racism
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The Profound Quandary of Blackness in the Video Game ‘Detroit: Become Human’
You might not have noticed, but over the past week, the internet has been losing its collective damn mind over E3, a video game conference showcasing all of next year’s flagship games, which just wrapped up several days of pomp and circumstance. Every E3 has had some controversy, but this year, rather than another sexual…
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This Lying, Murdering Whore Called America
Today—almost a year after a man who took an oath to protect and serve sent a bullet into the skull of another human being at point-blank range who was absolutely no threat to anyone on earth—12 jurors, a judge and and the entire American justice system stood on the grave of Philando Castile, took an…
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Southern Baptists Are Apparently Cool With White Supremacy: Update
: Updated Thursday, June 15, 2017, 10:52 a.m. EDT: After a vociferous public outcry, the Southern Baptist Convention voted in favor of a resolution to condemn the white supremacist movement called the “alt-right” on Wednesday. The vote was met with a standing ovation from the 5,000 members gathered for the conference, which had refused to…
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The Anatomy of a Culture Vulture
Once upon a time, a leather catsuit-clad Chilli affirmed that a scrub is a guy who thinks he’s fly. In other news, he might also be known as busta. But since Chilli is preoccupied with exhuming her career from the grave, I’ll take it upon myself to behold the pale stable of horses that have…
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Black Teen Finds Photo of Herself Being Lynched Shared in Group Chat
A 15-year-old California high school student discovered a shocking picture of herself with a noose drawn around her neck posted in a chemistry chat room for Los Angeles’ Palisades Charter High School. “Oh, my God, it’s me being lynched,” Aina Adewunmi told CBS Los Angeles. “Looking at an image of yourself like that hurts.” Aina…
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Running While Black: Melanin and Movement Does Not a ‘Thug’ Make
Rule 1: If your skin comes within two dozen shades of looking blue in the moonlight, don’t run at night. Rule 2: If your schedule demands it, be careful. If Marine veteran-cum-lawyer David Lee Phillips wasn’t familiar with those rules before an officer stopped him while he was running at night back in 2010, he…
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Police Training Should Start With a History Lesson on Slavery Laws
A recent study on police interactions shows what black Americans already know: Police interact in a less respectful manner toward them than they do white Americans. Based on police-camera audio from the Oakland, Calif., Police Department, this evidence is being used to support a change in police training regarding how to teach police to show…
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‘Shut Up, Slave!’: White Man Hurls Insults, Compares Black Man to Livestock During Altercation at Chicago Starbucks
We apparently have not yet hit our racist-tirade quota for the day. A white man at a downtown Chicago café was captured on camera launching into a rant, calling a black man a slave and comparing him to livestock after becoming angry that the man apparently spilled some coffee on his light-colored suit. Maybe instead…
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NJ Woman Throws Racist Tantrum in New Brunswick Sears Because a Latino Family Was Using Coupons
Sometimes I wonder if these racists want to be captured on cellphone video—given the fact that their tantrums have been publicized way too often. But either way, here we are again, this time in New Jersey, where a woman was seen having a meltdown as a Latino family slowed a checkout line by using coupons.…