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The Texas state Senate passed a new bill dropping the requirement for public school teachers to instruct students that the Klu Klux Klan is “morally wrong.” Senate Bill 3 passed with an 18-4 vote on Friday in the Republican-led Senate and will be considered by the Republican-led House, according to the Hill. The measure also drops several other […]
A former high school student is being charged with two counts of third-degree computer crimes after unlawfully accessing his school’s computer database, putting a quote from Adolf Hitler in the yearbook, and attributing it to George Floyd. According to the New York Post, 18-year-old Connecticut high school grad Hollister Tryon submitted the following quote: “It is a […]
19-year-old England winger Bukayo Saka faced racist remarks on social media after he missed his penalty kick, sealing the victory for Italy in the Euro 2020 Final on Sunday. Many condemned the online vitriol from England fans, which spoiled an otherwise cracking day of soccer. The FA released a statement saying it was appalled by the racist abuse aimed at England’s […]
Disneyland has unveiled its updated Jungle Cruise ride that removes racially offensive depictions of Indigenous people. The attraction, which first opened at Disneyland Park in Anaheim in 1955, has long been criticized for its culturally and racially insensitive portrayal of Indigenous peoples as tourist attractions. “We’re excited to be building on the story of the Jungle Cruise […]
On Friday, the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, announced it would remove the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee from Emancipation Park. As announced in a press release, the bronze statues of Robert E. Lee and Confederate general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson will be removed on Saturday. Temporary fencing has already been erected around the statues, and there […]
A TikTok creator is bringing attention to what many have argued is merely the latest example of the wildly popular app’s unfair treatment of people of color. In recent days, TikTok user @ziggityler has shared a number of videos focused on what he says he experienced when trying to update his bio in the app’s […]
Far-right radio personality Alex Jones was not pleased when Joe Budden called him a “KKK guy,” going on an angry rant on InfoWars and telling the rapper to “burn in hell,” before eventually taking that statement back. The back-and-forth first kicked off when Budden noted that comedian Andrew Schultz interviewed Jones—who he called “KKK guy”—and Jones must’ve caught wind of […]
The Hollywood Reporter recently published an open letter written by Bruce Lee’s daughter Shannon where she vented about her frustration with how white men in Hollywood have portrayed her father. Her latest gripe lies with his erroneous portrayal in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which director Quentin Tarantino addressed yet again in his appearance last week on the Joe Rogan Experience. “Where I’m […]
An Ohio police chief resigned this week following an incident in which he left a Ku Klux Klan sign on a Black officer’s desk. The Associated Press reports Anthony Campo, a 33-year veteran of the Sheffield Lake Police Department, retired Tuesday after Mayor Dennis Bring put him on administrative leave upon learning about the incident. The incident […]
Although Will Smith was a household name by the mid-1990s, 20th Century Fox reportedly wasn’t convinced he could lead a sci-fi blockbuster film. Why? Because he was Black. In recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, director Roland Emmerich and writer Dean Devlin reflected on the 1996 film and their relentless fight to cast Smith as Captain Steven Hiller. The two claimed studio […]
