racism
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Dear Family, Please Move Out of Mo., Love, Danielle
Last month the NAACP issued its first-ever travel advisory for a state—a whole entire state—for people of color. That state was my home state, the place of my birth and home to the people I love most in the world: Missouri. The advisory was shocking in that it wasn’t for other states much more historically…
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Pa. Man Threatens to Shoot Woman’s ‘Brains Out,’ Screams Racial Slurs During Road Rage Incident
A Pennsylvania is man is facing multiple charges after allegedly screaming racial slurs at a woman and threatening to “shoot her brains out” after what police describe as a road rage incident that took place in July along state Route 999. According to Manor Township police, Roger G. Chenault of Washington Boro is charged with…
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Respectable Negroes Can’t Advise Colin Kaepernick on Shit
Neither Michael Vick nor Ray Lewis is a coon. They simply have no interest in going toe-to-toe with white supremacy. And Colin Kaepernick has no interest in being a well-behaved, respectable Negro to get a job in the National Football League. Such behavior will not liberate black people, and he knows it. His stance is…
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DC Cop Under Investigation for Wearing Shirt With KKK Symbol While on Duty
An officer with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., has been accused of wearing a shirt with a racist symbol on it while he was on duty, and he has now been placed on “noncontact status” pending the department’s investigation into the incident. Law4BlackLives, a group of lawyers who support the Black Lives Matter…
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Google Doodle Pays Tribute to the 100th Anniversary of the NAACP’s ‘Silent Protest’ Parade
Every now and again, Google shares a gem in the form of a doodle on its home page, recognizing dates that have some relevance to history, culture—anything like that. Today’s doodle marks the 100-year anniversary of the iconic Silent Protest Parade where some 10,000 African Americans marched in total silence to protest lynchings and other…
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Why I’m Willing to Represent the Entire Black Community to the Not Black Community
You know what I don’t mind? Aside from not minding if you stroke me up, (I don’t mind) I do not mind being the voice of Black America. Not on radio or television, I mean in the office and to white people anywhere. If I work at a company and there aren’t a lot of…
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Man Accuses Mich. Bar of Charging Black Patrons a Cover Fee While Letting in White Customers for Free
A man in Roseville, Mich., is accusing a local bar and grill of being racist toward black customers after he says he saw a group of African Americans being charged a cover fee while he walked through the doors for free. According to WXYZ, Jonas Grabill said that an employee told him that he got…
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Michelle Obama Says Racist Attacks She Faced as First Lady ‘Cut the Deepest’
Former first lady Michelle Obama was a breath of fresh air Tuesday at a live armchair conversation with the Women’s Foundation of Colorado President Lauren Casteel in Denver. Poised and graceful as always, Obama still touched on some tough topics and spoke out frankly about the hurt she felt from the racist attacks she received…
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Today Would Have Been Emmett Till’s 76th Birthday if a White Woman Didn’t Lie on Him
Emmett Till would have turned 76 today, July 25, had a white woman not lied on him. Maybe he would have had a wife and a family. Maybe he would have been surrounded by grandkids celebrating his big day right now—quietly, of course, for none of us would have ever had a cause to know…