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'You're Like Orange Savages': Man Captures Neighbor on Camera Hurling Anti-Filipino Slurs
Another day, another person being caught on a racist tirade. This time, a Las Vegas man posted a Facebook video of his neighbor going off on a rant in an argument that he said stemmed from cleaning up leaves. Dexter Manawat told KTNV that his neighbor got out her broom, and while she went about…
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Will Megyn Kelly Be Less Racist Now That She’s on NBC?
If one were in need of confirmation that you, too, can get away with Bill O’Reilly’s type of racism so long as you’re a pretty, blond white woman, look no further than the news that Megyn Kelly is leaving Fox News for NBC. According to reports, Kelly will host her own daytime talk show and…
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When Dabbing Goes Wrong: Lawmaker’s Son Gets Punished for Dabbing in Photo
Somehow, all of this, this great big dabbing debacle, is all Cam Newton’s fault. That’s because the reigning NFL MVP made dabbing a thing for white kids all across the country by making this his end zone dance. Truthfully, I just don’t like the fact that Newton has declared “All Lives Matter,” and I will…
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Dylann Roof Gives Brief Statement During Sentencing Phase of Trial
Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who was convicted of killing nine parishioners in a shooting at a historically black Charleston, S.C., church, did not ask jurors to spare his life or to give him the death penalty while giving a brief opening statement during his sentencing trial, the Associated Press reports. Instead, Roof told jurors…
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6 NAACP Members Arrested in Protest of Jeff Sessions Bid for US Attorney General
Six NAACP members were arrested late Tuesday at Sen. Jeff Sessions’ Mobile, Ala., office ending a sit-in to protest the nomination of Sessions (R-Ala.) as U.S. attorney general. According to CNN, five men and one woman, including NAACP President Cornell W. Brooks, were arrested and charged with criminal trespass in the second degree. The protesters…
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How JaVale McGee's Terrible Haircut Got Shaq Compared to a Minstrel Act
At this point, Golden State Warriors reserve center JaVale McGee doesn’t find it funny. In fact, McGee believes that the jokes about him stopped being funny long ago. Sure, McGee seems spaced out a lot of the time. You can see a montage of McVale’s greatest moments below: But he’s tired of being the butt…
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Fla. Family Finds Racial Slur and 'Trump 17' Painted on Burned Home
A Lake City, Fla., family say they’re shocked after finding racist graffiti painted on what was left of their home, which was lost in an unrelated fire on New Year’s Eve, Action News Jax reports. The family have a 6-year-old child who is battling leukemia and now cannot come home after having a bone marrow…
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Chicago Cop Stripped of Police Powers After Fatally Shooting Unarmed Man
The Chicago Police Department has stripped an officer who fatally shot an unarmed man of his powers, the department revealed Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reports. The shooting occurred Monday on the city’s Northwest Side. Police spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said the action against the officer is the “strongest step a department can take” during an open…
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Woman: 'Discrimination' Made Me Scream 'I Voted for Trump' in Michaels Meltdown
The Chicago woman seen on viral video going on a racially charged tirade at a Michaels arts and crafts store spoke out Tuesday, defending her actions in the face of what she says was the “discrimination” she faced, leading her to call black employees “animals” and to scream, “I voted for Trump!” “This wasn’t about…
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Black Teen Slammed to Ground at Texas Pool Party Sues Ex-Cop, City for $5,000,000
A Texas teen who was slammed to the ground and pinned down by a McKinney, Texas, police officer during a pool party in June 2015 has now filed a federal suit against the now former cop, the city and the McKinney Police Department, the Dallas Morning News reports. According to the report, Dajerria Becton and…