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Tyler Perry Offers $200,000, Announces Lawsuit Over Missing Black Man
Within four months of each other, two men vanished into thin air. Both disappearances happened in Naples, Fla. Both men were last seen with the same sheriff’s deputy. No one knows what happened to either man. Movie and television mogul Tyler Perry wants some answers. USA Today reports that Perry and attorney Benjamin Crump announced…
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Vermont's Only Black Female Lawmaker Withdraws Re-Election Bid After Racist Attacks
The state of Vermont’s lone black female lawmaker, Rep. Ruqaiyah “Kiah” Morris (D-Bennington), announced that she will not be running for re-election this year, in part because of the overwhelming amount of racist threats she’s received. Morris, who won the Democratic nomination earlier this month, shared her decision to withdraw her candidacy last Friday on…
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Cops Who Brutally Beat Mesa, Ariz., Man Cleared of Wrongdoing By Other Cops
When five police officers pummeled Robert Johnson in the hallway of the building where he lived, Johnson had not committed a crime. Although one officer wrote, “Johnson’s body language was projecting he was preparing for a physical altercation,” the victim had not made a single move in the direction of the officers. Another officer said…
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Black Patients on Pain Medication Are More Likely to Be Tested for Illicit Drugs, New Study Finds
That racism and implicit bias have affected and infected the American medical community—and the way patients are treated—is not news. But thanks to a slew of recent studies, we know in greater detail how and where those impacts can be felt. A new study led by Yale researchers adds to this growing body of evidence;…
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Video: Police Arrest Black Man for Loitering at His Own Apartment Complex
After questioning a black man who appeared to be suspiciously inhaling oxygen and using his body to illegally process said oxygen, Indiana police officers consulted the official police handbook for trumping up charges and arrested an Indianapolis man for loitering at the apartment complex where he lives. According to RTV 6, Jaquon Dean was working…
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Georgia Board of Elections Nixes Plans to Shut Down 7 of 9 Polling Places in Majority Black County
In what can only be hailed as a hard-fought victory against blatant voter suppression, on Friday, a rural Georgia elections board voted down a plan to close down seven of nine polling places in a majority-black county. Many deemed the move “consolidate” polling places in Randolph County, Georgia as a brazen attempt to depress the black…
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Audio Recording Catches Georgia School Superintendent Using N-Word Like It's 1799
Court documents featuring audio recordings of a Georgia school superintendent either exposes the administrator’s racist attitude toward black people or highlights his fine reenactment skills in his role as a plantation owner from the antebellum South who is displeased with his field hands’ cotton-picking efforts. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Buford School Superintendent Geye Hamby…
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White Man Accused of Urinating on 5-Year-Old Black Girl, Calling Her N-Word, Innocent of Allegations: Prosecutors [Updated]
Police took a Michigan man into custody on Wednesday evening after the parents of a five-year-old a girl accused the man of urinating on their daughter. According to the Associated Press, two 7-year-old children and a 5-year-old were in an alley near their home in Grand Rapids, Mich., when a man allegedly urinated on the…
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Kansas City Reporter Lisa Benson Says She Was Fired From TV Station for Sharing an Article About White Privilege
Earlier this year, Ruby Hamad wrote an article that struck a nerve. “How white women use strategic tears to silence women of colour,” published by the Guardian, delved into the ways white women weaponized their emotions against their women of color counterparts when they aired legitimate grievances. Many women of color shared the article, some…