racism
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White Teens in Maryland Sentenced to Weekends in Jail for Racist, Anti-Semitic Graffiti
Last year, four graduating seniors at Glenelg High School in Howard County, Md., defaced their school with racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic graffiti that they spray painted across the school—defacing sidewalks, parking lots and other parts of the high school building. Some of the graffiti directly targeted the school’s principal, David Burton—who is black—with the word…
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Visiting the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Was the Most Emotional Museum Experience I've Ever Had
Today is April 4, 2019. Fifty-one years ago today, on April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was gunned down by James Earl Ray while standing on the balcony outside of his room, 306, at the Lorraine Motel, located at 450 Mulberry St., in Memphis, Tenn. In the time since then, the Lorraine Motel…
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How Raising Multiethnic Kids Reshaped My Blackness
My wife is not black. Our daughters, by no choice of their own, are. Not when we’re at home or with friends and family or surrounded by people who know and love them. But when they’re out in the world, with their bronze skin and curly afros, when they’re seen from afar or described by…
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Taraji P. Henson Brings Ann Atwater's Activism to Life in The Best of Enemies
It is a biblical fact that Taraji P. Henson has never been the one, and so it is fitting for her to play activist and disruptor Ann Atwater in the new film The Best of Enemies. Atwater was a civil rights activist who wasn’t here for anyone’s shit, making it her mission to make sure her…
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White Power Symbol Discovered After Fire Destroys Historic Civil Rights Center
Days after a mysterious fire destroyed decades of invaluable archives and artifacts at The Highlander Research and Education Center in Tennessee, a subsequent investigation has uncovered a white power symbol that could indicate the most likely motive behind the fire. “As most of you know, a devastating fire burned down our main office early Friday…
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The Makeover: As More Brands Confront Diversity and Inclusion Issues, Here's How H&M Has Been Doing the Work
“Is H&M still canceled?” It’s the question that inevitably arises anytime we so much as mention the Swedish-based fast-fashion juggernaut, which faced international backlash early last year when a black child model was infamously photographed wearing a sweater that read “Coolest Monkey in Jungle.” While the hotly debated gaffe was doubtfully intentional, by their own…
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Elite Manhattan High School Unravels After Students Use Tampon To Unleash Racist Attack on Only Black 9th Grader
By all accounts, Eleanor Roosevelt High School is a haven of academia. Located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, “El-Ro”—as its students affectionately call it—is a sanctuary that celebrates the “joy of discovery” where “great minds” are encouraged to bask in a “rich intellectual experience” and “discuss ideas.” It has a robust, gimmick-free curriculum,…
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Charges Against Jussie Smollett Dropped, Record Expunged
Plot twist. The charges against Jussie Smollett have been dropped, according to CBS Chicago reporter Charlie De Mar, who tweeted the breaking news on Tuesday morning. Earlier this month, a Cook County jury indicted the 36-year-old on 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct and filing a false police report in relation to his claim that…
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Former Portsmouth, Va., Police Chief Claims Her Forced Resignation Was Racially Motivated
Former Portsmouth Police Chief Tonya Chapman—the first black woman to lead a city police department in the state of Virginia—said in a statement on Monday that she was forced to resign after attempting to eradicate the racism and discriminatory behavior within her department. “Having been a member of two other law enforcement agencies, I have…