racism
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Delta Air Lines Changes Policy Since Black Doctor Stopped From Helping on Flight
Delta Air Lines has initiated a policy change following the fallout after a black doctor was reportedly barred from helping an unresponsive passenger and condescendingly dismissed by a flight attendant, the Washington Post reports. Back in October, Houston obstetrician and gynecologist Tamika Cross’ Facebook post went viral after she recounted the dismissive racism she encountered…
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'5 N–gers a Day': Video Shows Ore. High School Students Ranting About Black-Student Enrollment
The Oregon City School District is investigating after a Snapchat video emerged over the weekend of two students blasting racial slurs in a rant directed at Tom Lovell, the principal of Oregon City High School, KATU reports. According to the report, the video emerged on Twitter over the weekend. “What about n—gers?” someone can be…
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White Idaho High School Football Player Charged in Rape of Black, Disabled Teammate Will Avoid Jail Time
A white Idaho high school football player who was originally charged with brutally raping a black, mentally disabled teammate with a coat hanger was allowed to plead guilty to a lesser felony Friday, with prosecutors now claiming that the attack was neither a sex crime nor racially motivated, the Times-News reports. John R.K. Howard, 19, originally…
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It's Bad That Russia Influenced The Election, But It's Even Worse That 60 Million Deplorables Did Too
Raise your hand you knew, before this year, that the electors chosen in each state — the people who actually determine who the next president will be — could, if they want to, decide to opt out and choose against their state’s wishes. Ok, I see a few of you in the back with your…
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Majority-White City Hopes to Leave Its Majority-Black School District
Gardendale, Ala., is a majority-white city that happens to be located in the mostly black Jefferson County school district … however, residents are pushing to change that. According to NPR, voters in Gardendale raised property taxes on themselves several years ago in an attempt to form their own independent school district. Gardendale Mayor Stan Hogeland…
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Outgoing Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio Renews Obama Birther Conspiracy 1 More Time
Sigh. It seems as though outgoing Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio hasn’t gotten the memo that no one cares about his problematic points of views (even after eight years of most of us rolling our eyes). On Thursday, Arpaio, who has earned the title “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” announced the results of a yearslong investigation…
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Dylann Roof Found Guilty in Charleston, SC, Church Shooting
A federal jury has found white supremacist Dylann Roof guilty of the racially charged massacre of nine black parishioners at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., the Associated Press reports. According to the newswire, the jury reached its verdict after less than two hours of deliberations, convicting the 22-year-old of federal…
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Md. Teacher Asked Students to Write 'Fun' Slave Song During Lesson on Frederick Douglass
A Howard County, Md., high school English teacher was briefly placed on administrative leave last week after instructing students to write a “fun” slave song during a lesson on the famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the Baltimore Sun reports. According to the report, Howard County Superintendent Renee Foose put the Mount Hebron High School teacher on…
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Ark. School Board Member’s Blackface Photo Leads to Calls for Resignation
Ted Bonner, an eastern-Arkansas school board member, is being called on to resign by the Arkansas NAACP and several residents after photos surfaced of him wearing blackface as a costume for a Halloween party while also holding a sign referring to the Black Lives Matter movement, the Associated Press reports. On Monday, during a Blevins…