racism
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For Black Drivers, Traffic Stops Can Be a Matter of Life or Death. Can the 'Not Reaching' Pouch Make Them Safer?
As a black person in America, we’ve all been there. The anxiety in our stomach as we pull our car off the road, watching police sirens dance in our rear view mirror. The despair of not knowing how the forthcoming chain of events will unravel. The uncertainty of whether or not we’ll live to see…
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White Supremacists Descend Upon Book Store, Chant 'This Land is Our Land'
An unseasoned collection of white nationalists who apparently are fed up with all this “inclusion and diversity” nonsense had some things to get off their chest this weekend during a book event in Washington, D.C. The Washington Post reports that card-carrying members of the MAGA mafia descended upon bookstore Politics and Prose to disrupt a…
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'God Bless America': Are Supporters of the Kate Smith Version Trying to Protect the Song—or the Singer?
For years, anyone attending a New York Yankees game would be subjected to the voice of Kate Smith singing “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch. Smith, who died in 1986, was heralded in her day as the “Songbird of the South,” an uber popular songstress whose 1938 version of Irving Berlin’s song was so…
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Too Much Breaking Bad: Trump Claims Mexican Troops Pulled Guns on Border Guards as Diversionary Tactic for Drug Smugglers
President Donald Trump has the recipe to rile up his base. Mix equal parts racism and television theatrics with a heaping helping of dog whistling and a can of cream of mushroom soup (because man do they love some cream of mushroom soup), and bake at 450 degrees for 45 minutes, and what you have…
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‘He Is My Son’: Lee Daniels Speaks Up for Jussie Smollett
As the saga surrounding Empire star Jussie Smollett continues to show no signs of coming to a close anytime soon, his boss, Lee Daniels, is standing by his side. In New York to produce an Off-Broadway play while Empire is on hiatus, the uber producer spoke with Extra about the woes plaguing Smollett — and…
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United Airlines Employee Accused of Calling Actress Cacilie Hughes a 'Shining Monkey'
A United Airlines employee has been charged with disorderly conduct after verbally abusing actress and philanthropist Cacilie Hughes. The New York Times reports that the employee in question, Carmella Davano, repeatedly called Hughes a “monkey” and a “shining monkey” during the February incident at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport. A United Airlines employee accused of…
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Soon You Can Get a License Plate in Mississippi that Includes a State Flag Without the State's Racism
When confused philosopher king Kanye West rapped, “racism’s still alive, they just be concealing it…” on “Never Let Me Down” from his debut offering, The College Dropout, he was not talking about Mississippi. Or Alabama or South Carolina or, well, you get the point. Regarding Mississippi specifically, it is the last state in the union…
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Wife of Ku Klux Klan Leader Admits to Murder of Her Husband, Sentenced to Life in Prison
Malissa Ancona, 46, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in St. Francois County Court in Farmington, Mo., according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She’s charged in connection to the death of her husband, 51-year-old Frank Ancona Jr., imperial wizards of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which boasts dozens of members nationwide. The…
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Omar, Tlaib and Booker Hit With Death Threats, Feds Say in Case Against Florida Man
A Florida man has been charged with making death threats against prominent Democratic officials, including Sen. Cory Booker, and Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, and spewing hateful invective against blacks, Muslims and immigrants in a series of phone calls. John Kless, 49, of the Fort Lauderdale area, faces up to five years in prison…
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Army Sergeant Exonerated of Assault Charges After Surveillance Video Proves She Acted in Self-Defense
After evaluating testimonies and assessing surveillance video of a February road rage incident that erupted into violence, felony assault charges against Sgt. 1st Class Kai Waters, 33, have been dismissed. Per the Washington Post: Waters, a 15-year veteran with combat tours of Afghanistan and Iraq and a clean military record, told The Washington Post last…