racism
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Current and Former Employees Say Google Cut Diversity Programs To Not Appear Anti-Conservative
Several current and former employees of Google are calling the tech company out for scaling back and cutting diversity and inclusion programs in order to avoid the appearance of being anti-conservative. Google employees and ex-staffers, whose names were not revealed, sat down for interviews with NBC News to discuss their claims that the company billions of…
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'Jog for Ahmaud' Ain't Activism, It's Respectability
Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed after he was stalked and approached by two armed men suspicious of his presence in the neighborhood he happened to be in. That he was black, and that the men who killed him are white, matters because of the historical context of whites believing they possess a birthright to…
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NFL Star Malcolm Jenkins Calls on Department of Justice To Investigate Ahmaud Arbery Death
Last week, a graphic video was released detailing the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery. Outrage erupted at the fact that over two months had passed since the incident and Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael, the men charged with his murder had not been arrested (both men are currently in custody). Now, a group…
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White Man Who Wore KKK Hood to Store Won't Face Charges
For some inexplicable reason, white people have responded to the pandemic by going full-racist. Between the xenophobic rhetoric directed towards Asian-Americans, busting out Confederate flags at anti-lockdown rallies, and trying to make Obamagate a thing, the 2A crowd has really been on one. Last week, The Root reported on a man who wore what was…
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After 74 Days of Nothing, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Needed Just 36 Hours to Find 'Probable Cause for Felony Murder' in the Death of Ahmaud Arbery
In just 36 hours, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation managed to do something that other agencies failed to do over the past 74 days: Find enough probable cause to arrest Gregory and Travis McMichael and charge the father and son with murder and aggravated assault in the death of Ahmaud Arbery. During a press conference…
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Two Men Involved in Shooting of Ahmaud Arbery Have Been Arrested and Face Murder Charges
On Tuesday, video was released showing the graphic shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery. As the video went viral, public outcry intensified with many outraged that the men responsible hadn’t been arrested or faced any charges. CNN reports that Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael have been arrested and will placed in Glynn County Jail.…
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Ahmaud Arbery's Shooting Death Spurs Calls for Justice, New Hate Crime Laws in Georgia
On Tuesday, video was released showing the graphic shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery was unarmed and on a jog through a predominantly white neighborhood when Greg McMichael and Travis McMichael shot him after a brief struggle. The release of the video resulted in a Georgia prosecutor recommending the case be presented before a grand…
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In Case You Forgot That the Los Angeles Clippers Were Once Owned By a Racist, Blackballed Will Kindly Remind You
With the Los Angeles Clippers on the brink of a first NBA title this season—before COVID-19 had other plans—it’s easy to forget that not too long ago, the team was mired in ineptitude for decades, courtesy of the worst owner in the history of professional sports: Donald Sterling. He was notoriously cheap, harassed his own…
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White Man Fatally Shoots Unarmed Black Man After Car Accident in St. Paul, Minn.
“I was in fear for my life” are slowly but surely becoming the most dangerous words in the white American lexicon. We’ve seen story after story where white people have used these words to justify their trigger-happy behavior during confrontations with unarmed black people and gotten off scot-free after taking lives. But one man isn’t…
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This Little House on the Prairie Clip Has Resurfaced and Todd Bridges Dropped Some White Privilege Wisdom
In “things our grandmas watched, thus made us watch too” news, Little House on the Prairie (which originally aired from 1974-1983) was trending on Twitter and one specific actor was the center of the discussion—Todd Bridges. A clip of Bridges’ appearance in the series’ episode, “The Wisdom of Solomon” (which was a very apt title…