All posts tagged "racism"
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White Couple Leaves Waitress Note Saying They ‘Don’t Tip Black People’
A Virginia waitress was unpleasantly surprised when after finishing serving a white couple in her section, she found not a tip, but a racist note….
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University of Missouri Presidents Resigns Amid Racial Tensions
The University of Missouri system’s president, Tim Wolfe, resigned Monday morning amid growing protests over how he handled- or did not handle- racist attacks on…
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T.I. Pens Powerful Spoken Word Poem About Social Media Activism
T.I. has remained one of the more outspoken rappers on the topic of injustices towards the black community at the hands of law enforcement, and…
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Georgia Principal Fired over ‘Black People’ Graduation Comment
The principal whose racist comments at a graduation ceremony last week garnered national attention and sparked outrage has been fired. Dr. Heidi Anderson, chair of…
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Georgia School Founder Apologizes for ‘Black People’ Comment at Graduation
Over the weekend, video of a Georgia high school founder who criticized the audience at a graduation by making offensive remarks went viral. The woman seen in the…
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FBI Investigating Hanging Death of Black Man in Mississippi
The Federal and state authorities are investigating the hanging death of a black man in Mississippi, who was found on Thursday (March 19), after he…
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Waka Flocka Cancels University of Oklahoma Concert After Racist Video Emerges
Rapper Waka Flocka Flame cancelled his scheduled performance at the University of Oklahoma after a video of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members singing a racist…
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University of Oklahoma Fraternity Closed After Racial Chant
Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity was kicked off campus at the University of Oklahoma Sunday night after a nine-second video surfaced on March 8. The…
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Essence Makes History With ‘Black Lives Matter’ Cover
Essence, one of the nation’s leading black women’s magazines, made history with the release of their February issue. Instead of featuring a cover model, the…
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FBI Seeks Man After Explosion Near NAACP Office
The FBI has identified a “potential person of interest” in connection with an explosion outside of a local NAACP chapter in Colorado Springs on Tuesday…
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Sony’s Amy Pascal Is the Center of Another Racial Comment
Fresh off of the racial comments about President Obama, Sony co-chair Amy Pascal is under fire again for making more racial comments in a leaked…
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Utah Police Shoot and Kill Black Man
Susan Hunt from Saratoga Springs, Utah mourns the death of her 22-year-old son, who was shot and killed by police outside a fast food restaurant…
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Controversial Email Spurs Atlanta Hawks Owner To Sell Team
For the second time this year, the owner of a professional basketball team will be stepping down due to insensitive views made public. Atlanta Hawks…
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Protests Turn Into Riots After Fatal Shooting of Black Teen
Tensions remain high in Ferguson, Missouri after an unarmed black teen was shot to death by a police officer on Saturday. In just a few…
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Woody Allen Will Hire Black Actors “If The Story Requires It”
Woody Allen is responding to accusations that he excludes black actors from roles in his movies. The accusation originally came when the New York Daily…
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NY Woman’s Racist Rant Caught on Video
A YouTube video posted Tuesday of a woman’s racist rant in a store parking lot is gaining thousands of views and causing quite the discussion. The…
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Cotton Gin Employees Record Supervisor’s Racist Threats
It’s a story you would expect to hear in the Jim Crow era, not 2014. Employees at an industrial Tennessee cotton gin have caught their…
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Kim Kardashian Pens Post Denouncing Racism
Just days away from her impending nuptials with Kanye West, Kim Kardashian seems to have a lot on her mind and surprisingly it has nothing…
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LA Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Wants to Stop Release of More Audio With His Racist Remarks
LA Clippers Donald Sterling’s racist rants about black people have led to protests from his players, criticism from Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and LeBron and…
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Paula Deen: My Struggle Is Like “That Black Football Player”
Paula Deen has put her foot in her mouth again. In a recent interview with People Magazine, Deen described her struggle to rebuild her life…
