racism
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‘We Hate the Blacks’: 2 Men Arrested After Yelling Racist Chants Outside Black Student’s Door at British University
Two 18-year-old men have been arrested for racially aggravated public-order offenses after being videotaped yelling racist slurs outside a black student’s room at Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom earlier this week. As the BBC notes, the student in question, Rufaro Chisango, tweeted out a video of the abuses hurled at her, which included…
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Florida Middle School Teacher Accused of Using Racial Slur, Telling Students Not to Date Black Boys ‘Because They Are Not Worth It’
Florida strikes again. This time a middle school teacher apparently thought it was cool to use a racial slur in conversation with students. According to ActionNewsJax, the principal of Kernan Middle School contacted the Office of Equity and Inclusion/Professional Standards after getting a complaint from the parent of a student. The teacher in question, identified…
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What’s on Your ‘I’m Driving While Black and This Cop Just Pulled Me Over’ Playlists?
We’ve all been there before. And by “we” I mean, “if you’re black and you’ve ever been behind the wheel of a car.” You’re driving along, minding your black-ass business, and blasting Rick Ross or some other unapologetically ignant music at obnoxious levels, and you glance into your rearview and notice a cop behind you…
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Kansas Man Who Screamed ‘Get Out of My Country’ Before Killing Indian National Pleads Guilty to Multiple Charges, Faces Life in Prison
Adam Purinton, the 52-year-old Kansas man who opened fire in a local bar last year, killing one Indian national and injuring two other people in an incident that sparked outrage across the globe, has pleaded guilty to his crimes. According to the Washington Post, on Tuesday, Purinton pleaded guilty to one count of premeditated first-degree…
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Kansas Man Reportedly Spits on Preschooler and Calls Him N-Word, but Relax, He’s a Firefighter
Apparently nauseated by a preschool-age boy’s insistence on being black, a customer at a restaurant reportedly spat on the child and referred to the child as a “nigger,” according to multiple witnesses. KCTV-5 reports that witnesses watched as a small child was temporarily separated from his family, wandering off while they were attending a party…
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America Wasn’t Ready for Get Out’s Too Depressing (and Too Realistic) Alternate Ending. Neither Was I
A year after I first watched it—and a day after watching it again on HBO (which seems to have a networkwide mandate to show it 17 times a week now)—the part of Get Out that fucks with me the most is that after Chris discovers Rose’s collection of selfies with the black people she’s lured…
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10 Lies and Misconceptions About the Hood That We Need to Stop Spreading and Believing
Today, East Liberty—a neighborhood in Pittsburgh’s East End—is a hypergentrified concentration of boutique hotels, upscale retail, luxury lofts and “’90s-style hip-hop fried chicken” restaurants. The redevelopment has been so dramatic, the name of the neighborhood has changed. Some now call it Eastside—a colonizing portmanteau of East Liberty and the neighboring (and predominantly white) Shadyside. This…
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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…