racism
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DOJ Files Lawsuit Against NYC Department of Education for Allowing Principal to ‘Discriminate Against Every Black Teacher’
New York City’s Department of Education is facing a federal lawsuit after the U.S. Department of Justice accused the body of allowing a Queens, N.Y., high school principal to “discriminate against every black teacher” at the school, a press release from the DOJ notes. The lawsuit claims that Pan American International High School Principal Minerva…
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Chicago Woman’s Video of Man Shouting Slurs, Insults Goes Viral
A Chicago woman’s video of a hateful Monday-night encounter has gone viral after she posted the slur-filled video to her Facebook, DNAinfo Chicago reports. “Yes, we have made some progress, but I got this video against this guy, and [Donald] Trump is talking about building a wall. Let’s not rest on past laurels about progress…
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Report: Ga. Man Arrested for Yelling 'N–ger Bitch' at 82-Year-Old Woman, Ramming Car
A Savannah, Ga., man is facing multiple charges after allegedly shouting racial slurs at an elderly woman and ramming the vehicle she was riding in, the Savannah Morning News reports. Sherman Crow, 65, was charged with reckless driving, reckless conduct, disorderly conduct, making terroristic threats, aggravated assault and driving with an unlawful blood-alcohol level in the incident…
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They’re Called ‘Microaggressions’ but There’s Nothing Small About Them
For 11 months I regretted that I had not glared at my white therapist and said, “You are dead to me. You are not the person I thought you were. You never knew me. You only saw the stereotype.” For 18 years he had been my favorite doctor, yet I stayed away. Previously, I would…
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Michael Dunn Appeals Murder Conviction for Shooting Jordan Davis in Loud-Music Case
Michael Dunn, the Florida man who was convicted of murder for shooting Jordan Davis at a gas station in November 2012, is seeking to have his convictions and life sentence thrown out, the Florida Times-Union reports. Dunn had gotten into an argument with Jordan, 17, and his friends over the loud music coming from their vehicle…
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November Trial Set for Accused Charleston, SC, Church Shooter Dylann Roof
The federal trial for accused Charleston, S.C., church shooter Dylann Roof has finally been set in motion, with jury selection scheduled for Nov. 7, the Associated Press reports. Roof is accused of killing nine members of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historic black church in Charleston, including pastor and state Sen. Clementa Pinckney. Roof is facing several…
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Black Students Nearly 4 Times as Likely to Be Suspended: Report
Black students are almost four times as likely as white students to receive one or more out-of-school suspensions, new federal data released on Tuesday shows (pdf), underlining the grave disparity that still exists within the U.S. education system. The 2013-2014 Civil Rights Data Collection survey looked at 16,758 school districts, encompassing 95,507 schools and 50,035,744…
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Trump Watch: BuzzFeed Would Rather Be $1,300,000 Poorer Than Support Donald Trump
What’s going on inside #TeamTrump? Hell If Donald Trump knows! Clearly the presumptive Republican nominee won’t back down from anything, including his own racist comments against a federal judge with Mexican ancestry who is overseeing cases against Trump University. During what has been reported as a “chaotic” conference call Monday, Trump told surrogates to continue…
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Brian Banks, Wrongly Convicted of Rape as a Teen, Calls Stanford Case One of ‘Privilege’
By now we are all familiar with the outrage sweeping the nation since a Santa Clara County, Calif., judge sentenced Stanford swimmer Brock Turner to six months in county jail after the 20-year-old was convicted of raping an unconscious and intoxicated woman in 2015. However, Brian Banks, a once-promising high school football player who was…
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NYC Teen Dies From Asthma Attack After Running From Racist Crew With Gun
Witnesses say that Dayshen McKenzie, a black teen from Staten Island, N.Y., was running from a group of mostly white people, who were shouting racial slurs and waving a gun, when he collapsed and died May 27 from an apparent asthma attack. “To me it’s murder,” Diane Fatigati, an ex-New York City police officer and…