racism
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Lawsuit Alleges Buffalo Wild Wings Managers Gave the Green Light to Refuse Black Customers
Perhaps you’ve heard the stories about how black people don’t tip, without deconstructing the reasoning as to why that might be. Or perhaps you’re just one of many racist managers at Buffalo Wild Wings who’ve relied on this stereotype to justify refusing black customers. Either way, the Kansas City Star reports that a Buffalo Wild…
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Milwaukee County Declares Racism a Public Health Crisis. Will More Cities Follow Suit?
In what’s being touted as an important first step in addressing decades of race-based inequality, Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele signed a resolution Monday declaring racism a public health crisis. “Everybody has been reading and hearing about the same set of statistics in Milwaukee for decades,” Abele said at yesterday’s signing, according to the Milwaukee…
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Sweet Home Alabama?
I have a complicated relationship with Alabama because Alabama is a complicated place. Though I’ve lived less time there than anywhere else in the world that could be considered home (fall of 1993 through spring 1997 and only two summers, ever), it is also the state where I went to high school and where my…
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Police Investigate High School Student After Video of Racist Tirade Surfaces on the Internet
Missouri’s Kickapoo High School can’t stay out the damn news. A mere month after its students made headlines for bullying members of the LGBTQ community with a Confederate flag, another underage miscreant has showed their complete ass. In a 20-second video circulating on social media, an unidentified white male—who of course, attends Kickapoo High—goes on…
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Minnesota Superintendent Promises ‘Aggressive Action’ After Middle School Teacher Filmed Using Racist Language
Wendy Brilowski, a teacher at Highland Park Middle School, in Minnesota, has been placed on leave after video showed her hurling racial slurs at students. Saint Paul Public Schools Superintendent Joe Gothard has vowed to take appropriate action after footage was posted online and went viral. Brandy Coleman, the mother of one of the students,…
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HUD Could Displace More Than 100,000 Legal Residents and Citizens With New Proposed Rule
Stephen Miller will never big people face to match his big-and-tall head, and is determined to take his anger out on the most vulnerable among us. After months of pushing the Trump administration to penalize immigrants—legal and undocumented alike—in myriad ways, Miller seems to be getting his wish with a little help from Ben Carson.…
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Picture of Smiling Teachers Holding Noose Lands All Four on Paid Leave Alongside Principal
Four teachers in California decided to get cute and pose with a noose. Now, their bosses will decide if they, along with their principal, will receive their direct deposits from the school district or state unemployment. In the photo, originally shared online free of caption or context, was taken and initially distributed by the Summerwing…
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Maryland County Apologizes After White Cop Uses N-Word While Questioning Black Men
Montgomery County police have released body camera footage of a police officer using the N-word while questioning black man over the report of a trespassing, according to the Baltimore Sun. “Y’all niggers been trying to do something,” she said to the men who were being questioned outside of a McDonald’s in Silver Spring, M.D. on…
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Lawsuit Claims School Bus Driver Dragged Biracial Student On Purpose
According to a CNN report, Brenda Mayes, a Utah mother, is suing a former driver for dragging her son outside a school bus at least 150 feet. The lawsuit cites the driver’s “racial animus” and intent to harm. Mayes describes the incident in her civil rights lawsuit. In early February, she says, her son, a…
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Photos Surface of Teachers at a California School Laughing and Smiling With a Noose in Hand
Parents in Palmdale, Calif., are calling for a principal and several teachers to be fired after a photo surfaced showing them laughing, smiling and posing with a noose that was reportedly discovered on campus. Employees at Summerwind Elementary School told Fox 11 that principal Linda Brandts—who is looking to be the local school board’s next…