religious discrimination
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Sons of Confederate Veterans File Lawsuit to Have Monument Restored in Predominantly Black Decatur, Ga.
The 30-foot-high Confederate monument was removed from Decatur Square in 2020. Now, a bunch of salty white people are trying to have it restored.
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Leader of Neo-Nazi Group Pleads Guilty to Harassing Journalists and Advocates of Color
Welcome to another installment of “Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes!” I’m your host as always, and today’s contestant is the leader of a neo-Nazi group who pleaded guilty to harassing journalists and advocates of color. What’s his prize, you ask? Potential jail time! According to NBC News, 25-year-old Cameron Shea was among the four…
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Minnesota City Votes to Allow Existence of White Supremacist Church, Citing Religious Freedom
Religious freedom is certainly an essential concept in America and much of the world, but it’s also a value that has paved the way for bigotry under the guise of holiness. In 2020—the year that can basically be summarized in three letters: WTF?—a small Minnesota town recently voted to allow a white supremacist church to…
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Nashville School Seeks Rule Change After Muslim Student-Athlete Was Disqualified From Volleyball Match Over Hijab
Officials at Valor College Prep, a Nashville, Tenn., charter school, are calling on the National Federation of State High School Associations and the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association to ditch a uniform rule requiring permission to be granted for Muslim athletes to wear a hijab while participating in volleyball matches. The call comes after a…
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Muslims Kicked Out of Delaware Pool for 'Wearing Cotton'
It wasn’t the first time Tahsiyn A. Ismaa-eel had taken a group of kids to the Foster Brown Public pool in Wilmington, Del. Ismaa-eel, who runs a summer Arabic enrichment program, has taken her elementary school kids to the pool for four years now, and had yet to encounter any problem in the progressive town…