racism
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Dear White Teen Gun Control Activists: Could You Ask for a Few Things for Black America?
Dear Teen Activists: First, I want to say that I admire your work and everything you’re doing to stop America’s idiotic deification of killing machines. Your activism has already impacted this country and will likely save lives. When I saw that Walmart announced that it would allow only people age 21 or over to purchase…
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Florida Woman Walks Into Work to Find Monkey With a Noose Around Its Neck, Racist Notes in Her Office: Report
A Tampa, Fla., woman had a rude awakening last week after she says she was the target of workplace racism in a threatening incident that now has local law enforcement investigating. Terri Silar posted pictures of the scene that she says greeted her as she walked into her office Feb. 21. In those pictures, one…
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I Think Donald Trump and the NRA Just Solved All That Black Lives Matter Stuff
In the ongoing search for solutions to police brutality and state violence, black America has proposed some pretty outlandish ideas, including police accountability, better law enforcement training and—most radical of all—not hiring racist cops. But the recent debate about school safety and gun control has enlightened me to the fact that the previously mentioned ideas…
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America Doesn’t Have a Gun Control Problem. We Have a White-People Problem
Last August, as my wife and I and two of our friends biked through the Great Allegheny Passage in McKeesport, Pa., a city 12 miles from Pittsburgh, I joked that we probably wouldn’t see any more black people until Maryland. I was wrong. In the 150 miles between Pittsburgh and Cumberland, Md., we saw four.…
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Wisconsin High School Accused of Racist Chants During Basketball Game … Again
Apparently seeking a state title in racism, a Wisconsin high school thrust itself into national headlines for the second month in a row after a visiting basketball team accused fans of the school of making racist comments and gestures during a recent game. In January, Franklin High School was scrambling to find the culprit of…
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Soccer Player Who Heard Racist Chants Tells Fans to Watch Black Panther
One Belgian soccer player has some homework for the fans he says hurled racist taunts at him on the pitch. Go watch Black Panther. During a UEFA Europa League match Thursday between Borussia Dortmund and Atalanta, Dortmund forward Michy Batshuayi says he heard Atalanta fans make monkey noises at him. “2018 and still [racist] monkey…
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China Dismisses Criticism Over Blackface Sketch During Lunar New Year TV Gala
China is turning a blind eye to criticism its media faced after an Asian actress appeared in blackface during a comedy routine on China’s biggest Lunar New Year TV show. Instead the country is flipping the situation around on critics, claiming that people are trying to undermine relations between China and Africa. According to Reuters,…
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Maryland Gas Station Under Fire After Employee Called Customer Racial Slur
A Maryland woman is getting the support of an entire community after an employee at a local BP service station hurled racial slurs at her. According to WJLA-TV, last Thursday, Rachel Sherman went to the Largo, Md., service station to confront the individual who was doing state vehicle inspections about attempting to overcharge her younger…
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Can We Stop Blaming Russian Bots for White People’s Racism, Please?!
Special prosecutor Robert Mueller on Friday dropped a 37-page indictment charging 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities with election fraud. The entire indictment focused on how the charged parties used social media to organize pro-Donald Trump and anti-Hillary Clinton rallies and took on fake social media profiles, especially on Twitter and Facebook. Much of…