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White Man Verbally Assaults Older Black Woman on Flight, Calls Her an ‘Ugly Black Bastard,’ Airline Does Nothing
Racism, once again, reared its ugly head in the form of a pasty-faced colonizer who had the nerve to call an elderly black woman he was seated near on a flight an “ugly black bastard.” And despite this display of verbal abuse the man was not, I repeat, was not, removed from the plane for…
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It Turns Out, Apartment Patty Has a Black Husband
As The Root was conducting our ongoing scientific research into how 911 became the technical support number for whiteness, our forensic investigative team, led by recent North Wakanda Higher Institute of Technology and Education (NoWHITE) Ph.D. graduate Dr. Shuri T’Keisha Harriot, uncovered some disturbing information about one of the recent standouts on the white women…
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San Diego Elementary School Principal Apologizes for Warning Parents About Black Man in Hoodie at Starbucks
Well, this is awkward. A principal of a San Diego elementary school sent out a totally racist email warning people of a black man who was inside a Starbucks and now she’s been forced to send a “Hey, about that racist email I sent …” email apology for totally being racist. The San Diego Tribune…
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White Woman Who Blocked Black Neighbor From Entering Apartment Building Speaks Out
What do you do if you are a white woman who suddenly becomes the star of a viral video on social media which shows you harassing a black man who lives in your building and was just trying to get home to his apartment one Friday night—especially if that video leads to you being fired…
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What Taylor Swift Did Is Cool, I Guess. But We Need Fewer White People to Vote, Not More
Earlier this week, millions rejoiced as sentient Facebook algorithm Taylor Swift emerged from her rhinestone-studded cocoon of caucasity to reveal that she recently discovered racism and the importance of voting. This act apparently caused a massive voter registration spike. According to Kamari Guthrie, director of communications for Vote.org, as many as 65,000 people registered within…
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White Male Privilege Strikes Again: Man Strangles and (Allegedly) Masturbates on Victim, Gets No Jail Time
If anyone still needs a definition and working application of white male privilege, meet Justin Schneider. The Anchorage, Alaska man, who was indicted on four felony charges after assaulting a woman in August of 2017, became a free man Wednesday after striking a deal with the state. He plead guilty to one single felony assault…
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Has Valerie Scogin, the Teacher Who Said Black People Should Go Back to Africa, Ever Taken a DNA Test? Because, Well …
There have been and will continue to be calls for Valerie Scogin — the Louisiana school teacher who essentially called black people lazy animals who should go back to Africa—to be suspended and/or fired. These demands have merit, because not only is Scogin racist, she got her “facts” from a MAGA fortune cookie. And since…
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Terence Nance's WhitePeopleWontSaveYou.org and the Never-Ending Loop of White Saviors on Screen
You know that feeling when you drink a drink that you (frequently) drank as a young adult—Hpnotiq, perhaps (or maybe even the Incredible Hulk)—and you’re shocked and horrified (and impressed) by how terrible it tastes to you now? Well, that was me Sunday afternoon, after browsing channels and somehow landing on The Blind Side. Which,…
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White People Just Keep White Peopleing
It would be wildly disingenuous to claim that I was disappointed in The New Yorker editor David Remnick’s decision to feature sentient barrow of racist cat jizz Steve Bannon at The New Yorker’s fall festival. Because that would mean I still possess the capacity to be disappointed by white people, and I do not. I…
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White US Citizen Arrested in Uganda After Racist Attack on Hotel Workers
Imagine being so full of your white American male privilege that you pack it up with you, fly to a continent full of black people who don’t see it for you the way your own country does, and try to force it on the people of Uganda just because they are the same color as…