white supremacy
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‘Kill All N–gers’: Va. University Investigating Racist, Hate-Filled Video
A Virginia university has launched an investigation into a disgusting, hateful video that was posted to YouTube but has since been removed because of a violation of the video-sharing site’s standards. In the video, a woman can be seen wearing a Donald Trump mask; dancing to music that promotes lynching, white power and the Ku…
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Convicted Terrorist Dylann Roof Wants a New Federal Trial
Convicted terrorist Dylann Roof, who stormed into a Charleston, S.C., church and killed nine black worshippers, is asking for a new federal trial. Roof, who was convicted in federal court of 33 counts, including hate crimes, and was sentenced to death in January for the 2015 massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, is now…
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Emmett Till’s Family Calls for New Investigation Into 1955 Murder
Relatives of Emmett Till—the 14-year-old Chicago boy who was murdered in Mississippi in 1955, triggering the civil rights movement—are asking for the teen’s case to be reinvestigated after a key witness admitted to lying about the teen’s alleged words and actions before his brutal murder. Two of Emmett’s cousins, Wheeler Parker and Deborah Watts, said…
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Texas High School Students Did Nazi Salute for ‘Silly’ Class Photo
Honestly, the racism (and overall general ignorance) present in American schools is just out of this world. And in our latest update of “Who’s going to be expelled next?” Cypress Ranch High School students are now under intense scrutiny after apparently doing a Nazi salute for a class photo, Click2Houston reports. According to the site,…
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UW-Madison Student Trying to Start White Nationalist Group on Campus Pleaded Guilty to Arson of Black Churches
You can’t make some stuff up. According to WISC-TV, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student who is in the middle of trying to start a white nationalist group on campus has served time in federal prison for setting two black churches on fire. Daniel Dropik, 33, pleaded guilty to arson charges in 2005 after starting fires…
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Woman Who Caused Emmett Till’s Death Admits to Lying
We all (should) know the story of Emmett Till, the black 14-year-old Chicago boy who was murdered in August 1955 by two white men, J.W. Milam and his half-brother Roy Bryant. As the story goes, Emmett, who was visiting family in Mississippi, had gone into a store to buy some bubble gum. As he was…
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White Woman Caught on Camera Attacking Black Actor: ‘Don’t Record Me, You F–king N–ger’
Police in Reno, Nev., are investigating after a white woman was caught on camera attacking a black actor while hurling racial slurs, Raw Story reports. Actor and singer Elijah Ahmad Lewis from Motown: the Musical took to Facebook Wednesday to describe the attack, saying that the woman punched him in the jaw and also hit…
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Pa. Restaurateur Accused of Calling College Student Racial Slur: ‘Trump’s President Now, so I Can Say What I Want’
You can’t even eat a meal in peace nowadays. An Annville, Pa., restaurant owner is accused of kicking a local college student out of his restaurant in the middle of his meal, calling the student a racial slur and then quipping that “Trump’s president … so I can say what I want,” Penn Live reports.…
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Calif. Teacher on Paid Leave After Confederate Flag Found Hanging in Classroom
Parents are speaking out after reports that a Confederate flag was found hanging inside a Sutter Middle School classroom in Folsom, Calif., CBS Sacramento reports. According to the news station, it is not the first time the teacher in whose classroom the flag was found has been accused of racially charged actions. Parents want to…
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Someone Drove Around in a Truck With a Sign Honoring MLK’s Assassin
So, you can’t make this stuff up. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, while the nation was celebrating the life and legacy of the iconic civil rights leader, a truck was seen in Johnstown, Pa., with a series of problematic images and messages, one of which honored King’s assassin, James Earl Ray. According to the…