racism
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Chicago Moms Organize ‘Stand Up to Hate’ Playdate After Anonymous Racist Letter Targets Black Nanny, Calls Her an ‘Infestation’
Two West Town, Chicago, moms are taking a stand after receiving a racist anonymous letter that targeted their black nanny. According to DNAinfo, the moms and the nanny have fired back with their own letter supporting a message of love and are also encouraging others in the community to come out for a Stand Up…
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Cardi B, Kicked Out of Hotel Over Weed, Claims Cops Were Racist
Cardi B and her crew were in Albany, N.Y., over the weekend, and she says that the Hilton Albany Hotel where they were staying kicked them out over accusations of marijuana smoke. Early Sunday morning, after receiving complaints about the smell of weed, hotel employees told the rapper everyone had to leave, but Cardi says…
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10 Ways A Different World Lied to Us About HBCU Life
If there’s one way I know that the show was a pure work of fiction, it’s that in all the seasons of A Different World, we never saw anyone having to go to the financial aid office and act a straight donkey. There are a few experiences that truly bind those of us who graduated…
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‘Kill Them’: White Nationalists Arrested for Shooting at Protesters After Richard Spencer’s Speech in Fla.
Three white nationalists from Texas who went to Gainesville, Fla., to hear their leader—Richard Spencer—speak at the University of Florida were arrested Thursday after one of them allegedly shot at protesters “with the intent to kill,” authorities say. The Los Angeles Times reports that the shooting was the first serious instance of violence reported in…
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Black Protester Hugs Squirming Nazi, Quips, ‘Why Don’t You Like Me, Dog?’
The black protester who was caught on viral video hugging a squirming and uncomfortable neo-Nazi outside white supremacist dump truck Richard Spencer’s speech at the University of Florida in Gainesville on Thursday is acknowledging that he could just as easily have hit the guy (an act in which someone else had earlier indulged) but decided…
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Ga. Elementary School Finally Puts an End to Civil War Dress-Up Day, but Mom Whose Child Was Called a Slave Wants More Done
It’s been about a month since a 10-year-old black student was called a slave during a Civil War dress-up day at his elementary school in Kennesaw, Ga. And that’s how long it took for school officials to realize that there’s really no reason to host a dress-up day to discuss the Civil War, and to…
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White Nationalist Troglodyte Richard Spencer to Speak at University of Florida, State of Emergency Be Damned
White supremacist human dump truck Richard Spencer is moving forward with plans to speak at the University of Florida on Thursday, despite concerns that the event could turn violent. Concerns surrounding Spencer’s event grew to such a level that Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency a week ahead of the planned event,…
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School District, Police Investigating Picture of Pa. High School Students Posing With Pumpkins Carved With Racist Symbols
Local police are investigating a photo that shows four teenagers, believed to be students at Coatesville High School, posing behind pumpkins carved with racist symbols. According to WPVI-TV, the image was posted on social media before it took off and sparked backlash in the Coatesville community. The report notes that several students left classes early…
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Lone Protester Heckles Jerry Jones: ‘Look at the Videos of Police Getting Away With Murder and Tell Me the Players Are Wrong for Protesting’
Jerry Jones had his Southern-fried ass handed to him by a lone protester as the Dallas Cowboys owner walked through what looked to be a hotel lobby. In a 37-second video posted to Twitter, what sounds like an African-American man can be heard projecting to Jones, and shown holding an image of slaves with some…
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Will Justice Be Served? White University of Maryland Student Will Now Face Hate Crime Charge in Fatal Stabbing of Richard Collins III
Looks like Army 2nd Lt. Richard Collins III may still get justice yet, now that a Prince George’s County, Md., grand jury decided Tuesday to hand up a hate crime charge against Sean Urbanski, a white University of Maryland student accused of fatally stabbing Collins. Urbanski, 22, is already facing a murder charge in Collins’…