racist
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Mayor Resigns for His Facebook Comments About Alabama Football's Black Lives Matter Video
I’m honestly starting to think Facebook won’t crack down on racists because they’re the company’s target demographic. Seriously, how many stories have you read about a mayor/police officer/random white guy who works at the post office losing his job because of something racist posted on Facebook? Mark Chambers, a mayor of a small town in…
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Trump Continues to Weaponize Twitter and Sharon Shows Karens How to Be an Ally
For President Trump, Twitter serves several purposes. First, it is his bully pulpit (more bully than pulpit) in which he vaguely threatens and intimidates rivals. Second, it’s his unfiltered voice to his people, which basically serves as a virtual “yee-haw” to round up the good ole boys. Lastly, it’s his masturbatory aid to continuously pat…
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New Jersey Corrections Officer Seen Mocking George Floyd's Death on Track to be Fired
Earlier this month, a video went viral depicting a group of white counter-protesters during a rally against police brutality in New Jersey. During the video, two of the counter-protesters are seen on the ground, mocking the way in which George Floyd died. One the men seen in the video was identified as a New Jersey…
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Arizona City Councilman Apologizes After Saying 'I Can't Breathe' at Anti-Mask Rally
To live in Arizona is to perpetually exist in one long, heavy sigh. If it’s not being embarrassed by the actions of your fellow citizens, you can be damn sure the elected officials will do something that is just inhumanly trash. Take for instance Scottsdale City Councilman Guy Phillips who, CNN reports, mockingly said “I…
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The Washington Redskins Want Nothing to Do With Their Racist Past, But Opt to Retain Their Racist Name
In the latest display of performative allyship, we have the Washington Redkins, who are doing just about everything humanly possible to pretend like they never had a racist-ass owner even though they still have a racist-ass name. Case in point, check out what they did last week, per ESPN: The statue of former Washington Redskins…
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Black Woman Repeatedly Called N-Word and ‘Ape’ by Racist White Woman in NYC
Black people in America expect racism. We expect it like white women expect the police to be their personal “Black people I find annoying” exterminators. But that doesn’t change the blend of shock, rage and sadness that unsuspecting Black folk feel when we’re randomly met with racist encounters while we’re just out here trying to…
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American Airlines Sued for Racial Discrimination After Black Passenger Removed From Flight
In 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory against American Airlines for just being flat out racist. Three years later, the airline is now facing a lawsuit because a flight attendant just couldn’t stop her inner Karen from hopping out. NBC News reports that Elgin Banks and four other passengers are filing a racial discrimination…
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California Sheriff's Office Employee Caught Vandalizing a Black Lives Matters Sign
Law enforcement is a sensitive bunch. Apparently being told “Hey, don’t kill us,” just gets them in their feelings, so much so that an employee at the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office in California was arrested for vandalizing a Black Lives Matter sign. NBC News reports that a homeowner in Thousand Oaks, Calif, has repeatedly had…