vermont
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Martin Henry Freeman, First Black College President in the US, Honored With Sculpture in Vermont
Slowly but surely, efforts are being made to balance the scale in the documenting of this country’s history, in part through decisions about which Americans are honored with landmarks like sculptures and statues. In Vermont, a blindingly white state whose Black residents make up only 1.4% of the population, an initiative to recognize local history…
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Black Man in Vermont Pulled Over and Told to Leave the Entire State by White Man
It has become incredibly apparent over the last few weeks that white people believe it is their divine right to police black people. CNN reports that a black man in Vermont was pulled over by a random white man and told to leave the state. On Friday, the victim was driving with his 11-year-old son…
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Bernie Sanders Endorses Joe Biden Because What Else Is He Going to Do?
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders had some really great ideas if he were elected president. He wanted to implement universal health care and free college for all, but it doesn’t matter now because Sen. Sanders wasn’t really personable. In fact, Sanders always looked like he just finished eating a rotten chicken salad sandwich and because of…
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Was Bernie Buggin’? Sanders Reportedly Compared White Vermont Marble Workers to Black Slaves
The longer I look at Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the more he goes from being the radical old white guy with the alternative ideas to the white guy who’s way too comfortable around black people. You know, the white guy who was in the all-black church choir, the one who went against the grain in…
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State Democratic Leaders to Presidential Hopefuls: Remember Y’all Ain’t Barack Obama
Barack Obama may still be Democrats’ (and just about everyone else’s) fave, but party leaders weren’t too happy when he decided to form a competitive political group, Organizing for Action. Now, the current crop of leading Democratic presidential hopefuls have pledged that they won’t do the same if they get the chance to sit in…
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'Keep Up These Racial Disparities': Protester Kicked Out of Courtroom for Blasting Judge Who Freed Armed White Nationalist
Authorities ushered a man out of a Vermont courtroom after he boldly interrupted court proceedings to condemn a judge for releasing an avowed white supremacist who keeps defying court orders banning him from buying guns. On July 22, self-proclaimed white nationalist Max Misch pleaded not guilty in a Bennington, Vt., Superior Court for violating the…
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Arrivederci! Two More States Kiss Columbus Day Goodbye
Christopher Columbus was a plundering, sex-trafficking, kidnapping ass genocidal despot who was given an annual holiday for his role in destroying whole ass civilizations. And while states such as Alaska, California and Louisiana came to their senses and no longer recognize the October holiday that commemorates his exploits, there are plenty of states that still…
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Racist Shows Up to Harass Black Woman at Press Conference Announcing He Won't Be Charged For Harassing Black Woman
At a press conference, Monday, Vermont’s chief law enforcement officer almost completed one of the greatest performances of whitesplaining in recent history as he announced that he wouldn’t file charges against a white nationalist who allegedly stalked, harassed and terrified one of the state’s only black lawmakers. As Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan described the…
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It Ain’t Worth It: Only Black Woman in Vermont Statehouse Resigns After Sustained Racial Harassment
Only a month after announcing she would not be running for re-election due to ongoing racial intimidation, Ruqaiyah “Kiah” Morris, the only black woman in the Vermont House of Representatives, announced her immediate resignation on Tuesday. In the short but sweet Facebook post, Morris explained that she originally planned to complete her term, which ran…