racism
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The Crisis in Puerto Rico Is a Racial Issue. Here’s Why
Last week, CNN’s Jake Tapper interviewed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and asked if he thought President Donald Trump’s punishing response to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico had something to do with “race or ethnicity.” Sanders hesitated a bit but ultimately said, “We have a right to be suspect.” The relative surge in coverage about Puerto Rico after…
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‘We Should Have Hung All You … While We Had the Chance’: Parents Fear for Daughter’s Safety After Classmate Sends Her Threatening Message
It always amazes me when people don’t like being called racist, so then they jump to the most racist thing ever. That totally makes sense. Except now a Texas family are terrified because their daughter received a threatening message after she called out a classmate for being racist. According to the Houston Chronicle, the unidentified…
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Watch: Al Sharpton on That Time He Was Stabbed During a March
Cheers are in order for the living legend, the Rev. Al Sharpton, as he celebrates 50 years in the civil rights movement. Sharpton is one of the most recognizable activists from the movement and continues to fight the good fight, despite having been stabbed, jailed, indicted and ridiculed throughout his tenure. When Sharpton was 13…
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Dumbass Racist Who Got Doused With Soup After Screaming Racial Slurs on NYC Subway Train Says He’s ‘Not That Sorry’
A New York City idiot who got soup dumped on him after he decided it was a good idea to go on a racist rant on the L train in New York City says he was “making a point” and that he is “not that sorry.” Video of the incident showed the man, identified as…
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Tenn. Man Says He Was Fired From Job After Not Standing During National Anthem at Weekend Event
I, as much as anyone, am fully aware that freedom of speech and expression is not equal to freedom from consequences. That being said, I do have some questions about employers who look to discipline employees for refusing to stand for the national anthem. One Tennessee man probably has more than a few questions himself…
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Snapchat Showing Ill. High School Student in Blackface Sparks Outrage
Another day, another high school student causing outrage because he or she thought it was a great idea to be on Snapchat in blackface. According to the Chicago Tribune, the photo of the student at Oak Park and River Forest High School stirred up tensions and controversy after it showed the student in blackface with…
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Deandre Harris Is Now Wanted in Connection With the Same Attack at a White Supremacist Rally Where He Was Seriously Injured, Because America
Deandre Harris, a 20-year-old black man who was viciously attacked by white supremacists at the Charlottesville, Va., white supremacist rally almost two months ago, is now a wanted man after a local magistrate issued a warrant for his arrest in connection with the same Aug. 12 incident that left him bloody and wounded. Harris, according…
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Detroit Firefighter Fired After Gifting Watermelon to Majority-Black Station
One Detroit firefighter is out of a job after he decided to give a gift of a giant watermelon, all topped with a pink bow, as he introduced himself to who would have been his new colleagues at Engine 55. However, according to WJBK-TV, the gift did not go down well at the fire station,…
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5 Ways White People Can Fight White Supremacy
Contrary to popular belief, not every piece of correspondence received by writers at The Root begins with “You’re the racist” or “Not all white people … ” For every piece of hate mail received by black writers who discuss race and racism in America, there are as many from white people who contact us with…
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Banana Republic Employee Told Her Box Braids Are Too ‘Urban’ and ‘Unkempt’
A young black woman is accusing her managers at Banana Republic of “blatant racism,” saying that they targeted her over her hair, which was protected by box braids. According to a Facebook post shared earlier this week by Destiny Tompkins, her manager—a white man—labeled her hair “too urban” and “unkempt,” cited her for a dress…