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‘I’m Going to Strip You Naked and Whip You Like the Slave You Are’: Man Sends Racist Messages Before Killing Innocent Black Man
An innocent black man was shot in the face and killed on Labor Day after attempting to keep an angry, racist white man from entering his home and confronting his roommate, according to reports from local law enforcement in Fort Worth, Texas. Sammie Jones, 28, answered a knock on his door to find 38-year-old Kevin…
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University Finds Harassment Campaign Against DACA Student to Be ‘Free Speech’
Updated Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, 5:06 p.m. EDT: The student who launched an online campaign urging people to report DACA student Paola Garcia is no longer enrolled at Transylvania University. According to BuzzFeed, university officials said Wednesday in an email that Taylor Ragg was no longer enrolled, and declined to give additional information. Earlier: Transylvania…
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The White House Wants ESPN’s Jemele Hill Fired for Stating Facts
Because 53 percent of white women decided to turn their collective backs on America, Donald Trump is in office, and since then, I haven’t been able to figure out which side is up anymore. On Monday, ESPN’s Jemele Hill dropped some jewels on Twitter in which she called the president of the United States a…
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Congress Passes Legislation Urging the President to Act Less Like a White Supremacist
It’s a sad day when Congress has to pass legislation urging the president of the United States to speak out against racist hate groups, but that’s where we are, ’Merica. On Tuesday, Congress overwhelmingly approved legislation demanding more “forceful denunciation of racist extremism from the president,” the Washington Post reports. “The first thing it’s going…
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White Man Who Yelled ‘Shut Up, Slave!’ at Black Man During Altercation at Chicago Starbucks Now Faces Hate Crime Charges
If you want to talk the talk, you gotta walk the walk. That is what William Boucher, 24, is learning after being caught on camera launching into a violent, racist rant, calling a black man a slave and comparing him to livestock after the man apparently spilled some coffee on Boucher’s light-colored suit. Hmm, there’s…
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Video Goes Viral of Crazy Confrontation After Couple Refuses to Hand Over License
Nearly 7 million people have viewed a Facebook video of police officers breaking the car window and pointing guns at a Colorado Springs, Colo., couple who refused to hand over identification during a traffic stop in Saline, Kan. According to Hays Post, Tia Jones was driving on Interstate 70 in Salina when she was stopped…
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America Unites Momentarily to Hate This Stupid-Ass ‘Bodega’ Startup
It may not seem like it, but we’ve had a few shining moments of national unity this year. The solar eclipse drew people together to collectively stare at the sky; pretty much everyone (except ESPN) recognizes that Donald Trump is a white supremacist; and you can rely on the Cajun Navy to show up when…
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Why US Virgin Islanders Say They Feel Like America’s ‘Bastard Stepchildren’ After Hurricane Irma
Although the U.S. Virgin Islands, which include St. John, St. Croix and St. Thomas, are part of the United States, many in the islands felt nonexistent as mainstream media covered Hurricane Irma’s trajectory with nary a mention of the territories where many Americans gladly sun-and-fun sans passport. There was talk of how Irma was affecting…
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Trump’s Private Clubs Ask Government for More Foreign Workers
Well, isn’t this just like the 1 percent? While the president is currently pushing to build a dumb-ass wall that no one wants and the administration is looking to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration policy, Trump International Beach Resort has asked the government for permission to hire more temporary foreign workers to…
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Mo. Man, Tired of Being Called Racist for Flying a Confederate Flag, Puts Up ‘Slaves 4 Sale’ Sign in Retaliation Because That Makes Complete Sense
Y’all, there’s dumb and then there’s dumb. And one Liberty, Mo., resident is literally the representation of being “dumber than a bag of rocks” after throwing up a “Slaves 4 Sale” sign, all because he was mad at his neighbors for apparently treating him like a racist because he hangs a Confederate flag (the flag…