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A teen whose hairstyle prevented him from working at his local Six Flags now has a promising career ahead of him. In March, 17-year-old Kerion Washington was turned away from working at the Six Flags Over Texas because he wears his hair in locs. “They told me I could cut my hair and come back, that it’s […]
A North Carolina man insists he and his family are not bigots, despite what his online critics might say. John Freeman, who co-owns the Outdoor Recreation Center of Wendell, received backlash this month over a set pool regulations many have called racist. The rules included a ban on baggy pants, dreadlocks, weaves, and hair extensions. ABC 11 News […]
On Saturday, CNN’s John Blake penned a piece centered around a white woman from western Ohio named LaKiesha. According to Blake, his article was put together in an attempt to highlight what it would be like to be a white person with a “black-sounding” name but a lot of people felt this missed the mark. […]
The Phoenix Police Department has launched an investigation after several of its officers were accused of using excessive force on a black family. A portion of the incident was captured on a cellphone video that shows an unidentified officer handcuffing 22-year-old Dravon Ames before throwing him against a vehicle and sweeping one of his legs. The officer […]
Ed Truitt says he had two options when he found himself at the end of an officer’s gun barrel: Comply and get killed or disobey and survive. The young black man faced this dilemma early Sunday morning in the parking lot of an Arkansas convenience store. Law enforcement arrived at the area at around 3 a.m. and began instructing […]
TMZ has learned that the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas will issue a “significant public apology” to Meek Mill for threatening to arrest him if he tried to enter the building. Meek will, in turn, accept their apology, and not file a lawsuit against the hotel for racial discrimination and defamation. Meek tried to enter the Cosmopolitan this […]
As if we needed another reason to love Rihanna. The multi-hyphenate recently blessed SZA with a Fenty Beauty gift card after an alleged profiling incident at a Calabasas Sephora. In late April, SZA took to Twitter claiming a store employee had called security to ensure she didn’t steal any products. The TDE singer wrote: “Can a bitch […]
A campgrounds manager lost her job this week after pulling a gun on a black couple that was trying to have a picnic. The confrontation occurred Sunday at a Kampgrounds of America spot in Starkville, Mississippi. Jessica Richardson captured the moment on video and shared it on social media. “RACISM IS ALIVE AND WELL!” she captioned the clip. “Today […]
This past weekend Meek Mill was denied entry to the Cosmopolitan hotel in Las Vegas after he had tried to enter to see a Mustard concert. A source from within the hotel had initially claimed that they did so due to a previous fight that Meek had gotten into (which Meek denies occurred) while the […]
A Pennsylvania school district sparked outrage when a training video for active shooter situations spread to the wider world. In the video, the simulated shooter is seen wearing a keffiyeh, a Middle Eastern headscarf. A Pennsylvania school district did a shooting safety drill with a teacher dressed in an Arab headscarf, or kaffiyeh. It […]
