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Unarmed Black Teacher, a Recent VCU Honors Grad, Shot and Killed by Virginia Police
Police in Richmond, Va., shot and killed an unarmed black motorist Monday along Interstate 95 during the evening commute. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that according to the Richmond Police Department, 24-year-old Marcus-David L. Peters was shot after he charged an officer. Peters reportedly hit three cars, led officers on a short pursuit, and danced and…
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Kansas Finally Bans Cops From Forcing Suspects to Have Sex Because … Yes, a Cop Reportedly Raped Black Women for Years
Even though they are busy serving as bouncers at Starbucks, crashing black cookouts and shooting black people in the face, police officers around the country often find time to have sex with the people they are arresting. I had no idea this was a thing, but apparently, Kansas and 33 other states allow cops to…
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Study: Affluent Black Kids Suffer Higher Rates of Depression Because … You Guessed It: Racism
When evaluating the reasons for health disparities, most studies find a link between income and education to explain the health gap in the black community. But a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan has found that blacks with higher levels of affluence are more likely to suffer from depression. Even more revealing,…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Won $100,000 Video-Poker Jackpot, Proving That Life Is Unfair
Floyd Mayweather Jr. isn’t just rich; he’s excessively rich. He’s so rich that his career is now contemplating how to take on more girlfriends while thinking of more ridiculous ways to increase his wealth. Mayweather is reportedly considering a career in the MMA, which he will leave with a billion-dollar payday. And now Mayweather, who…
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White Woman Calls Cops on Black Real Estate Investor Inspecting House Next Door
It’s news to no one that the Rebeccas and Karens of the world will not cease until they call cops on every single black person in this country for the most minuscule of perceived infractions. In the past month alone we’ve had incidents of police being called on black people for napping while black, cooking…
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#CommunityServiceWhileBlack: Cop Questions Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Members During Highway Cleaning, Says He Thought They Were Fighting
Several members of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority were doing their due diligence and cleaning up trash on Interstate Highway 83 in Harrisburg, Pa., when a state trooper pulled over and started questioning them. According to a now deleted Facebook post by Shawna Naomi but captured by writer Britni Danielle, the trooper said he was questioning…
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A Black Student Says He Was Sexually Harassed and Assaulted by a White Classmate, but Only He Was Punished
The family of a black middle school student has filed a lawsuit against the Lansing, Kan., school district for racial discrimination in failing to protect him from physical and sexual harassment at the hands of another middle schooler. This is the second such lawsuit filed against the Lansing School District in a week, the Kansas…
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#StayWoke: The Real Reason Trump’s Trying to Make China Great Again
On Sunday, seemingly out of nowhere, President Donald Trump tweeted that he was going to ease crushing sanctions on Chinese phone company ZTE, which, under President Barack Obama’s administration, pissed off the United States by selling Iran’s largest telecom firm a powerful surveillance system capable of spying on its citizens. After an investigation in 2012,…
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113-Year-Old Ohio Woman Is the Oldest Living Person in US
A huge part of the Gerontology Research Group’s focus is to keep track of people who live past 110 years. And after the death of a 114-year-old woman in Pennsylvania, it has now bestowed its “oldest living person in America” honor upon 113-year-old Lessie Brown of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. According to Fox 8, Brown’s 88-year-old…