racism
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Missouri Waitress Fired Over ‘N-Word Hunting’ Video Swears She Isn’t Racist, Claims to Have Black Friends
We all knew it was only a matter of time before good ole Tabbie came back with the tears and the apologies, crying that she’s not racist. Turns out it didn’t take that long for the Jefferson County, Mo., resident to start her apology tour, claiming that she was drunk at the time she was…
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Bye, Tabbie: Missouri Waitress Fired After Horrific Racist Video About ‘N-Word Hunting’
A Jefferson County, Mo., waitress is out of a job after she was filmed in a horrific racist video that went viral. The video shows Tabitha “Tabbie” Duncan, 20, riding on top of a pickup truck down a dark country road. “So we’re going nigger hunting today or what?” a man off camera asks. “We’re…
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Alabama’s Republican Nominee for Chief Justice Might Be the Only Judge More Racist Than Roy Moore
The man who could replace Roy Moore as the next chief justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court is a lot like Moore—only more racist and homophobic. Let’s be clear. Roy Moore is a racist. Moore insinuated that the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, should be repealed. He said that the last time America was great was…
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10 Euphemisms for ‘Racist’ That Won’t Hurt White People’s Feelings
Have you ever referred to someone or something as racist? I have. While many people shy away from using the word because of its incendiary nature, I use it a lot. A whole lot. My predilection for using the term is not because I think everything and everyone is racist. It’s that I want to…
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Tennessee Hardware-Store Owner Who Proudly Displayed ‘No Gays Allowed’ Sign on Door Applauds Supreme Court Ruling
Jeff Amyx, the white store owner of Amyx Hardware & Roofing Supplies in Washburn, Tenn., made it clear back in 2015 that he doesn’t support gays by posting a sign outside his shop reading, “No Gays Allowed.” In 2015, when the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, Amyx immediately threw the sign up to express his…
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White Teacher Makes Instagram Post Mocking Black Elementary Student’s Hair
A Canadian school board has launched an investigation after a white substitute teacher made an offensive post on Instagram mocking the hair of a black student. The Peel District School Board was notified of the racist post after a concerned community member posted about it on Twitter. “Hi @PeelSchools,” Twitter user @giaper wrote. “[P]lease be…
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White Restaurant Manager Pleads Guilty to Enslaving Mentally Disabled Black Man
The manager of a South Carolina restaurant has pleaded guilty to one federal count of forced labor, admitting to using violence and threats in order to force a mentally disabled black man to work for grueling hours without pay. According to the Post and Courier, 53-year-old Bobby Paul Edwards, who once managed J&J Cafeteria in…
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Florida Man Sets Black Neighbor’s ‘Flashy’ Car on Fire, Calls Him Racial Slur: Report
Jealousy is never cute, beloved … especially on a white man. But here we are once again in Florida, this time in South Daytona, where a white man called his black neighbor a racial slur before setting the neighbor’s “flashy” car on fire. Florida, man. Ronald Sweet was outside, washing and waxing his silver 2002…
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Is Black Music the Well Many Other Artists Drink From and Profit From More Than Black Artists?
What is black music? For many, it’s soul, funk, R&B, hip-hop and essentially all genres of music that reflect roots in blackness. But the industry doesn’t hear us. Music is very much a culture of “We make it, they take it.” We’ve seen it throughout history in the theft of everything we exclusively create within…