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Ga. Governor Rants About ‘Colored People’ in Speech
On Wednesday, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal gave a racist speech to educators in the state, Raw Story reports. The governor apparently was frustrated with groups who opposed his Opportunity School District amendment, which is intended to turn “struggling schools around.” Fox 5 reports that Deal believes if the amendment passes, the state can help poor minority children…
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4 Reasons Not #VotingWhileBlack Is Dangerous
Parental discretion is advised, but imagine this a few months from now: the pained looks of fake composure and shock as the first black president, along with his illustrious first lady, stomach an inaugural ceremony for a guy who erected his white nationalist political empire on the false claim that said black president was born…
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GOP Candidate's Black Outreach: Kool-Aid, Watermelon and KFC
As many of us politicos have come to know, the Grand Old Party is overflowing with stupid white men. In this campaign season, though, Donald J. Trump has been sucking up so much of the election coverage, the rest of those of that dumb-dumb-diddy demo have been overlooked. That’s why I am so grateful to…
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Suspect Wanted After Screaming Racist, Homophobic Slurs at a Man Before Attacking Him
A 32-year-old man was attacked by another man who shouted racial and anti-gay slurs at him in New York City’s West Village neighborhood Sunday evening, the New York Daily News reports. The attacker yelled,”[F—got! N—ger]!” before pushing the victim, causing him to fall and hit his head on a window frame, according to the report.…
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Bucks President: Milwaukee ‘Is the Most Segregated, Racist Place I’ve Ever Experienced in My Life’
Milwaukee Bucks President Peter Feigin believes that he was just stating some “hard truths” when he said that Milwaukee “is the most segregated, racist place I’ve ever experienced in my life,” Feigin told the audience gathered at the Madison Rotary in Madison, Wis., the Wisconsin State Journal reports. He added that his hope was to…
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Baseball Player Tweets Racist Message, Then Pulls Apology Out of the 'I'm Not a Racist' Handbook: Examined
Updated Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, 2:42 p.m. EDT: The Seattle Mariners have suspended Steve Clevenger for the remainder of the 2016 season without pay. Clevenger spent Thursday tweeting out vile messages about Keith Lamont Scott, who was gunned down by Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., police, and those who have been protesting his death. In theory, the suspension sounds…
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Kan. Woman Receives Racist Letter: 'This Neighborhood Does Not Need Any Blacks In It'
Nancy Wirths received an anonymous, racist letter Monday stating that black people were not welcome in her Wichita, Kan., neighborhood, KSN.com reports. Wirths says that the handwritten letter was an attack on her and her biracial family—six of her nine grandchildren are African American. “I look over my shoulder. I watch. The kids aren’t allowed…
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Why Is It So Hard for Pundits to Admit That America's Racism Is What's Driving Trump's Campaign?
In terms of campaign strategy, the formula for Donald J. Trump’s presidential bid has been quite clear: Take the themes of racism and nativism once popularized by George Wallace, add contemporary references and essentially tell the electorate, “This is the remix. The jeeps pump this new remix.” From talks of a “big, beautiful wall” to…
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Yale May Reconsider Keeping Name of Calhoun College
It seems that the name of Calhoun College at Yale is still up for debate. The university has announced that it may revisit the decision to keep the name of the residential college, which was named after 19th-century alumnus John C. Calhoun, a known and ardent supporter of slavery, the Associated Press reports. Originally, despite students’…
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Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby Is Receiving Death Threats
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who charged six police officers in connection with Freddie Gray’s death, has had to increase her security detail after she reportedly received hate mail and threats at her office. “Our office has received, and she has personally received, a number of offensive and extremely disturbing, racist, sexist hate mail…