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Tennessee Hardware-Store Owner Who Proudly Displayed ‘No Gays Allowed’ Sign on Door Applauds Supreme Court Ruling
Jeff Amyx, the white store owner of Amyx Hardware & Roofing Supplies in Washburn, Tenn., made it clear back in 2015 that he doesn’t support gays by posting a sign outside his shop reading, “No Gays Allowed.” In 2015, when the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, Amyx immediately threw the sign up to express his…
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Here’s Why Colin Kaepernick’s Legal Team Should Subpoena the President in His NFL Collusion Case
President Donald Trump couldn’t let kneeling players kneel. For Trump, the players protesting the over-policing of black communities became political points for him to hold up as examples of turncoats who don’t honor the American flag. He called them “sons of bitches,” urged NFL owners to fire players who refused to stand for the national…
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A Deliveryman Brought Pizza Pies to a Brooklyn, NY, Military Base. Now He’s Facing Deportation
It wasn’t the first time Pablo Villavicencio delivered pizzas to the base. But on June 1, on a run to the Fort Hamilton military base in Brooklyn, N.Y., Villavicencio was asked by security to provide an ID. As he had done in the past, he presented his New York City ID—a free, government-based ID card…
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Chicago Police Chief Defends Cops Who Handcuffed 10-Year-Old in Case of Mistaken Identity
Another day, another case of this country’s “finest” proving that they are anything but. A 10-year-old Chicago boy was shackled placed in handcuffs outside his grandmother’s home on Friday after police mistakenly accused him of being a juvenile runaway with a gun. Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said Wednesday that police “followed all of the…
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What the Cluck? KFC Is Testing Out Faux Fried Chicken in the UK
In an effort to comply with new public health guidelines, KFC U.K. will start experimenting with a vegetarian version of its Original Recipe chicken. That’s right. Nonchicken chicken. A faux foul. Still with 11 herbs and spices, though! As the Washington Post reports, the move is prompted by new recommendations from Public Health England that…
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Food Truck Worker Hurls Bottle, Racial Epithet at Black Woman After She Tries to Pay With Change: Report
The disrespect of black folk continues. And it continues to be captured on video. A black woman in Oregon was allegedly called out of her name and assaulted by a food truck owner, all because she tried to pay for her food with change. According to Willamette Week, Carlotta Washington says she was called a…
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White South African Farmers, Fearing Violence, Tap Israeli Special Forces Agent for Defense Classes
White South African farmers are enrolling in specially designed self-defense courses based on fears that they’ll be attacked by black South Africans. According to Newsweek, which cites local news sources, a number of white farmers have tapped Idan Abolnik, a former soldier with the Israeli special forces, to help them protect themselves. This follows the…
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26-Year-Old Wins Local Office in Georgia, Takes Her Oath of Office on Autobiography of Malcolm X
Since Tuesday’s elections held throughout the nation, an already iconic photo has been sweeping the internet—of 26-year-old Mariah Parker taking her oath of office as Athens-Clarke County, Ga., commissioner for District 2, with her mother holding, not the Bible or Quran, but another good book: Alex Haley’s Autobiography of Malcolm X. Parker, who reportedly won…
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White Teacher Makes Instagram Post Mocking Black Elementary Student’s Hair
A Canadian school board has launched an investigation after a white substitute teacher made an offensive post on Instagram mocking the hair of a black student. The Peel District School Board was notified of the racist post after a concerned community member posted about it on Twitter. “Hi @PeelSchools,” Twitter user @giaper wrote. “[P]lease be…
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White Family Beats Down 2 Police Officers. Miraculously, No One Gets Shot
This is one of those stories where, if I were writing it about a black family, it would have an entirely different headline and an entirely different outcome, because that’s how these things work in our society right now. A husband, wife, their son and an unidentified juvenile relative were all arrested in Middle River,…