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Indiana Teen Suddenly ‘Ashamed’ After Video of Him Shouting Racial Slurs Into Megaphone, Carrying Nazi Flag Went Viral
Life catches up with you—especially when you think it’ll be all fun and games to chant racial slurs into a bullhorn while wearing a Nazi flag draped over your shoulders. It’s a lesson 17-year-old Mat Blood is learning after video of his little stunt—with him marching up and down with the flag and yelling, “Fuck…
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‘White Racism’ Class at Florida University Stirred Up So Much Controversy That 2 Campus Officers Had to Be on Guard
People were big mad about a class called “White Racism” that is currently being offered at the Florida Gulf Coast University. So mad, in fact, that the university felt the need to put at least two campus police officers on guard during the class’s first session Tuesday as a precaution. “We have prepared for any…
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White Firefighter Files Racial-Discrimination Lawsuit After He Was Fired for Social Media Post About Running Over Protesters
Some people just don’t know how to quit while they’re ahead. And a white Columbia, S.C., firefighter who was fired after posting to social media that he would run over protesters if they were still blocking traffic when his shift was over has now filed a lawsuit claiming racial discrimination. James “Jimmy” Morris, who was…
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The Punisher Star Has No Time for White Supremacists Who Appropriate Franchise Logo
The Punisher is brutal, bloody and exceedingly violent. But that doesn’t mean that the Netflix show’s star, Jon Bernthal, is here for any of the bullshit, especially when it comes to white supremacist trolls and terrorists appropriating the franchise’s logo for their own purposes. In fact, Bernthal quite simply and succinctly told any of the…
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LeRoy Frasier, Black Student Who Helped Desegregate University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dead at 80
LeRoy Frasier, a trailblazing pioneer who, along with his brother and another high school student, was among the first African-American undergraduate students to challenge segregation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has died at the age of 80. According to the Associated Press, family members confirmed Tuesday that Frasier, a longtime English…
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California High School Student in Racist Video: ‘When the Police Were Killing All Those Black People, I Was So Happy’
Somebody gon’ learn a big lesson real soon. A high school student from Elk Grove, Calif., has stepped in a heaping mound of dog shit after a racist video she recorded went viral on social media. The girl, who probably thought she was cute, filmed herself on Snapchat making several horrible remarks. The video has…
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New York Man Broke Into Black Neighbor’s Home, Threatened to Lynch Him With Chain: Report
A 32-year-old Lyons, N.Y., man is facing multiple charges, including one pertaining to a hate crime, after authorities say that he broke into his black neighbor’s home, hurled racially motivated threats at the man and even used a chain hung over a tree to suggest a lynching. According to the Finger Lakes Times, Adam J.…
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Watch: Cornel West Gets Real About His Beef With Ta-Nehisi Coates and Barack Obama: ‘We Got to Keep Standards Up’
As a result of Cornel West’s public criticism of Ta-Nehisi Coates in the New York Times last month, we at The Root asked the good doctor over to our studios to have a word (this being Cornel West, many words) with me and senior reporter Terrell J. Starr. West is releasing the 25th-anniversary edition of…
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Washington State Bar Manager Brutally Attacked While Defending Black Bartender From Racist Customers
A Spokane, Wash., bar manager is recovering from his injuries after he was attacked last week in his establishment while trying to remove two customers he said were hurling racial slurs. “Right away, when they came in, they were dropping the n-word,” Jade Cardwell, who was managing Barracho’s the night of Dec. 5, told news…
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Iowa Cheerleader Who Quit Team After Being Ordered to Stand During Anthem Finds Racial Slur Written on Dorm Door
You might remember Alyssa Parker. She’s the Buena Vista University cheerleader who took a stand for racial injustice and quit her cheerleading squad after the school issued a policy mandating that players and cheerleaders stand during the national anthem. It seems that everyone was impressed by Parker’s upstanding character and her willingness to stand by…