Colin Kaepernick‘s political stance and silent protest ignited a furious debate over the right to free speech and the ongoing conversation about race in America. President Barack Obama defended Kaepernick’s right to protest by saying it adds to the discussion but bigoted trolls online banded together and hurled racist insults towards the pair.
A 6th-grade teacher in the town of Bedford, Texas has found herself in a heap of struggle after she gave her class of students the nickname “Jighaboos” but claims she didn’t know it was an offensive slur. The school district has since apologized for the teacher’s actions, and a father at the school who brought the matter […]
Scottie Nell Hughes, a pundit who frequents CNN and is a supporter of Donald Trump, appeared on the network this past Sunday and engaged in an interesting war of words. Hughes supported Trump calling Hillary Clinton a bigot for her criticism of extreme-right conservatives and their divisive political stances.
A mayoral race in Midland City, Ala. turned a bit ugly when GOP incumbent Mayor Patsy Skipper allegedly took to Facebook to make a racist statement. On Tuesday, Mayor Skipper reportedly wrote “I lost. The N*gger won” downing her Black opponent but she claims that it was not her doing.
Leslie Jones has already endured a series of vicious Twitter attacks back in July, which seemed to be inspired by the call of conservative d*ckhead, Milo Yiannopoulos. After the talking head’s ouster from Twitter, Jones private accounts have been hacked to the result of leaked nudes and her homepage altered to featuring harmful racist images.
Glen Keith Allen, the attorney in place to defend Baltimore Police Department officers in a misconduct case, has ties to a large neo-Nazi group. Allen explained that he joined the group because of some troubles he had with Black people in an earlier time in his life.
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has once more injected his controversial stances via a major media platform, this time blasting the recent protests and riots in Wisconsin. Sheriff Clarke, a frequent guest on the Fox News network, was back on air and blamed the riots on gays, single motherhood and “tribal behavior.”
Chad Cameron Copley, a 39-year-old white North Raleigh, N.C. man, was arraigned at a Raleigh court on murder charges Monday (Aug. 8) after shooting and killing a 20-year-old Black man. Just moments before the shooting, Copley complained to 911 of “hoodlums” outside his home before apparently taking matters into his own hands.
Earledreka White, a social worker in Houston, Texas, was pulled over for a traffic violation this past March and called 911 to request police backup as she was concerned for her safety. After initial police reports say that Ms. White was resisting arrest, video footage shows that the arresting officer may have been the main […]
A high school in Kentucky found itself the center of controversy after a questionably racist natural hair policy seemed aimed at its Black student body. After public outcry and inspired chatter on social media, the school temporarily suspended the ban as it reviews the policy.
Chelsea Mayes, a Black Tennessee woman, and a group of friends patronized a local restaurant and had no idea that the waitress who served them used racist slurs to describe them. Although the worker has since been fired after taking to social media with her insults, Ms. Mayes’ classy response was quite the surprise.
Breaion King, a schoolteacher in Austin, Texas, was pulled over by police for a routine traffic stop in June of last year. In a recently obtained dash camera video, King, a Black woman, is violently arrested and thrown to the ground twice which has sparked an investigation by the Austin Police Department.
