racism
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Former Iowa Football Players Withdraw $20 Million Settlement and File Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against University
A group of former players for the University of Iowa football team have withdrawn a $20 million settlement and filed a lawsuit against the school, citing years of racial discrimination. According to the Associated Press, Damario Solomon-Simmons, the attorney representing the 13 former students, withdrew the settlement after the university rejected their demands. The settlement…
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Whoa, Whoa, Whoa…Wait a Minute! Is Your Racism So Strong, You Can't Even Bop Along to Frankie Lymon?
“Little bitty pretty one, come on and talk to me” about that one time a vintage clip of Frankie Lymon performing amid the blandness of several saltines resurfaced on social media. On Tuesday, a Twitter account by the name of @africanarchives posted a video of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers performing their hit “Little Bitty…
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California School Board President Resigns After Wife’s Racist Tweets About Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris
I really don’t understand white people, y’all. Like, how are they out here marrying racists and then being all, “Well, I don’t agree at all with what my partner said, but, you know…” *points at white skin and shrugs* Our latest example of spousal racism takes us to San Francisco, where a school board president…
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Dear White America: You're Welcome
Dearest all white people, First, I’d like you to note how I included that three-letter modifier when I addressed talking to every single white person—the unsoaped-leg Lauras and the bath cloth-resistant Beckies. Those still lingering in flip-flop season because you barbecued your Nikes and broke a strap on your Birkenstocks boogieing to Jimmy Buffet at…
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Kentucky Police Commissioner Resigns After Use of Hitler Quotes in Police Training Program Revealed
The commissioner for the Kentucky State police has resigned after it was revealed that a training program used by the force included quotes from Adolf Hitler and Gen. Robert E. Lee. Honestly, I feel like that should just be the story. Like, it’s fucking Hitler, y’all. Hitler. CBS News reports that Commissioner Rodney Brewer’s resignation…
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Keith Olbermann Calls Trump a 'Whiny Little Kunta Kinte' Because Being Painfully Obtuse Is White People's Superpower
Keith Olbermann is supposed to be “one of the good ones.” You know the type: They have “Black Lives Matter” in their social media profiles, they drag Trump and other right-wing dickheads at every given opportunity and they might even show up at a protest to bark on the police or hand out water bottles.…
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If You Still Weren't Sure That Racism Is Pervasive Among Cops: Meet The Louisiana State Police
Though this year (this horrid, horrid year) has been punctuated with ever-multiplying police killings of Black people, you may be one of the depressing faction of Americans who are steadfastly-dedicated to denying that systemic racism is a problem with law enforcement in this country—or in this country at all. Luckily, a bunch of newly released…
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Andre Abram Forgives Man Who Told Him He Was in a “No N-Word Zone”
Andre Abram, the Arizona man who was told he was in a “no nigger zone,” says he has forgiven the man who insulted him. In an interview with TMZ, Abram said that he doesn’t have any lingering beef with Paul Ng, the man who dropped the slur. “I forgive him about the situation, but moving…
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Students Protest at Maine High School After Policy Prohibits Teachers From Expressing Support for Black Lives Matter
After district officials sent a memo informing school faculty they couldn’t visibly express their support for Black Lives Matter, students at a Maine high school decided to protest. According to CNN, an official for Scarborough Public Schools District sent a memo on Monday, informing teachers that they couldn’t wear clothing or display items that had…