racism
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Mom of Charlottesville, Va., Victim Heather Heyer Refuses to Speak to Trump After He Compared Anti-Racism Activists to White Supremacists
Susan Bro, the mother of Heather Heyer, who was killed while protesting against white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va., told Good Morning America that she has no interest in speaking to President Donald Trump since Trump’s comments comparing anti-racism activists to the Ku Klux Klan and the like. Bro told GMA that Trump and White House…
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KKK Flyers Distributed Across Green Township, Ohio
Looks like in spite of everything that’s happened in Charlottesville, Va., the Ku Klux Klan is still out here attempting to indoctrinate people to its cause. According to Fox19, packages containing KKK flyers were dropped off on the doorsteps of several homes in Green Township, Ohio, outside Cincinnati. The flyers were hidden in old Employment…
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Officials in Lexington, Ky., Approve Plan to Move Confederate Monuments From Outside Former Courthouse
Officials in Lexington, Ky., have cast their vote on the push to relocate two Confederate statues from outside a former courthouse that is being converted into a visitors center. According to CBS News, the proposal to move the two statues that were erected to honor Confederate officers John Hunt Morgan and John C. Breckinridge was…
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The Most Racist Statue in America Is in … Pittsburgh, and It’s the Most Ridiculous Magical Negro You’ll Ever See
There are times, like when watching footage of what happened in Charlottesville, Va., that racism bombards the senses like a virus, leaving your skin sore, your soul hardened and your spirit fatigued; a disillusioning, full-body wizening that disrupts, destroys and (occasionally) ends lives. And then there are times when the racism is so scenery-chewing and…
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Ala. Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against City and Mayor of Birmingham, Ala., for Covering a Confederate Monument
While states across the nation are trying to figure out how to get rid of the second-place trophies of traitors, the Alabama Attorney General’s Office has apparently deemed it a good idea to file a lawsuit against the city of Birmingham and its mayor, William Bell, for allegedly violating state law by covering a Confederate…
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Watch Out Loud: What Was It Like the 1st Time You Were Called the N-Word?
When I asked a few of our readers to come in to The Root’s offices and share their personal experiences of being called the n-word for the first time, I knew I’d get a lot of stories steeped in ignorance. I didn’t realize that a lot of the stories would sound like shared experiences with…
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Tech Companies Are Driving White Supremacists Back to the Dark Ages Where They Belong
These Nazis are gonna learn that they’re being shut off from decent society, and they will have a very hard time finding people who support their dumb rhetoric online. They also won’t be able to fund their harmful causes or listen to their shitty music. Apple, LinkedIn, Spotify, Twitter and more are all joining a…
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University of Fla. Rejects Request for ‘Repugnant’ White Nationalist Event
The University of Florida is the latest institution to tell white supremacists to take that shit elsewhere, denying a request by a group led by white nationalist Richard Spencer to rent space on campus for an event in September. According to the Associated Press, university President Kent Fuchs sent out a statement underlining that the…
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Trump’s ‘Both Sides’ Fist Bump to White Supremacists Causes Ocean of Salty White Tears
So now that Donald Trump has made it very plain that he is a racist, Nazi-sympathizing piece of shit who was elected by equally racist, white-trash pieces of shit and is proud to represent them, little Timmy and Becky are crying white tears over being misunderstood for defending him. First, let’s start off with that…
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Charlottesville, Va., Is About Choosing Who We Want to Be as a Nation
A year ago I went to visit the farm, located east of Charlottesville, Va., where my grandmother’s grandfather Phil was born enslaved to the Parrish family. Phil (born in 1852); his mother, Rachel (1828); and his wife, Susan (1860), were in this country when most white Americans’ ancestors were still in Europe, but they weren’t…