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Trump, whose contributions to cinema are of no value to anyone, said some shit about Hollywood while grazing outside the White House Friday. This particular shit, as with previous instances of him opening his mouth, smacks of echoed nonsensical comments from his increasingly complicit base of followers. Trump’s latest comments of this variety came in […]
For years, black hairstyles have been weaponized to make the person that grows this hair feel inferior. As a result, a Georgia elementary school was hit with a wave of backlash after posting pictures of “inappropriate” and “appropriate” hairstyles. Last week, hairstylist Danay Wadlington uploaded a picture showing a poster at Decatur’s Narvie J. Harris Traditional Theme […]
8chan founder Fredrick Brennan is calling for the shutdown of the website following Saturday’s El Paso Walmart shooting, the New York Times reports. Patrick Crusius, the suspected gunman who has already been charged with capital murder, posted a four-page manifesto on the site minutes before carrying out the horrific act which resulted in 20 people being killed and 26 more injured. […]
Afton Williamson explained on Instagram Sunday, why she left ABC’s The Rookie, where she played one of the show’s main characters, Talia Bishop. In a lengthy message posted Sunday, Williamson revealed that she was subjected to racial discrimination by the hair department, and bullying from the show’s executive producers dating as far back as filming of the pilot episode. Williamson claims she was sexually […]
A woman in Oklahoma was tased by a police officer when she refused to sign an $80 ticket, drove away during the stop, and kicked the police officer. Given her repeated attempts to resist arrest, many aptly pointed out that her white privilege is what ultimately saved her life. During a routine traffic stop in […]
The Atlantic has released newly obtained audio of an October 1971 conversation between Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon where the former used racist language to describe African delegates at the United Nations. Reagan, who was governor of California at the time of their conversation, was upset that members of the Tanzanian delegation started to dance in […]
The Transportation Security Administration has launched an internal investigation into an “offensive display” that was found inside a workstation at Miami International Airport. According to CNN, the probe stems from a July 21 incident in which three TSA agents came across a couple of stuffed gorillas hanging from a noose in a non-public area of the airport. Sources […]
After being habitually defaced by vandals, the Emmett Till Memorial Commission announced that they will replace the Mississippi’s current Emmett Till memorial with a new, bulletproof sign. The sign that indicates where Till’s body was pulled out of the Tallahatchie River in 1955 has been vandalized on multiple occasions since it was erected in 2007. The sign […]
Montreal authorities are investigating a now-viral video that shows a white man verbally harassing an Arabic-speaking woman and her child. The incident occurred in Ahuntsic-Cartierville on Tuesday afternoon, as the woman was walking her two-year-old daughter home from daycare. Cell phone footage shows the man uttering lewd and racist statements to the mother in French, as the child is […]
Blueface isn’t buying the LAPD’s claims. Back in February, the LAPD arrested the “Thotiana” rapper for felony gun possession after law enforcement reportedly received a tip about a group of rappers, including Blueface, walking around with large sums of cash. Sources told TMZ that cops arrived at the scene because they were concerned about the group’s safety, as […]
