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3 Ore. Children Pepper-Sprayed, Called Racial Slur
A black Portland, Ore., family say they were attacked this week by a cyclist who used a racial slur as he shot pepper spray at their three children who were in a car, the Portland Mercury reports. According to the report, 62-year-old Patricia Garner and her daughter, 32-year-old Foia Frazer, were getting Frazer’s three children…
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Man Accused of Running Over, Killing Black Teen Is Linked to White Supremacist Prison Gang: Cops
Investigators say that that an Oregon man accused of running over a black teen and killing him is associated with a white supremacist prison gang, the Washington Post reports. According to the Post, police are not sure what started the fight between Russell Courtier and Larnell Bruce or why, according to authorities, Courtier chased the…
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Minn. Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Firebombing Somali Restaurant in Hate Crime
A Minnesota man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to a federal hate crime for starting a fire at a Somali restaurant in North Dakota, the Associated Press reports. Prosecutors said that Matthew Gust did not like Somalis and did not want them living in the area. Gust, of East…
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‘The N–gers Are Coming’: White Motorist Shouts Slurs at Black Actor Filming Commercial
A black actor was heckled by a white man in a passing car as he was doing some filming for a commercial earlier this week in Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. “The n—gers are coming, the n—gers are coming!” The unnamed motorist could be heard shouting from his car as Jesse Lipscombe walked down a street.…
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South African School Ordered to Suspend 'Racist' Hair Regulations
A South African school that came under scrutiny after being accused of discriminating against black girls and encouraging racist hair policies has been ordered to suspend its hairstyle regulations and reassess its rules, Al-Jazeera reports. Students at Pretoria Girls High School say that they have been called monkeys by teachers for wearing banned Afros and…
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Black South African Girls Protest Racist Hair Policies
Several students protested outside Pretoria Girls High School in South Africa on Monday, accusing officials of discriminating against black girls at the school and encouraging racist hair policies, prompting a response from the local education chief, BuzzFeed reports. According to the report, a petition began to circulate calling on Panyaza Lesufi, the head of education…
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Outgoing Ala. Mayor Denies Posting Racist Facebook Comment: 'I Lost. The N–ger Won'
Midland City, Ala., Mayor Patsy Capshaw Skipper insists that she did not write a racist Facebook comment after losing to a black candidate Tuesday night, citing recent heart surgery and technical problems with the social media site, AL.com reports. On Thursday Raw Story reported that the Republican mayor allegedly wrote, “I lost. The [n—ger] won,”…
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Racists Anonymous Meetings Held at NC Church
There’s Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous … and then there’s Racists Anonymous. According to WCNC, a Concord, N.C., church has been holding Racists Anonymous meetings on a weekly basis for the past month, and it’s been picking up new members. “What Jesus said is, ‘Come see,’” the Rev. Nathan King of the Trinity United Church of…
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Wash. Community Bands Together to Remove Racist Vandalism Covering Black Family's Home
Marvin Phillips was called away from his first weekend camping vacation with his family Friday morning after being told that his home and truck had been vandalized. According to the Washington Post, no one wanted to tell Phillips—who happened to be one of the few African Americans in the small rural community of 1,800 people…
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‘White Lives Matter’ Group Protests Outside Houston NAACP
About 20 members of a “White Lives Matter” group protested outside the NAACP in Houston’s 3rd Ward Sunday, calling out what they said was the civil rights organization’s failure to speak out against pro-black organizations like Black Lives Matter, SFGate reports. “We came out here to protest against the NAACP and their failure in speaking…