe that hitting a shot from half-court is just a setup for embarrassment. It’s one chance to sink a 47-foot shot, so no one would be judgmental if the person picked during the halftime segment of an NBA game walked onto the court and proceeded to just talk trash and shoot the…
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Here’s What LeBron James Said to Lonzo Ball After Thursday Night’s Game
LeBron James is an elder statesmen in the game at just 32. He’s easily the best basketball player on the planet, and has worked himself into the argument as the best basketball player to ever play the game. So when Lonzo Ball, the quiet rookie with the boisterous father, brought his Los Angeles Lakers to…
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Atlanta-Area Uber Driver Charged With Raping 16-Year-Old Girl During Ride
Gwinnett County, Ga., police arrested an Uber driver Thursday after a 16-year-old girl reported that he raped her during a ride, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Police identified the driver as Abdoulie Jagne, 58, of College Park, Ga. Uber confirmed that Jagne had been employed with the company for two months, during which he drove all…
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Trump and Russia Didn’t Just Collude; They Have a Shared Phone Plan and Gift Registry at Target
President Donald TrumPutin’s approval rating is hovering around the same temperature at which water freezes; meanwhile, the investigation by MTV’s Nev and Max into Russia’s catfishing of America’s voting process is heating up (meaning that Nev and Max are doing some serious Googling), and this president of Jacksonville, Fla., called the Russian president to thank…