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Connecticut High School Student Arrested Over Alleged Racist Snapchat Post Directed at Black Classmate

A 16-year-old high school student in Fairfield, Conn., was arrested last week over a racist Snapchat post allegedly directed at another student. School officials and police are still investigating the incident, and the principal of the school has announced the creation of a new organization to address racism and other forms of discrimination amid the…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 14, 2021
News, Race Matters

Republicans Introduce Federal Bills to 'Restrict the Spread' of Critical Race Theory as CRT Continues to Live in Their Heads Rent-Free

At this point, Republicans are Haley Joel Osment curled up underneath his covers whispering to Bruce Willis, “I see Critical Race Theory.” They’re convinced that you can’t get Critical Race Theory wet or feed it after midnight, otherwise it will spread and gremlin-ize Americans everywhere into hating their country as well as their whiteness. They…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 13, 2021
News, Race Matters

Oklahoma City School Board Rejects New Anti-Critical Race Theory Law, Says It Only Exists to 'Protect White Fragility'

Last Friday, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law a bill prohibiting Critical Race Theory or any curriculum that might cause white students “discomfort, guilt, anguish or psychological distress” from being taught in K-12 schools in the state. On Monday, the Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education unanimously denounced the new law and called…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 12, 2021
Culture

'There's No Limit': Mom Blogger Shina Sanabria Is All About Using Her Platform to Help Women Learn to Heal and Be Whole

“The support that we get as a community as Black mothers is different than if you search a hashtag that’s just mom blogger. I am not negating or lessening the powerfulness of just mom blogging in general, but there’s a different set of substance and support when you pull up Black mom bloggers.” — Shina…

By

Jessica Moulite

Published

May 7, 2021
News, Race Matters

Idaho Governor Signs White Fragility Bill Restricting Critical Race Theory From School Curriculum Into Law

Welp, it happened; Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a white fragility bill pushed by state Republicans to restrict Critical Race Theory from being taught in the state’s schools and universities. By now, you’re aware that across the country, GOPropagandists have embarked on a mission to rid the American education system of the scourge they believe…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 6, 2021
News, Race Matters

Florida KK-Karen Arrested for Hurling Whopper and Racial Slurs at Burger King Employee

A lot of white people are racist. Some white people are so racist that they look for any excuse to show their bigotry off. Last week, an elderly KK-Karen showed her hateful ass at a Burger King in Florida when she reportedly threw a Whopper in an employee’s face and allegedly called the worker a…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 5, 2021
News, Race Matters

Mitch McConnell Urges Education Secretary to Bar The 1619 Project From Federal Grant Programs Because White Fragility is a Helluva Drug

Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell—the guy Kentucky senator whose face always looks like it’s melting off of something—is continuing the Republican war on Blackness in education after joining fellow members of the white nationalist circle-jerk party in urging Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to help them ban Critical Race Theory into oblivion despite the easily demonstrable…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 2, 2021
News, Race Matters

Oklahoma Republican Compared Black Lives Matter to KKK and He's Just as Wrong as the Million Other White People Who Have Done the Same

We really need to talk about how basic white conservatives are when it comes to making an argument. That they are racist white nationalists is a given, but what really gets me is the fact that when it comes to thinking critically, they possess all of the depth of an inflatable kiddie pool before it…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 1, 2021
News, Race Matters

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves Says 'There Is Not Systemic Racism in America', but He Also Declared April 'Confederate Heritage Month,' So…

Every now and then I choose a story to write up, not because I think the story is particularly important in and of itself, but because it provides me with an opportunity to make a point. I’d like to thank Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves—who recently declared on Fox Noose that systemic racism isn’t a thing…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 1, 2021
News, Race Matters

3 Suspects Charged in Home Invasion of Black Family in Michigan; Family Says Racial Slurs Were Shouted

Just after midnight on Monday, a mother and her two children were awakened by sounds of intruders breaking into their Walled Lake, Mich., home. The mother’s 13-year-old son heard the commotion and swiftly woke up his 9-year-old brother. Moments later, the two boys’ mother was in their room armed with a gun and shooting through…

By

Zack Linly

Published

April 30, 2021