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SC Politicians Try to Rinse Confederacy of White Supremacy by Honoring ‘Black Confederates’
Two South Carolina representatives hope to put the whole Confederate-monument controversy to rest—by memorializing the enslaved black people forced to fight for the Confederacy. Newsweek reports that Reps. Bill Chumley and Mike Burns brought forward the idea because the contributions of black Confederates have been historically overlooked: “This history is the truth and is being…
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Deandre Harris Is Now Wanted in Connection With the Same Attack at a White Supremacist Rally Where He Was Seriously Injured, Because America
Deandre Harris, a 20-year-old black man who was viciously attacked by white supremacists at the Charlottesville, Va., white supremacist rally almost two months ago, is now a wanted man after a local magistrate issued a warrant for his arrest in connection with the same Aug. 12 incident that left him bloody and wounded. Harris, according…
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Detroit Firefighter Fired After Gifting Watermelon to Majority-Black Station
One Detroit firefighter is out of a job after he decided to give a gift of a giant watermelon, all topped with a pink bow, as he introduced himself to who would have been his new colleagues at Engine 55. However, according to WJBK-TV, the gift did not go down well at the fire station,…
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Texas Tech University Police Officer Shot and Killed; Suspect Now in Custody
A Texas Tech University police officer was shot and killed Monday night at campus police headquarters, causing the Lubbock, Texas, campus to be placed on lockdown for more than an hour. NBC News reports that the incident started after officers responded to a call for a student “welfare check.” When the officers got to the…
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Racist Lime-a-Rita Drinker Gets Tossed Off L Subway Train by Other Passengers for Repeatedly Shouting the N-Word
In today’s “That’s What Your Ass Gets” news, a white man claiming to be a lawyer who graduated from the New York University School of Law found himself ejected by his fellow passengers after he went on a racist tirade on a New York City subway train over the weekend, and the incident was caught…
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Joe Arpaio’s Infamous and Inhumane Tent City Jail Officially Shut Down
In 1993, now-former Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio opened his infamous Tent City outdoor jail, supposedly as an answer to the problem of overcrowding in Phoenix’s jails. Tent City was a source of controversy for the entirety of its existence, and this weekend, it finally closed for good, just 10 months shy of its…
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Who Gon’ Check Me, Boo? Eagles’ Malcolm Jenkins Says He Will Continue to Protest Even if Team Owner Forbids It
The vice president of the United States wasted taxpayer dollars Sunday so he could stage his own mini protest against NFL players who exercised their constitutional right to peaceful protest by kneeling during the national anthem, and according to the current president, the vice president acted at his request. NFL owners and coaches are doing…
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Sesame Street Wants to Help Children Cope With Traumatic Experiences
Sesame Street understands that the children of today live through at least one traumatic experience before the age of 18, and coping with those experiences can have a serious impact on the rest of their lives. With this in mind, Sesame Workshop announced on Friday its first-ever comprehensive initiative to help children cope with these…
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Jemele Hill Suspended From ESPN for Social Media Post
ESPN anchor Jemele Hill, who once tweeted that Donald Trump is a “white supremacist” (still looking for the lie), has been suspended for two weeks after violating what the sports station is calling “a second violation of social media guidelines.” After news broke that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones would be benching any player who…
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Texas Mom Goes Through 9 Surgeries to Look Like Melania Trump
First ladies are often looked to as fashion icons. However, one Houston mom seems to have taken that admiration to the next level after having a grand total of nine surgeries done to look like first lady Melania Trump. This is not a drill. Claudia Sierra, 41, really committed to her vision, completing an eye…