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Leaders around the world are coming together to address the coronavirus. Yet, when Group of Seven (G-7) members wanted to prepare a statement regarding COVID-19 they were hindered because U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tried to pressure them into referring to the illness as the “Wuhan virus.” Per German magazine Der Spiegel, G-7 leaders have been repeatedly rejecting Pompeo’s proposals […]
The New York City Police Department announced it is investigating an unsettling video of what appears to be a coronavirus-related hate crime. The incident reportedly took place Wednesday morning on an MTA train in Brooklyn, where a passenger was filmed spraying an air freshener at an Asian commuter. Cell phone footage shows the suspect telling the victim to move; […]
Jeannie Mai has slammed some particularly spiteful trolls who are accusing her of having coronavirus because of her ethnic background. In an appearance on The Real, the television personality said that people were commenting on fashion week photos of her and Jeezy, saying things like, “‘Don’t be catching that corona, Jeezy,’ or ‘She got that […]
A Purdue University student visited a CVS Pharmacy location near his dorm in West Lafayette, Indiana last month when—upon attempting to purchase Mucinex—his Puerto Rican driver’s license was questioned by an employee. Even after explaining that Puerto Ricans are American citizens and presenting his passport, both the employee in question and a manager “refused to […]
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 […]
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 […]
On Sunday, a police officer in Louisiana drew widespread crticism when he took to Facebook to repost a fake news article and suggest that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should be shot. “This vile idiot needs a round—and I don’t mean the kind she used to serve,” officer Charlie Rispoli captioned an article from the fake news site […]
During a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina on Wednesday, Donald Trump continued his racist vilification of four Democratic congresswomen, rousing up his supporters with nativist rhetoric and framing their political ideologies as “militant” and “radical.” However, when he assailed Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, his base responded with a chilling chant: “Send her back.” President Donald Trump […]
Over the weekend, President Trump put his racist beliefs on full display when he lobbed attacks at four congresswomen of color: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts. In his appeal to white nationalists, Trump equated being a person of color to being non-American when he suggested the legislators […]
The New York Post has been the subject of extensive criticism in recent days, after the Rupert Murdoch-owned publication ran an offensive cover story targeting Representative Ilhan Omar. Critics have denounced the newspaper’s inflammatory coverage as islamophobic and an attempt to delegitimize one of the first Muslim women to be elected to Congress. On Thursday, the Post published a photo of the […]
