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Racist White Lady Goes Peak Mayonnaise During Pro-Lynching Tirade at CVS
On Tuesday, CVS shoppers in Los Angeles were in for a special treat when a crazy white lady decided to do her best Mel Gibson impression and go on a racist rant. “I hate niggers!” she yells before storming out of the store in the viral clip. Off-camera, another person can be heard saying, “Yeah,…
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey Refuses to Step Down Over Blackface Scandal
Another day, another politician who refuses to atone for their racist past. Last week, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey became front-page news when audio from a 1967 radio interview resurfaced. In the interview, Ben LaRavia, her fiancé at the time, recalled Ivey performing in “blue coveralls” with “black paint all over her face” in her starring…
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Alabama’s Governor Apologizes for Wearing Blackface in Her Youth—Because of Course She Did
Months after saying she didn’t know nothing about her sorority’s college yearbook page showing women in blackface, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday issued an apology about having worn blackface herself in a separate incident as an undergraduate at Auburn University. According to the Montgomery Advertiser, the governor, perhaps more nationally known this year for…
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White News Anchor Keeps Job After Comparing Black Co-Anchor to a Gorilla: ‘He Kinda Looks Like You’
In the long list of things to never say to a black person, right before, “No, you can’t have more napkins” you’ll find comparing us to a primate right up there. Yet despite this longstanding edict, KOCO anchor Alex Housden decided to risk life and limb by uttering the following: During a segment about a…
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Black Man Files $500,000 Lawsuit Against Portland Bar That Denied Him Entry for Wearing 'Too Many' Necklaces
You haven’t lived until you’ve been barred from entering an establishment because of its decidedly anti-black dress code. But instead of suffering in silence, one would-be patron of a Portland, Ore., bar opted to clap back with a lawsuit. From Oregon Live: An African American man has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against one of the…
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Surprise! Beloved President Ronald Reagan Was a Racist: Unearthed Call to Then-President Nixon Proves It
History has been kind to former President Ronald Reagan. In death, the story of Reagan, the racist actor-turned-racist president has morphed into Reagan, the conservative maverick whose vision for America created the blueprint for “self-reliance.” Even former President Barack Obama spoke highly of Reagan and often quoted the 40th president. Time magazine even wrote a…
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White Students Pose With Guns in Front of Bullet-Ridden Emmett Till Memorial, Department of Justice Launches Investigation
On what would’ve been the 78th birthday of Emmett Till came some disturbing news: three University of Mississippi students are being investigated by the Department of Justice after a picture surfaced of them posing with guns next to a memorial honoring Till’s death. ProPublica reports that the students, each of whom is white, have been…
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Racists Ruin a Perfectly Good 'For Sale' Sign With Racial Slur
All a Jefferson County, Ala., couple was trying to do was sell a damn house, but in what’s become an everyday occurrence in Trump’s America, racism wouldn’t let them be great. From AL.com: An interracial Jefferson County couple was shocked to find one of their realty company signs defaced Wednesday morning with a racial slur.…
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President Dog Whistle Repeats Insidious and Unfounded Claim That Rep. Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother
Stay with me, for a second: A mediocre white man, who inherits the majority of his wealth, claims that he’s a fantastic businessman. The same white man claims he had bone spurs to avoid serving in a war and later desecrates the legacy of deceased Arizona Senator and war hero John McCain. The white man…
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If You Helped a Racist Become the Most Powerful Person in America, Then You’re a Racist Too
Legally, Lakeith Smith is a murderer. When he was 15 years old, police officers confronted Lakeith and a group of friends after the teenagers allegedly burglarized a home in Millbrook, Ala. One of the boys, 16-year-old A’Donte Washington, “brandished” a gun, according to police, forcing officers to shoot Washington four times, killing him. Alabama’s law…