racism
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Why Is It So Hard for Pundits to Admit That America's Racism Is What's Driving Trump's Campaign?
In terms of campaign strategy, the formula for Donald J. Trump’s presidential bid has been quite clear: Take the themes of racism and nativism once popularized by George Wallace, add contemporary references and essentially tell the electorate, “This is the remix. The jeeps pump this new remix.” From talks of a “big, beautiful wall” to…
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Dear Men Who Very Obviously Hate Women: Do Yourselves A Favor And Just Admit It!
The idea that overt and unambiguous racism is preferable to subtler forms of prejudice is not a terribly uncommon one among Black people. Of course, like Tyga’s music and soft chicken wings, all racism is really bad. But if given the choice between clear racism and concealed and/or confusing racism, many of us (myself included) would choose…
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Noose Display Along Okla. Highway Shocks Drivers
A controversial warning that included three nooses put up on private property along Highway 75 in Oklahoma was taken down after social media began to take notice of the display, NewsOn6 reports. According to the report, the nooses, which were hung on a tree, accompanied a sign that read, “It’s best not to be hanging…
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If Your Pastor Says “Racism Isn’t A Skin Problem, It’s A Sin Problem” You Need To Find Another Church
Recently I decided to visit a popular, contemporary church known for its multicultural emphasis. (Read: it tries to be neither a ‘Black church’ nor a ‘White church’ in its cultural expressions of Christian worship.) I did this because, after being conspicuously silent about race and racism after the Charleston shootings (the church did not so…
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NM Restaurant Is Now Selling 'Black Olives Matter' Shirts, Hats
Paisano’s Italian restaurant in Albuquerque, N.M., is back at it again with the stirring of the controversial pot, now selling “Black Olives Matter” shirts and hats, after sparking outrage and national headlines, KOAT reports. The controversy started last month when the Italian spot posted the slogan on a sign outside, claiming to promote its tapenade,…
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Why the Black Lives Matter Movement Has to Take on Charter Schools
Black school systems are treated like black men and women in America. Urban schools are broken up, experimented on and policed in efforts to improve them. The reformers expect students, teachers and parents to be grateful and accept test-score growth in return, just as black communities were expected to be grateful when crime dropped even as…
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Lawyer: NC Man Who Fatally Shot Black Man After 911 Call About 'Hoodlums' Is 'George Zimmerman 2.0'
The lawyer for the family of a black man who was shot and killed in North Carolina after a 911 call reporting “hoodlums” in a Raleigh neighborhood has blasted the alleged shooter as “George Zimmerman 2.0,” CBS News reports. Chad Cameron Copley, 39, who is white, fired his shotgun from inside his garage early Sunday…
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White Neighbor Arrested After Fire Erupts in Home of Only Black Firefighter in Tonawanda, NY
Matthew Jurado, 39, had recently been removed from the Gratwick Hose Volunteer Fire Co. when a suspicious fire broke out at the home of Kenneth Walker, the only black firefighter in Tonawanda, N.Y. Two days before the incident, Walker had received a racist and threatening letter in his mailbox, NBC News reports. According to the news station,…
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Accused Charleston, SC, Shooter Dylann Roof Attacked by Inmate
Accused Charleston, S.C., mass church shooter Dylann Roof was assaulted by a fellow inmate at the Cannon Detention Center in South Carolina while in the shower Thursday morning, the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office confirmed, the Post and Courier reports. Roof, 22, who was medically evaluated at the detention center, was not seriously injured in the…
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"Niggas In Paris" Are Still Niggers To Parisians
I have an older cousin named Halima. She lives in Nimes with her husband and five-year-old daughter, named Hikma, who is an avid Frozen enthusiast (called La Reines des Neiges in French) and Beyonce-in-training. For the most part, they live relatively peaceful middle-class existences. But every morning, Halima makes the trek from Nimes to Avignon…