racism
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Trump's Son-in-Law Jared Kushner Claims Racism Doesn't Count If He's Not Involved In It
Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and holder of a top-level security clearance as an adviser to Trump, participated in a one-on-one sit down with Axios on HBO that can only be described as a one-night-stand between a drunken circus clown and a shitshow that then gave birth to a Jared Kushner interview. During the interview…
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Teacher Placed on Administrative Leave After Being Accused of Selling Black Students in Mock Slave Auction
I’ve never participated in a mock slave auction, but I would imagine a fourth-grade classroom isn’t the ideal place to have one—especially in 2019. Yet here we are, admonishing another teacher for contaminating their learning environment with racist bullshit. On Thursday, a Watertown, NY, teacher was placed on administrative leave after being accused of making…
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'It's Okay to Be White' T-Shirts Yanked After Being Accused of Promoting 'Intolerance, Racism and Division'
Just when I was about to treat myself to a sumptuous “It’s Okay to Be White” T-shirt as an early birthday gift, comes the heartbreaking news that they’ve been pulled. Newsweek reports that the New Zealand-based online auction site Trade Me made the agonizing decision after Kiwis, the Human Rights Commission and other groups exploded…
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And Water Is Wet: Study Shows Whites From Former Slave States More Likely to Be Biased Against Blacks
So, in news that will likely come as no surprise to anyone many, a new study has found that when it comes to racism and racial bias felt by whites toward blacks, it’s more a matter of nurture than nature, with whites from the South—the U.S. region that was most dependent on slavery—more likely to…
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‘I’m Gonna Be Arrested for Being a Rapper?’—Meek Mill Will Reportedly File a Discrimination Suit Against Las Vegas Hotel
Las Vegas is poppin’ with hot ticket residencies lately, such as Cardi B, Drake and Janet Jackson, but, according to Meek Mill, Sin City is also the residency of discrimination against black rappers. Meek will be reportedly filing a lawsuit against the Cosmopolitan Hotel Las Vegas, claiming discrimination and racism. Reports TMZ: Meek’s celeb lawyer, Joe…
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Dayton, Ohio on the Hook for $650,000 Security Bill After the Little Klu Klux Klan Rally That Couldn't
On Saturday, Dayton, Ohio, was inundated by a massive, belligerent mob hosting a Klu Klux Klan rally—and by “inundated” I mean inconvenienced. And by “a massive, belligerent mob” I mean only nine Klan members actually showed up. According to Time, the would-be shit-starters were actually drowned out by as many as 600 counter-protesters, who politely…
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The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Some Rules and Reminders for People Who Read The Root
It’s the Friday before a major holiday, and the regular writer of the Clapback Mailbag, Michael Harriot, has decided to take the day off for whatever it is he does when he is not pulling white people by their taint hairs on The Root. Before he took off the other day, he asked me if…
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Maine Becomes 1st State in the Nation to Outlaw Native American Mascots in All Public Schools
One down; 49 more to go. Maine has become the first state in the country to ban the use of Native American mascots at any of its public schools, colleges or universities. Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, signed the ban into law last week, and it will go into effect 90 days after the state…
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Boston Museum of Fine Arts Apologizes for Racist Remarks, Profiling 7th Grade Students
Typically field trips are an opportunity for students to explore the world beyond the schoolyard, but unfortunately, nearly two dozen 7th grade students at Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School in Dorchester, Mass., had their visit to Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts ruined by racist patrons and staff members. According to the Boston…
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Chicago High School Reprints Yearbooks Due to Students Making One Too Many White Nationalist Hand Gestures
If you’re one of the lucky souls who purchased an original printing of the 2018-2019 Oak Park and River Forest High School yearbook, you’ve been treated to as many as 18 photographs featuring hand gestures associated with white nationalism. Because kids say do the darnedest things. Congratulations! However, the Chicago Sun Times reports that administrators…