A female soldier in the Florida Army National Guard happened on a disturbing scene while she and her peers were at a shooting range for her annual weapons training certification. She saw the mugshots of Black men being used for target practice, with one photo being that of her brother.
A white fraternity housed at the University of Pennsylvania has found itself mired in controversy after posting a holiday group photo. What got the fraternity in hot water is the inclusion of a Black Beyoncé plastic sex doll in the shot.
Ferguson protesters who are peacefully marching throughout Missouri en route to Gov. Jay Nixon‘s mansion to Jefferson City were met with racist taunts and gunfire. The NAACP group says that counter-protesters supporting the grand jury’s decision regarding Darren Wilson have been especially abrasive in a pair of rural towns.
Students in Norfolk, Va. staged a noontime walkout on Monday in protest of the actions of one of the high school’s top faculty members. A racist and offensive tweet from an assistant principal was at the heart of the show of solidarity.
Ku Klux Klan members in the New York borough of Long Island have allegedly been distributing racist fliers and propaganda packets referencing the death of Ferguson teen Michael “Mike” Brown. Residents of Suffolk County expressed shock at the incident, and it isn’t the first time this has happened.
A number of Harlem shops are sending a message to patrons stating that they are not allowed in their businesses while wearing hoodies or ski masks. Using signs to spread the warning, citizens are reacting by saying the signs are racially offensive.
A high school football coach in Charleston, S.C. was fired this past Monday after allegations of racist behavior by his mostly-white squad came to the surface. With the team performing a watermelon-smashing ritual after game wins, it appears that the team was mocking Black players.
The Boston Herald ran a political cartoon today (October 1) that made a racist reference to watermelon and President Barack Obama.
A special Grand Jury has decided not to file criminal charges against the Ohio police officers who shot and killed John Crawford III, 22, in a Walmart on August 5.
Hanna Strong, a soccer player at Syracuse University, was identified by local media outlets as a woman caught on video saying racist and homophobic slurs over the weekend. The college has suspended Strong, and there has been some reaction from former and current players.
Although he previously ducked any questions about Justin Bieber and his N-word singing, Usher issued a statement about the videos that have appeared of the singer using the slur, and believes the Biebs is no racist, just a maker of poor decisions.
The video of Justin Bieber gleefully singing “One Less Lonely Ni**er” is damning. So naturally, the Canadian singer responded by posting…several Bible passages.
