white supremacy
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Did a Crowd of Counterprotesters in Durham, NC, Scare Off the KKK?
As rumors circulated Friday morning that the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacists planned to rally in downtown Durham, N.C., in response to the toppling of a Confederate statue on Monday by racial-justice advocates, counterprotesters showed up, crowding the streets and forcing local and government businesses and buildings to shut down for the day.…
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3 Facts That Prove the Reality of White Supremacy
When I was 16 years old, my entire family thought my little sister was going crazy (and by “sister” I mean my cousin who lived with us because black people do that, which could be the subject of an entirely different article). Every morning, she would tell us that there was a monster under her…
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Why All Confederate Statues Must Fall
Following the horrific events in Charlottesville, Va., where one woman was killed during a white supremacist rally to save a statue of Robert E. Lee, cities across the country are moving swiftly to remove Confederate monuments from public spaces. Even citizen protesters in Durham, N.C., took matters into their own hands to remove a Confederate…
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Someone Tarred and Feathered a Jefferson Davis Monument in Ariz.
A Confederate monument in Arizona dedicated to the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, was recently tarred and feathered. The Arizona Department of Public Safety on Thursday was called in to investigate the vandalism of the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway monument, which is located along state Route 80 outside…
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Dog Shows Up on Phoenix Family’s Doorstep With Swastika Painted on Its Head
A Phoenix woman was left shaken after her neighbor’s dog showed up on her doorstep with a swastika painted on its head. The woman, who declined to be identified, told KPNX that she did not know what to think after seeing the symbol. She is half Hispanic and has three adopted children of mixed race.…
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Mom of Charlottesville, Va., Victim Heather Heyer Refuses to Speak to Trump After He Compared Anti-Racism Activists to White Supremacists
Susan Bro, the mother of Heather Heyer, who was killed while protesting against white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va., told Good Morning America that she has no interest in speaking to President Donald Trump since Trump’s comments comparing anti-racism activists to the Ku Klux Klan and the like. Bro told GMA that Trump and White House…
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KKK Flyers Distributed Across Green Township, Ohio
Looks like in spite of everything that’s happened in Charlottesville, Va., the Ku Klux Klan is still out here attempting to indoctrinate people to its cause. According to Fox19, packages containing KKK flyers were dropped off on the doorsteps of several homes in Green Township, Ohio, outside Cincinnati. The flyers were hidden in old Employment…
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Officials in Lexington, Ky., Approve Plan to Move Confederate Monuments From Outside Former Courthouse
Officials in Lexington, Ky., have cast their vote on the push to relocate two Confederate statues from outside a former courthouse that is being converted into a visitors center. According to CBS News, the proposal to move the two statues that were erected to honor Confederate officers John Hunt Morgan and John C. Breckinridge was…
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Real-Life Clayton Bigsby Writes Email Denouncing Black Lives Matter, Supporting Confederate Monuments Because He ‘Wanted to Help’ Trump
Let me preface this by saying that as black people, we always know there is going to be at least one. You know the type. They do the most to set themselves apart from the rest of us black folks because they want to be viewed as “different” and “special.” Even if it means selling…