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A new report from BuzzFeed News shows how Costco management is penalizing workers who wear Black Lives Matter apparel, specifically masks. The report details multiple instances of employees being selectively targeted or sent home for “otherwise-ignored dress code” and “anti-harassment policies” if they show support for BLM. These incidents include six Louisville, Kentucky employees and […]
I am one-quarter black, and I grew up in King’s Lynn—a town not too far from Cambridge. My grandad is from Trinidad and Tobago and my great-grandmother was Venezuelan, but pretty much the rest of my family is white British, so I’m quite light in complexion. I have what would be considered “white” features, so especially when my hair […]
Even Don Lemon is trying to stop Terry Crews. Crews, amid backlash for a number of tweets where he criticized the Black Lives Matter movement, decided to go on CNN and defend himself. “Are all white people bad? No. Are all black people good? No,” the America’s Got Talent host tweeted on Saturday. “I stand […]
Indiana Conservation Officers are conducting an investigation into an incident involving Vauhxx Rush Booker, a 36-year-old Black man, who says that he feared a group of white men were trying to lynch him, The Hill reports. In a Facebook post, Booker said that he was headed to Lake Monroe to watch the lunar eclipse with a […]
Iowa State guard Rasir Bolton shared on Twitter Monday that his decision to transfer from Penn State last year was due to a comment from Nittany Lions head coach Patrick Chambers where he referenced that Bolton had a noose around his neck. Bolton said Chambers’ remark was made one day after the coach served a one-game suspension for shoving Penn State’s Myles Dread during a […]
Amy Cooper, the white woman who called the police after a black man asked her to keep her dog on a leash, has been charged for filing a false report. The New York Times reports that Cooper, who was filmed by Christian Cooper in the Ramble at Central Park, where it is against the rules to have dogs […]
Dame Dash is blasting Lifetime for allegedly exploiting him and Aaliyah, while filming for eOne’s reality tv series Growing Up Hip Hop. Dash called out Tara Long by name— the president of eOne’s unscripted television department—while sharing a clip from the set where everything went down. In the video, the hip-hop mogul is seen blowing up on members from Lifetime’s […]
An angry woman with an ill-fitting hat went viral last month after a video showed her racist rant in Torrance, California. Another video of a separate incident featuring the same woman surfaced less than a week later, and she has since been labeled ‘Staircase Karen’ by the internet. TMZ reports that the woman, 56-year-old Lena […]
Three Colorado police officers have been fired for taking a selfie reenacting the murder of Elijah McClain. The Aurora Police Department previously put the officers on paid leave pending an internal investigation. During a news conference, interim Police Chief Vanessa Wilson displayed the photos where officers Jaron Jones, Erica Marrer, and Kyle Dittrich demonstrated a […]
The Cleveland Indians are the latest sports team to announce their decision to reconsider their controversial name. “We are committed to making a positive impact in our community and embrace our responsibility to advance social justice and equality,” the basketball team said in a public statement. “Our organization fully recognizes our team name is among the […]
