white supremacy
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5 Ways White People Can Fight White Supremacy
Contrary to popular belief, not every piece of correspondence received by writers at The Root begins with “You’re the racist” or “Not all white people … ” For every piece of hate mail received by black writers who discuss race and racism in America, there are as many from white people who contact us with…
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Banana Republic Employee Told Her Box Braids Are Too ‘Urban’ and ‘Unkempt’
A young black woman is accusing her managers at Banana Republic of “blatant racism,” saying that they targeted her over her hair, which was protected by box braids. According to a Facebook post shared earlier this week by Destiny Tompkins, her manager—a white man—labeled her hair “too urban” and “unkempt,” cited her for a dress…
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Professor Targeted With Racist Signs After Promoting Class About Dismantling White Supremacy
The director of the African-American-studies program at the University of Montana has been targeted for teaching a new class: “White Supremacy History/Defeat.” Professor Tobin Miller Shearer says that a flyer he put up detailing the new class was recently replaced by a sign that advertises a new, made-up class: “Black Nationalism History/Defeat.” The Missoulian reports…
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10 Simple and Subtle and Easy Things I Do Every Day to Fight White Supremacy
White supremacy is like a wave at sea crashing into a beach—an unstoppable and transformative force, shifting sand, ferrying debris and constructing America’s topographical landscape. This is why, sometimes, you have to do what I used to do when at the wave pool as a kid, when I’d wait for the waves to come in,…
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Federal Judge Officially Dismisses Guilty Verdict Against Joe Arpaio, Who Purposely Ignored Court Order, Illegally Detained Latinos While Sheriff
Former Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio will officially have his criminal record scrubbed clean after a federal judge accepted his presidential pardon Wednesday. According to the Arizona Republic, at the request of Arpaio’s defense lawyers as well as lawyers form the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton dismissed Arpaio’s guilty verdict…
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‘It’s Not Murder if They’re Black’: Man Charged With Sending Racist Death Threats Targeting Howard University Students
A 24-year-old man from Alexandria, Va., is finally facing charges in connection with racist death threats online on 4chan and Reddit that targeted students at historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C. “Any niggers left at Howard University after 10 tomorrow will be the first to go,” the messages read in part, according to the…
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Calif. Teen Wears Confederate-Flag Sweatshirt to School; Mother Complains After Students Call Him Racist
“Southern heritage” strikes again, and one California mom is upset after her 15-year-old son was called racist because he decided to wear a Confederate-battle-flag sweatshirt to school last week. Welp. According to the Visalia Times-Delta, the mother of the student said that she pulled her children from Redwood High School last Friday after several threats…
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Ann Arbor, Mich., Police Searching for Racist Thugs Who Tagged Alley Wall With ‘Free Dylann Roof’ Graffiti
Do you know these racist thugs? Ann Arbor, Mich., police are requesting the public’s help in identifying and bringing three white young men morons to justice after they were caught on surveillance footage painting the racist graffiti on a wall in an alley. The wall, which is located in Ant Alley just off the University…