racism
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Texas A&M Cancels White Lives Matter Rally That Was to Feature Richard Spencer
It seems as if Texas A&M University has found a loophole around First Amendment issues, with officials announcing Monday that they have canceled a planned white supremacist rally meant to be hosted on campus, citing student safety. The Texas Tribune reports that the school said that it made its final decision after consulting law enforcement…
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White Supremacy Is the Opioid That’s Destroying America
Last week, in a moment of both clumsy acknowledgment of reality and dispatching his charges of office like a dolt, “President” Donald Trump declared a state of emergency for the current opioid crisis in America. And in the typical Trumpian form of a man whose lips probably move when he reads menus, the president thought…
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Hey, Guys, It Only Took 2 Days After the Violence in Charlottesville, Va., for Trump to Explicitly Denounce White Supremacy
It’s too little a little too late, but y’all’s president finally managed to take some time from golfing and tweeting about everything but Charlottesville, Va., to explicitly denounce white supremacists. “To anyone who acted criminally in this weekend’s racist violence, you will be held fully accountable. Justice will be delivered,” President Donald Trump said Monday…
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James Alex Fields Jr., Accused of Ramming Car Into Counterprotesters at White Supremacist Rally in Va., Denied Bail
A Charlottesville, Va., judge has denied bail to James Alex Fields Jr., the alleged terrorist who is accused of running his vehicle into a crowd of anti-racism protesters on Saturday, killing one and injuring some 19 others. According to the New York Post, Fields appeared for his court hearing via video from Ablemarle-Charlottesville (Va.) Regional…
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Mass. Cop After Car Plowed Into Counterprotesters at White Supremacist Rally: ‘Hahahaha Love This’
The Springfield, Mass., Police Department has launched an investigation into an officer who wrote “Hahahaha love this” in response to a story about a man plowing his car through a crowd of counterprotesters at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., leaving one woman dead and a number of people injured. Indeed, people (including the police)…
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Washington State University’s College Republicans President Whines After Being Photographed Participating in Racist Rally: ‘They Have No Proof That I’m a Racist'
The president of Washington State University’s chapter of the College Republicans is crying foul after he was photographed participating in the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., claiming that he is being unfairly maligned. This waste of space … but really, listen. It gets better. James Allsup, the leader of this group of College Republicans,…
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James Alex Fields Jr., Man Accused of Plowing Into Crowd in Charlottesville, Va., Idolized Hitler, Nazism, Former Teacher Says
In case you were wondering about the beliefs of James Alex Fields Jr., the alleged terrorist who is accused of driving a car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., a former high school teacher has come out claiming that in the ninth grade, Fields was singled out by…
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Tiki Brand Denounces Use of Its Torches During White Supremacist Rally
Tiki Brand is probably used to being associated with pleasant things like barbecues (or cookouts) on a hot summer day, or just a fancy way to spruce up your lawn decoration. That’s probably why the brand, which is owned by Lamplight Farms Inc., swiftly denounced the use of its products by white supremacists this past…
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#NoConfederate: Charlottesville Proves That Confederate Is Already Real, so HBO, Are You Still Fucking Serious With This?
For those of you just tuning in, what was supposed to be a protest against the removal of Confederate monuments in the city of Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday turned into a full-blown Ku Klux Klan, “alt-right,” neo-Nazi revival meeting complete with burning torches, black people being attacked and beaten by racist whites, and an innocent…
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Drunk American Assaulted After Giving Nazi Salute in Germany
These fools gon’ learn one day. The Associated Press is reporting that a “drunken American man” was summarily slugged for giving the Nazi salute in downtown Dresden, Germany. The 41-year-old, who is not yet identified (internet sleuths, get on it!), suffered minor injuries in the 8:15 a.m. Saturday assault, according to police. The American is…