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New Jersey Karen Arrested and Charged After N-Word-Laced Racist Attack on Black Woman

On Tuesday, The Root reported that a bigoted old white woman was recorded harassing a Black woman in Bayonne, N.J., by following her down the street and calling her the n-word numerous times. The recording was posted to Facebook, and it caught the attention of a New Jersey assemblywoman who called for an investigation into…

By

Zack Linly

Published

January 6, 2021
News

‘My Black Is Beautiful’: 11-Year-Old Black Girl Beaten in What Family Said Was a Racially Motivated Attack

An 11-year-old Black girl from Kansas City, Kan., is recovering after being brutally beaten Friday in what her family said was a racially motivated attack. Now, a 12-year-old boy charged in her attack is on house arrest and could face hate crime charges. Fox 4 reports that Nevaeh Thomas was attacked while she was playing…

By

Zack Linly

Published

September 2, 2020
Culture, Sports

University of Iowa Football Program Found to Have Racial Bias and Bullying Problem

After multiple former players spoke out last month about instances of racism and bullying, an inquiry found that a culture of racial bias and bullying has persisted within the Iowa football program. ABC News reports that the University of Iowa hired Husch Blackwell law firm to interview 111 former and current players. Their review found…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

July 30, 2020
News

Black Teen Says a Group of White Men Yelled Racial Slur, Sprayed Her With Lighter Fluid and Lit Her on Fire

Early Wednesday morning, a Black teenager says she was sitting in her car when a group of white men sprayed her with lighter fluid, called her the n-word and set her on fire. Buzzfeed News reports that the incident occurred in Madison, Wis., and is being investigated as a hate crime. Althea Bernstein, an 18-year-old…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

June 26, 2020
News

Virginia Girl Says White Male Classmates Pinned Her Down and Cut Off Her ‘Ugly,’ ‘Nappy’ Dreadlocks [Updated]

Updated Monday, Sept. 30 at 4:17 p.m. ET: The 12-year-old student who accused three sixth-grade boys of pinning her down and cutting off her hair says she fabricated the story. “To those young boys and their parents, we sincerely apologize for the pain and anxiety these allegations have caused,” the child’s grandparents wrote in a…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

September 27, 2019
News

White Girls, 11 and 10, Arrested in Alleged Hate Crime in School Bus Beating of 10-Year-Old Black Girl

Two white girls, ages 10 and 11, are facing assault charges, including one who’s also facing a hate crime charge, after a vicious beating of a 10-year-old black girl on the school bus. Police in Gouverneur, N.Y., a small town not far from the Canadian border, arrested the two white girls Monday following a two-week…

By

Dara Sharif

Published

September 25, 2019
News

Free Smoke: Mom Invites 'Any Mom, Any Sister' to 'Catch These Hands' After Daughter Is Bullied at School

Here’s a long list of people you should never fuck with: 1. Black mothers. 2. Their kids. Unfortunately, some students at Niguel Hills Middle School in Orange County, Calif., decided to do exactly that and almost lost life and limb in the process. Because when Christian Tinsley found out her daughter was being bullied and…

By

Jay Connor

Published

May 16, 2019
White 7th-Grader Bullied at Philadelphia School Because of His Race, Parents Say

The parents of a seventh-grade Philadelphia student are demanding answers after the family woke up to graffiti on the side of their home in what they believe is a racially charged incident. “Snitching Ass. Die Cracker,” the words spray-painted on the side of the home read. “They don’t like me; they never did,” Joey…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

February 23, 2018
NJ Students Facing Discipline After Wearing Confederate-Flag Clothing, Taunting Members of African American Culture Club

It’s been a tense Spirit Week at one New Jersey high school, where a group of students thought it was appropriate to wear Confederate-flag gear and use racial slurs just because their classmates were protesting racial inequality and racism they’ve experienced at the school. According to NJ.com, Gloucester County Institute of Technology administrators, faculty and…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

November 8, 2017
Mo. Father Demanding Answers After School Employee Accused of Yelling Racial Slurs at 4th-Graders During Recess

A St. Charles, Mo., father is looking for other options after he says that his son and other classmates were called racial slurs by a school employee during fourth-grade recess at their elementary school. Leon Howard told KPLR 11 that his son was playing football with his classmates during recess at Harvest Ridge Elementary when…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

November 3, 2017