racism
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Applebee’s Employee Believes She Was Fired for Kicking Racists Out of Restaurant
You know, I’m not gonna lie. The fact that this story went down in an Applebee’s in New Jersey just makes all the sense in the world. NBC News reports that Amanda Breaud has filed a lawsuit against an Applebee’s in Middleton, N.J. She worked there as a supervisor and believed she was fired after…
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Black Athlete at West Virginia High School Finds Picture of Himself in a Noose Before Game
I’m often skeptical when I hear people say shit like, “We just need to let the old people die out, then racism will be a thing of the past.” Mainly because those racists have kids. Kids who often turn around and do things like this. NBC News reports that Jace Colucci, a 17-year-old student and…
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Megyn Kelly Wants Equality When It Comes to Blackface
Megyn Kelly is the human embodiment of not having a fucking clue. She repeatedly demonstrates just how ignorant and out of touch she is every time she opens her mouth. It’s like her whiteness is so blinding, she is unable to see anything beyond her own myopic, white and privileged view of how the world…
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Come Again? Commes des Garçons Ignites Cultural Appropriation Controversy With Cornrow Wigs
Hot damn heaux, here we go again! Another day and another high-end fashion brand embroiled in a cultural appropriation controversy. On Friday, Japanese fashion brand Commes des Garçons–which I thought was French all this time (shrug)—held its Fall 2020 menswear presentation during Men’s Paris Fashion Week with their models wearing what appeared to be oversized…
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A Pilot and a Racist Trump Supporter All Wrapped in One: #MAGA Pilot Arrested for Racist Airport Graffiti
I mean…not that we needed yet another story tying Trump support to good-old-fashioned American racism, but we got one via a 53-year-old pilot for Endeavor Air, a regional subsidiary of Delta, in today’s “Yep, Water is Still Wet as Hell” news. James E. Dees, whose name was probably not intentionally made to sound eerily similar…
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TSA Agent in Minnesota Yanks a Native Woman’s Braids, Says, ‘Giddyup’
I think it’s safe to say that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holds the title for the most outwardly racist agency in Homeland Security. But that isn’t stopping the folks at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from giving them a run for their money. NBC News reports that on Monday, Tara Houska, a Native-American attorney…
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‘We Are Not Welcome’: In What Should Come as a Surprise to No One, Virginia School Board Refuses to Ban Confederate Flag From Its Dress Code
Virginia’s longstanding love affair with the Confederate flag knows no bounds. And in what should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, a school board in Rocky Mount has ruled that yes, the rebel flag will still be welcomed with open arms in the district’s updated dress code. WRCB has the scoop: The Franklin…
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Texas Man Sends Racist Threat to High School Students, Gets Indicted
I have to be honest, y’all. As soon as I saw the mugshot for Kenneth Petersen (above) I just knew, in my heart of hearts, that this dude has probably called someone the N-word on Call of Duty. I just know it. Courier Post reports that last week the Burlington County Prosecutor’s office has indicted…
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DC Fire Department Launches Investigation After Picture Surfaces of Recruits Flashing Possible White Power Signs
I’ve never been a gang member or a white supremacist before, but apparently hand gestures come along with the territory. But while I rarely hear of anyone losing their job for being affiliated with the Crips or Bloods, unless you’re the president of the United States, blatant racism is typically grounds for immediate termination. To…
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Virginia Man Charged in 'Swatting' Case Found to Have Neo-Nazi Ties
“Swatting,” if you’re unaware, is a prank where some calls in a fake emergency in a targeted effort to generate a huge response from law enforcement. It’s never funny, it’s always dangerous and apparently it’s being weaponized by racists. NBC News reports that John William Kirby Kelley, a 19-year-old man from Virginia, was charged with…