racism
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Kentucky Governor: Black Kids Playing Chess 'Not Something You Would've Thought Of' in Black Part of Town
Apparently, astounded that all black children don’t spend their time shooting hoops or exploring new avenues of committing black-on-black crime, the governor of Kentucky regurgitated a small amount of previously digested racism when he declared how surprised he was that black kids could play chess. On Tuesday, Republican Gov. Matt Bevin visited Nativity Academy at…
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Sentient Marshmallow Calls Police on Black Woman for Swimming in Her Own Pool
A white man, upholding his civic duty to keep his community safe, summoned local police when a black woman threatened to use her neighborhood pool for the nefarious purpose of swimming. Facebook user Jasmine Edwards posted a video to Facebook with the caption: “This is a classic case of racial profiling in my half a…
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Donald Trump is Not Making White People More Racist, He's Making Them Act More Racist
Whenever a word or phrase bursts into the cultural zeitgeist, instead of embracing it, I have a tendency to resist. I do not “unpack” things, I talk about them. I never worry about “optics,” even when I am concerned about how something appears. And whenever someone tells me “it is what it is,” I still…
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'We've Had Problems With Your Kind Before': Black Frat Files Racial-Discrimination Lawsuit Against Alabama Restaurant
A black fraternity filed a lawsuit in federal court last week, accusing a Tuscaloosa, Ala., restaurant of racial discrimination after they were denied the opportunity to rent an event space because, as the restaurant put it, “We’ve had problems with your kind before.” The incident actually occurred back in February and now the Tuscaloosa alumni…
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Gang of White Thugs Hurl Slurs at Black Mom, Smash Her Car Window, Yet Somehow No One Went to Jail or Even Had a Damn Mugshot Taken
This is America–and over in Connecticut, a mother is telling her story after she and her toddler were attacked by a racist gang of thugs. Thaniyyah Hutchinson, 37, was driving home late on Sunday night when she saw the group of five white men and women beating up a black man on the street. “They…
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Purdue Professor Proudly Posts Photo in Blackface But Faces No Consequences Because of Free ‘Speech’
The obsession with blackface has to stop. Thank God I went to an HBCU, where the majority of my professors were black and the few white professors I did have never tried any foolishness. But over at Purdue University, Lisa Stillman, an instructor in the biology department, put up an old pic from 2016 of…
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10 Wypipo We Need to Call the Cops On
Because I believe that many of America’s Great Value-brand people harbor an innate fear of African Americans, I am perfectly aware that white people calling the cops on black people isn’t a new trend. I do, however, believe that it is time for black people to reclaim our reluctance toward dialing 911 by repaying these…
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Virginia Court Awards 'Unite the Right' Organizer $5 Because a Protester Called Him Names
Jason Kessler, the man who organized the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., will be awarded a handsome sum of $5 by a Virginia Court over insulting names an activist hurled at him. Kessler, who once said the United States “would be better off if the South won the war” and tweeted that…