All posts tagged "racism"
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Commercial With Interracial Family Gets Backlash
A new Cheerios commercial of a mixed race family featuring a interracial couple and their biracial daughter generated such a strong racist backlash on YouTube…
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Papa John’s CEO Apologizes for Delivery Man’s Racist Rant Left on Customer’s Phone
Papa John’s Chairman and CEO John Schnatter apologized to a customer in Sanford, Fla., for a racist rant a Papa John’s delivery man inadvertently left…
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Alabama Senior Citizens Finally Have High School Prom 50 Years Later
The class of 1963 crowded in a rectangle on the dance floor, the memories of high school fresh on their minds as the band played…
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Mountain Dew Ad Pulled Due To Racist Themes
Tyler, the Creator of the music group Odd Future is known to provoke people with his actions and comments. Tyler and Odd Future directed a…
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Wilcox County High School Has First Integrated Prom
The Wilcox County High School finally pulled off their first integrated prom and it appears that fun times were had by all. A small group…
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Morgan Freeman Honored For Fighting Racism
According to GBN, Morgan Freeman will receive a special award in Canada next month for his efforts to combat racism. The veteran actor, currently starring…
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Georgia Teens Set Up First Integrated Prom After Years of Segregated Proms
A group of high school students in Wilcox County High School, GA., are taking a stand against their school’s practice of holding racially-segregated proms by…
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Racist Hate Group To Conduct Nighttime Patrols On College Campus
A racist hate group at Towson University has announced plans to conduct its own nighttime police patrols on campus. Founded last year, the White Student…
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Ohio College Cancels Classes After Racist Incidents Against African Americans
A northeast Ohio college canceled classes after a report that a person wearing a hooded robe resembling Ku Klux Klan gear was seen near an…
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Numéro Magazine Apologizes After Backlash to ‘African Queen’ Editorial
Numéro Magazine has found itself in the middle of a racially-charged firestorm after using a highly bronzed white model in one of its fashion editorials…
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Nurse Claims Hospital Barred African American Staff from Caring for White Baby
An African American nurse is suing Hurley Medical Center for allegedly not allowing her to care for a white baby. Tonya Battle, who worked for…
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Brazilian Couple’s Black Child Kicked Out of BMW Dealership
The adopted black child of a white Brazilian couple was kicked out of a BMW dealership in Rio de Janeiro, Globo’s G1 reported Wednesday. The…
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USPS Honors 150th Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation with Stamp
The U.S. Postal Service commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, which President Abraham Lincoln signed on Jan. 1, 1863, with a new stamp….
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Football Player Kicked Off Team for Tweeting Anti-Obama Slur
When President Barack Obama’s Newtown memorial speech was aired, it created plenty of uproar among football fans. The president’s speech cut into Sunday night football…
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Jamie Foxx: ‘Every Single Thing In My Life Is Built Around Race’
Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx, snubbed this week during the Golden Globe nominations for his leading role in the upcoming slavery-era revenge fantasy “Django Unchained” says…
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How Racial Stereotypes Affect Dating, Leadership and Athletics
Racial and gender stereotypes have profound consequences in almost every sector of public life, from job interviews and housing to police stops and prison terms….
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Does the NFL View Conservative White Americans as Racists?
Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization Of A New Destiny, issued the following statement about the scandalous and shameful…
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California Man Sentenced for Race-Motivated Threats
Bradley Smith, of Modesto, Calif., was sentenced today to 78 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release, for a series of race-motivated…
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Re/Max East-West Accused of Real Estate Sales Discrimination by Department of Justice
On July 18, 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit against the real estate brokerage doing business as Re/Max East-West alleging discrimination…
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Paterson, at N.A.A.C.P., Warns of Racism’s Power
David A. Paterson, in his first major speech to a national audience since becoming governor of New York, said on Thursday that even as black…
