racism
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Judge of Characters: Can You Really Trust White Tears?
From trusting black women to not trusting white tears … this is where we are on Judge of Characters these days. But not everything is a black-or-white issue, and we certainly saw that with a recent viral story: Keaton Jones. Keaton’s mother released a video of her son crying, questioning why bullying was a thing.…
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Watch: The BEST Responses To That "I'm Not Racist" Video
According to Joyner Lucas, there are two sides to every story. In his breakout song, “I’m Not Racist,” the rapper attempts to start a discussion on how we approach racial differences, assisted by actors who portray the white and black characters who each own half of this two-verse track.But the black character in his viral…
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New York Man Broke Into Black Neighbor’s Home, Threatened to Lynch Him With Chain: Report
A 32-year-old Lyons, N.Y., man is facing multiple charges, including one pertaining to a hate crime, after authorities say that he broke into his black neighbor’s home, hurled racially motivated threats at the man and even used a chain hung over a tree to suggest a lynching. According to the Finger Lakes Times, Adam J.…
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Report: Water Is Wet, Fire Is Hot—Oh, and Race Relations Got Worse After Trump’s Election
A fascinating new report has revealed some important information of which you may not be aware: If you touch a hot stove, you might get burned. Water is wet, fire is hot, and most Americans believe race relations in our country got worse after Donald Trump was elected. OK, so maybe the latest national survey…
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Washington State Bar Manager Brutally Attacked While Defending Black Bartender From Racist Customers
A Spokane, Wash., bar manager is recovering from his injuries after he was attacked last week in his establishment while trying to remove two customers he said were hurling racial slurs. “Right away, when they came in, they were dropping the n-word,” Jade Cardwell, who was managing Barracho’s the night of Dec. 5, told news…
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Boston Globe Measures the City’s Racism
Is Boston ‘The Most Racist City’? Black Press, Ebony Missed Booker Death . . . Globe Business Side Faulted on Harassment “Summit’ on Sexual Misconduct in Newsrooms African American Film Critics Pick ‘Get Out’ Salinas Delivers a Classy, Heartfelt Goodbye Dreamers to Guest-Edit the Guardian This Week Short Takes “Google the phrase ‘Most racist city,’…
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‘Mammy’ Calendar Distributed to Residents at North Carolina Assisted Living Facility
The year is 2017, and an employee at an assisted living facility in Wilmington, N.C., that houses mostly white residents thought it would be a good idea to include a picture of a mammylike character in the December calendar of activities because white and unabashed racism is still alive and well in this country, whether…
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This Video of White People Who Are Sticking by Roy Moore Is the Whitest and Most Insane Thing That Ever Happened This Week
I’m not going to do a minute-by-minute recap of this video. I can’t. You just have to watch it. I’m literally too flabbergasted to do so. And I don’t get flabbergasted often, but this video … good gotdamn. Watching white folks whitefolkin’ is something we’re all used to by this point, but Meek Mill could…
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House Employment Counsel Staff Share Stories of Abuse in the Workplace: White Manager Displayed Whip to ‘Motivate the Black Employees’
As stories of sexual harassment in the workplace have been circulated as part of the powerful #MeToo movement, it has exposed how virulent the issue is across the nation and across all job sectors. It would only make sense, then, for a congressional hearing to be held on the issue. During such a hearing Thursday,…
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Black ICE Agent Accuses New Mexico Sheriff’s Department of Racial Profiling After Being Pulled Over Multiple Times
It’s a clash of law enforcement agencies. A black female Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is pointing the finger at a New Mexico police department, accusing officers of racial profiling after she was pulled over several times by sheriff’s deputies for no apparent reason. The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico filed the lawsuit…