racial injustice
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Exclusive: NFL Owners, Coaches Pressuring Players to Stop Kneeling During Anthem
Multiple NFL players say they have been explicitly and implicitly warned against doing any kind of demonstration during the national anthem in the weeks following President Donald Trump’s directions to owners to “get that son of a bitch off the field” for protesting racial inequality. Before this weekend’s slate of games in the NFL, The…
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High School Football Players Say Opposing Fans, Referee Call Them N-Word for Kneeling During Anthem
When students from a majority-black Louisiana school decided to kneel while the national anthem played at a predominantly white high school’s homecoming football game, opposing fans, and even a referee, booed the students and used racial slurs, according to multiple people in attendance. If you’ve ever wondered “Where they do that at?” when you hear…
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Racial Slur Scrawled on Black Military Cadets’ Doors—and the Air Force Academy’s Response Is Weak
This week, five African-American students at Air Force Academy Prep School in Colorado found the words “Niggers go home” scrawled on the dry-erase boards outside their dorm rooms. Once the Air Force Academy, which runs the school, became aware of the racial graffiti, the academy’s superintendent, Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, rattled off a statement to…
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To the Black Men Still Watching the NFL: NBA God Bill Russell Just Took a Knee
Among the pantheon of black athletes you don’t discuss negatively, Bill Russell is in the top five. All black men know that walking into a black barbershop and talking bad about Bill Russell is grounds for having your ass kicked. It’s like walking into a black church and talking bad about Jesus; it can bring…
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Car Dealership Pulls TV Ads With NFL Star Von Miller After He Takes a Knee
A Colorado car dealership curiously pulled all of its television ads featuring Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller after he took a knee to protest the flag, the national anthem, the military, white people, Donald Trump, injustice and inequality on Sunday. The Denver Post reports that a local television station’s claims that Miller was fired as…
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American Nightmare: Counsel of Record Christina Swarns Talks Buck v. Davis
Editor’s note: For more information about the Buck v. Davis case, read “Racial Bias Got Duane Buck the Death Sentence; the Supreme Court Can Fix It,” also on The Root. Christina Swarns, litigation director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, has her work cut out for her Wednesday. Swarns is lead counsel in…
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The Real O’Neals Star Martha Plimpton to White Liberals: ‘Speak Up Against State Violence and Racist Injustice’ [Retracted]
RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.
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Terence Crutcher's Slaying by Cop Is Why Kaepernick's Protest Must Continue
Author’s note: In the time I responded to weekend criticism of high school players taking a knee, a disabled black man was shot dead by police in Charlotte, N.C., while sitting in his car. This is the latest extrajudicial killing that shows that existing while black will get you shot by police. Many who have been…