racism
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The Washington Redskins Want Nothing to Do With Their Racist Past, But Opt to Retain Their Racist Name
In the latest display of performative allyship, we have the Washington Redkins, who are doing just about everything humanly possible to pretend like they never had a racist-ass owner even though they still have a racist-ass name. Case in point, check out what they did last week, per ESPN: The statue of former Washington Redskins…
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Black Mother and Son Discriminated Against in Maryland Restaurant
Dining while black can be a frustrating experience. There’s always that nagging suspicion that being on the receiving end of poor service is due in part to your race. Sadly, for a mother and her 9-year-old son, it was blatantly clear why they were being discriminated against at a Baltimore restaurant. NBC News reports that…
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Jimmy Kimmel Comes Under Fire for Unearthed Blackface Skit and N-Word Usage
Jimmy Kimmel has had a really interesting week, and it’s only Tuesday. The late-night talk show host announced Thursday that he will take a leave of absence from his ABC show starting in July in order to spend time with his family. While he’s on hiatus, different guests will rotate and host the show on…
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American Airlines Sued for Racial Discrimination After Black Passenger Removed From Flight
In 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory against American Airlines for just being flat out racist. Three years later, the airline is now facing a lawsuit because a flight attendant just couldn’t stop her inner Karen from hopping out. NBC News reports that Elgin Banks and four other passengers are filing a racial discrimination…
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California Sheriff's Office Employee Caught Vandalizing a Black Lives Matters Sign
Law enforcement is a sensitive bunch. Apparently being told “Hey, don’t kill us,” just gets them in their feelings, so much so that an employee at the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office in California was arrested for vandalizing a Black Lives Matter sign. NBC News reports that a homeowner in Thousand Oaks, Calif, has repeatedly had…
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Descendants of Confederate General John B. Gordon Request His Monument Removed From Georgia State Capitol
The fight to remove Confederate monuments has only intensified over the last month of nationwide protests. Now, it’s not only protestors asking for these monuments to be removed but even the relatives of those who had monuments made in their memory. AJC reports that 44 descendants of Confederate Gen. John B. Gordon have sent a…
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Ending White Supremacy Requires White People To Realize That Black Liberation Isn't A 'Zero Sum Game'
white supremacy [ hwahyt suh-prem-uh-see, wahyt ] noun: the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial and ethnic groups, especially Black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society. text America loves whiteness. And that “love” is at the expense of everyone else…
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NASCAR Launches Investigation After Noose Found in Bubba Wallace's Garage Stall: 'This Will Not Break Me'
On Sunday, as Juneteenth celebrations drew to a close, a noose was found in the garage stall of Bubba Wallace at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Ala. ESPN reports that Wallace, the only black driver in NASCAR’s Cup Series, never saw the noose—it was discovered by a member of his team—but it was clear that a…
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Auntie Unfiltered: AmeriKKKa Gaslights Black People
AmeriKKKa gaslights black people. That’s it. That’s the post. Seriously, though. Now that America is having her racial awakening and realizing just how inherently racist she really is, we have companies and celebrities and everyone else jumping on the #BlackLivesMatter bandwagon. Should these moves be applauded or are they simply superficial gestures so “the blacks”…