texas
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In Another Case of Dreadlock Discrimination, Texas Elementary School Insists 1st Grader Cut His Locs
In a disturbing case of déjà vu, another six-year-old is being turned away from school for wearing his natural hairstyle. Texas-based writer T.L. Browning posted to Twitter in early January, understandably furious that her son Jonathan was ordered to cut his locs over the winter break before being allowed to return to school when classes…
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Black College Student in Texas Escorted Out of Class by Police for Putting Her Feet Up
The University of Texas at San Antonio says it is investigating a possible instance of discrimination after video surfaced of a black student being escorted from class by armed police. Officers were called after senior lecturer Anita Moss confronted the student about having her feet up in class. The student’s classmate, Apurva Rawal, captured the…
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She Hath Spoken: Beyoncé Drops Last-Minute Endorsement for Beto O'Rourke
Leave it to Beyoncé to debut an eleventh-hour drop—though this time, it wasn’t a surprise single. Instead, the Queen gave a last-minute endorsement to Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke, who’s challenging Republican Senator Ted Cruz today in the midterms in her home state of Texas where, according to The Cut, she is notably still registered…
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Election Judge Tells Black Texas Voter to Get Out, Threatens to Call Cops Because Voter Had Questions
A black woman was reportedly looking for assistance with voting when a Texas election judge went full MAGA and began screaming telling the woman to get out and threatening to call to call the police, which has become the white equivalent of “I’m going to get my cousins.” The incident, which was captured on video…
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2 Texas Judges Sent 20 Percent of All Juveniles to State Prisons Last Year
Two Harris County Texas judges accounted for more than one-fifth of all children sent to the state’s juvenile prisons in 2017. Unsurprisingly, the overwhelming majority of the children were black or Latinx. The Houston Chronicle reports: The two courts — overseen by Judges Glenn Devlin and John Phillips — not only sent more teens to…
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A 2-Year-Old Was Abandoned On a Stranger's Doorstep and We've Got Questions
This story is horrifyingly wild AF. Try to follow this: A Houston, Tex. mom is in the hospital. She calls her son’s father to see if he can watch him while she’s in the hospital. The dad says “of course.” Mom says, “ok my homegirl will be dropping him off at your house.” Dad is…
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This Is the Police Interaction Video Texas Students Must Watch to Graduate High School
In an effort to repair trust between Texas citizens and law enforcement, all high school students in the state must take a class and watch a 16-minute training video that guides them on how to behave during a traffic stop. The course, which also aims to reduce tragic interactions between the police and citizens, is…
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I Believe the Question of the Blackest Name Ever Has Been Settled by Lil'Jordan Maleak Humphrey
Before we get going here, I’d like to be very, very clear: I’m in no way clowning Lil’Jordan Humphrey by calling his name (his first name) the Blackest Name Ever. In fact, I find this to be a compliment and culturally significant. We’ll get back to that. So who is Lil’Jordan Humphrey? He is currently…
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White Man Tells Black Family Campaigning for Senate Candidate Beto O’Rourke to Get Out of His Neighborhood
A black Texas family simply wanted to campaign for the man looking to unseat the constipated Grandpa Munster, Rafael Edward “Ted” Cruz, but claim they were harassed by a belligerent white man who was belligerent white-manning. According to Fox 26, the family posted a video to Facebook explaining the encounter with the white man who,…