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Did the Director of the Marsha P. Johnson Netflix Doc Steal a Black Trans Filmmaker’s Work?
Accusations against David France, the award-winning director of the new Netflix documentary The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, have been gaining steam in the last week. At the center of the growing controversy is a transgender woman of color, activist and filmmaker Reina Gossett, who claims that France lifted her work in making…
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‘We Should Have Hung All You … While We Had the Chance’: Parents Fear for Daughter’s Safety After Classmate Sends Her Threatening Message
It always amazes me when people don’t like being called racist, so then they jump to the most racist thing ever. That totally makes sense. Except now a Texas family are terrified because their daughter received a threatening message after she called out a classmate for being racist. According to the Houston Chronicle, the unidentified…
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Apple’s Black Diversity Chief Whitesplains How 12 Blue-Eyed Blond Men Can Be Diverse
Even more pressing than “Can a black person be racist?” is the question “Can a woman mansplain?” or “Can a black woman whitesplain something?” Well, we finally have an answer. Apple is known for three things: Phones that compel the lowlifes who use Android phones to say, “Droids had that feature for years.” Computers that…
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La. Sheriff Furious at New Laws Allowing for Release of ‘Good,’ Nonviolent Inmates Because ‘We Use Them to Wash Cars’
In case you ever wondered about the way (some) correctional officers see their inmates, I lead you no further than to Caddo Parish, La., Sheriff Steve Prator, who is ranting and raging mad about new criminal-justice reform laws that will go into effect next month—because it will mean getting rid of cheap labor. But don’t…
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White Restaurant Manager Accused of Enslaving Mentally Disabled Black Man for 5 Years Charged With Forced Labor
A white South Carolina restaurant manager accused of tormenting and enslaving a mentally disabled black employee for five years is now facing charges of forced labor, a felony that carries up to 20 years in prison. According to the Post and Courier, the U.S. attorney’s office formally announced the charges against 52-year-old Bobby Paul Edwards…
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Black Doll Found Hanging From Locker Room in Pa. High School; Officials Call It a ‘Foolish Prank’
The superintendent of a Chester County, Pa., high school is calling the discovery of a black baby doll hanged in a locker room a “foolish prank,” rather than anything to do with race. Right, because that’s how it always works out. According to NBC 10, the news station was sent a photo of the doll…
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FEMA Officials Say It’s Not Their Job to Distribute Food and Water to Hurricane Victims in Puerto Rico: Report
Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Maria brought devastation to the island of Puerto Rico, people in the town of Aibonito still have not received any food or water from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The reason? FEMA said it’s not their job to distribute food and water to the hurricane victims. Aibonito is located about…
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The Boy Scouts of America Will Admit Girls in 2018
Starting next year, little girls will be able to join the Boy Scouts of America and work all the way up to the rank of Eagle Scout, the organization announced Wednesday. “We believe it is critical to evolve how our programs meet the needs of families interested in positive and lifelong experiences for their children,”…
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Pa. College Football Quarterback Kicked Off Team After Kneeling During National Anthem
As the NFL protests continue and teams and the association at large continue to argue about how to deal with players kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality and black oppression, school football players—across high schools and colleges alike—are also showing their solidarity and their own morality by choosing to take a knee.…
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2 Officers Involved in Freddie Gray Case Accept ‘Minor Disciplinary Action’ and Keep Their Jobs
Two Baltimore police officers have accepted “minor disciplinary action” for their part in the 2015 arrest of Freddie Gray, who died after being severely injured while in police custody. The deal clears the way for the cops to remain employed by the Baltimore Police Department, instead of arguing before departmental trial boards and facing termination.…