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A white New Jersey corrections officer has been suspended and a white FedEx worker has been fired after both men were seen in footage mocking the murder of George Floyd. “We have been made aware that one of our officers participated in the filming of a hateful and disappointing video that mocked the killing of […]
Drake, commendably, has joined in on the widespread trashing of the attorney representing former Minneapolis Police Department officer Thomas Lane. Attorney Earl Gray made an appearance on CNN Monday, attempting—and that’s the key word here—to offer up some sort of defense for Lane’s involvement in the murder of George Floyd. “[Gray] struggling through an ATTEMPT […]
The CW and Warner Bros. TV announced in a joint statement Monday that Hartley Sawyer was fired from The Flash after old racist and misogynistic tweets surfaced. “In regards to Mr. Sawyer’s posts on social media, we do not tolerate derogatory remarks that target any race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, or sexual orientation,” the statement reads, per […]
Harry Rogers, the self-proclaimed president of the Virginia Ku Klux Klan, has been charged with assault and battery, attempted malicious wounding, and destruction of property for driving his car through a group of Black Lives Matter protesters during a demonstration on Sunday, The Guardian reports. “The accused, by his own admission and by a cursory glance at […]
People are fighting back against the “Karens” of the world. A Karen in Phoenix, Arizona got slapped across the face for being racist. The incident happened at a gas station on Saturday, where the middle-aged white woman walked into the store in a huff since her pump apparently wasn’t working. The woman became even more […]
Husan Blue, 30, was arrested Thursday, after a number of overly aggressive New York Police Department officers broke up a party in Brooklyn that was being held on private property, Buzzfeed News reports. Blue attended a gathering of about 30 to 50 people for his father Greg, who turned 57 earlier in the week, in […]
CrossFit is facing backlash after its CEO made an insensitive comment about George Floyd’s murder, which has sparked almost two weeks of protests around the world. Now, brands and affiliate gyms are severing ties with the fitness organization. CEO Greg Glassman tweeted “It’s FLOYD-19” in response to a message from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, […]
Another racist memorial has been destroyed, but this time, by the hands of protesters. Black Lives Matter demonstrators in England have removed a 100-plus-year-old statue commemorating a slave trader. The crowd in Bristol used ropes to remove the bronze statue of Edward Colton from its base. Protesters then dragged it to the River Avon and […]
Twitter has become a battleground for conflicting opinions. Although Donald Trump has historically used the platform to his advantage, the ideologies that he seems to promote found him labeled as the site’s top racist. On Saturday, users began to notice that Twitter’s algorithm had been triggered to render President Trump’s account the top result when people search the term “racist” […]
San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has never been one to mince his words, and with one of the largest displays of nationwide protesting for black lives happening right now, he decided to use his platform to call for change and accountability amongst other white people. In a video address released by the Spurs […]
