racism
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Jury Selection to Start for Trial of Tulsa, Okla., Cop Who Fatally Shot Terence Crutcher
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday for the trial of Betty Shelby, a white Tulsa, Okla., police officer who shot and killed Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man whose car had broken down on a highway. Shelby, 43, is facing charges of first-degree manslaughter, and as Reuters notes, she could face from four years…
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Cinco De Mayo Is The Super Bowl Of Cultural Appropriation
“It’s that time of the year again.” (In my Jay Pharoah voice) The biggest celebration of cultural appropriation is about to go down. Unless of course you had an early start like Baylor University’s chapter of Kappa Sigma, which threw a “Mexican-Themed” party this past weekend. “Cinco de Drinko” was the kickoff event for what…
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Calif. High School Students Sue School District for Suspending Them Over Liking Racist Instagram Posts
A California school district is being hit with a lawsuit after suspending four students for liking and commenting on racist Instagram posts. The students claim that the punishment violates their First Amendment and due process rights. The Washington Post reports that the four plaintiffs are among more than a dozen students at Albany High School…
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‘That’s Racist as Shit’: Students Confront White La. Schoolteacher Who Insists on Using N-Word
Students at Ben Franklin High School—named Louisiana’s top public high school—ended up having to school a white teacher earlier this week after he apparently thought it was cool to just flagrantly use the n-word because, as he put it, it was a “commoditized word.” I know, I know. I’m rolling my eyes, too. Anyway, according…
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Why the French Election Matters to Black America
I get it; Americans are busy. We have a crumbling infrastructure, a president who wants to take us to war with Canada (Canada!) and a Justice Department that clearly changed its slogan to “Just-Us.” However, if that’s not enough on your plate, there are other places—worldly, important places—that also have political situations that matter to…
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Kappa Sigma Fraternity Chapter at Baylor University Suspended for ‘Cinco de Drinko’ Party
What is it with fraternities and hosting absolutely tasteless parties? Is it a prerequisite for existing? At any rate, in today’s frats-doing-racially-insensitive-shit column, the Kappa Sigma chapter of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has been suspended following a Mexican-themed “Cinco de Drinko” party, which drew the outrage of many. According to CNN, some of those…
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‘I Hate N–gers, and I’m Going to Kill Me 1 Today’: Texas Man Charged With Hate Crime After Trying to Stab Black Man
A Houston man was charged with a hate crime Wednesday after, authorities say, he hurled racial slurs before attempting to stab a black man at an apartment complex in northwest Harris County on Tuesday. James Scott Lee, 32, was heard saying, “I hate niggers, and I’m going to kill me one today,” before brandishing a…
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American University Releases Video of Person of Interest in Racially Charged Banana Incident; Campus Police Offer $1,000 Reward
American University is determined to capture the person who was involved in leaving bananas hanging from nooses on its Washington, D.C., campus. The school has released two surveillance videos in an effort to track down the suspect in what campus police are calling a “racially motivated hate crime.” According to ABC News, both videos were…
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Whiteness Matters More Than Jesus To White Evangelicals
Two weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, I had to turn off the news alerts on my phone. Each time I received a news alert, I would get anxious because I did not know what the hell 45 was going to do next. He had already tried to ban folks from coming into the country, and…
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Baltimore Orioles’ Adam Jones Receives Huge Standing Ovation 1 Day After Being Called the N-Word at Fenway Park
One day after being subjected to racial taunts—being called the n-word and having peanuts thrown at him—Baltimore Orioles star Adam Jones received a huge standing ovation. The gesture Tuesday at Boston’s Fenway Park, though sweet, does nothing to address the virulent racism that Jones—one of baseball’s most respected players—faced when he stepped out on the…