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Racism

  1. dress codes
    Houston High School Under Fire for Instituting Dress Code — for ParentsCritics say the new guidelines target black women and lower-income families.
  2. charlottesville
    Driver in Charlottesville Car Attack Pleads Guilty to 29 Hate CrimesJames Fields Jr. will not be given the death penalty.
  3. crime
    Second Man Found Dead in the House of Prominent Democratic DonorPolice have now confirmed that both men died of accidental methamphetamine overdoses.
  4. student protests
    Private School Students Lock Out Administrators in Protest Over Racist Video“The lockout is to try to shed light on the fact that students of color really aren’t being represented here at all.”
  5. politics
    Virginia First Lady Asked Black Children to Imagine ‘Being a Slave’She reportedly also handed them pieces of raw cotton.
  6. michael cohen testimony
    Republican Outraged When Congresswoman Calls His Trump Defense RacistAt Michael Cohen’s hearing, Mark Meadows and Rashida Tlaib argued over whether his effort to show Trump isn’t racist was “racist in itself.”
  7. politics
    A Comprehensive Guide to the Scandals Engulfing Top Virginia PoliticiansFrom the racist yearbook photo to sexual-assault allegations.
  8. lawsuits
    Student Was Told Her Skin Was ‘Too Dark’ to Perform With Dance Team: LawsuitA black student says she was told her skin would clash with the team’s costumes.
  9. power
    School Won’t Punish Students From Nazi Salute PhotoAdministrators said they couldn’t know “the intentions in the hearts” of 60 boys who were photographed appearing to do Sieg Heil.
  10. crime
    White Man Accused of Killing Two Black People at Kroger Charged With Hate CrimesGregory Bush tried to enter a predominantly black church before shooting two black people at the supermarket.
  13. culture
    Swedish Instagram Model Insists She’s Not Pretending to Be BlackShe’s one of many influencers who’ve been called out in the past few weeks.
  14. politics
    Photo of Teen Boys Doing a Nazi Salute at Prom Goes ViralThe boys apparently taunted their classmates for years without consequence.
  15. offensive behavior
    Megyn Kelly Is in Huge Trouble With NBC for Her Blackface CommentsHer show is reportedly expected to wrap by up the end of the season amid her blackface controversy.
  16. politically correct
    Megyn Kelly Tells Staff She’s Not a ‘PC’ Person in Apology for Blackface CommentIn a note to staff she said she’s never been politically correct, but understands that “we need to be more sensitive in this day and age.”
  17. racism
    White Woman Calls Cops on Man for ‘Babysitting While Black’“All because I got two kids in the backseat who do not look like me.”
  18. crime
    Chicago Police Officer Who Shot, Killed Laquan McDonald Found Guilty of MurderIn October 2014, Jason Van Dyke shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times.
  19. racism
    Amid Racist Threats, Vermont’s Black Female State Representative Steps Down“The sacrifices were becoming too great,” Kiah Morris said.
  20. crime
    Dallas Police Accused of Trying to Smear Botham Jean, Man Killed at Home by CopPolice scoured Jean’s apartment for drug paraphernalia after he was shot and killed by his neighbor.
  21. in memoriam
    Mollie Tibbetts’s Father Writes Op-Ed: ‘Show Some Decency’“On behalf of my family and Mollie’s memory, I’m imploring you to stop.”
  22. flying while muslim
    Muslim Woman Forced to Show TSA Her Bloody Pad During Body SearchZainab Merchant says two TSA officials requested that she pull down her pants and underwear after a pat down.
  25. mollie tibbetts
    Trump Is Shamelessly Using Mollie Tibbetts’s Murder to Incite HateWhere many see a tragedy, Trump sees an opportunity.
  26. representation
    Kelly Marie Tran Writes Moving Essay on Racism, Toxic Fans: ‘I Am Not Giving Up’She reintroduced herself with her real name, Loan.
  27. racism
    Sarah Sanders ‘Can’t Guarantee’ There’s No Recording of Trump Saying the N-wordIn a statement that’s sure to do nothing to quell the rumors about Trump’s racist conduct.
  28. presidential tweets
    Trump Calls Omarosa ‘That Dog’ in Early Morning TweetThis comes amid allegations that Trump used the N-word and other racial slurs prior to and during his presidency.
  29. white nationalism
    Anti-Hate Protesters Far Outnumbered Unite the Right Rally AttendeesBy the time Jason Kessler spoke at the Unite the Right rally, only 20 participants remained.
  30. racism
    A Smith College Employee Called the Cops on a Black Student Eating Her LunchThe staff member thought she “seemed out of place.”
  31. power
    How to Spend Your PrivilegeThe reaction to Nia Wilson’s death is a lesson in being an ally.
  32. crime
    Man Arrested in Brutal BART Stabbing of Nia Wilson, an 18-Year-Old Black WomanThe suspect, 27-year-old John Cowell, was arrested while riding a BART train.
  33. charlottesville
    Kirstjen Nielsen Still Thinks There Were Two Sides to Charlottesville Attacks“I think what’s important about that conversation is, it’s not that one side is right and one side is wrong.”
  34. regrets
    Roseanne Barr Apologizes Through Tears on Podcast“I’m a lot of things. I’m a loudmouth and all that stuff, but I’m not stupid, for God’s sake.”
  37. media
    Roseanne Barr Claims She ‘Begged’ ABC to Keep Her Show on the Air“I told them I was willing to do anything.”
  38. big pharma
    Ambien Maker Responds to Roseanne’s Apology: ‘Racism Is Not a Known Side Effect’Sanofi is not here for Roseanne’s tweets.
  39. media
    ABC Cancels Roseanne After Racist Tweet About Valerie JarrettShe said the former Obama administration adviser was a combination of the Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes.
  40. power
    If You’re Not Angry About Chikesia Clemons, You’re Not Paying AttentionWhat happened to the 25-year old could have happened to me.
  41. crime
    Egyptian Student Dies After Being Attacked in EnglandShe was brutally beaten by a group of women in an incident many believe was racially motivated.
  42. yikes
    Couture Designer Apologies Again for Racial SlurShe acknowledged that her first apology was “rushed” and “self-centered.”
  43. huh
    Eric Trump Says That His Father Only Sees GreenIn which the middle Trump son defends the president against claims that he’s racist.
  44. politics
    Trump Reportedly Kept Asking an Asian-American Analyst Where She Was ‘From’He’s also said to have referred to her as the “pretty Korean lady.”
  45. keeping up with the royals
    Royal Apologizes After Wearing Offensive Brooch to Lunch With Meghan MarklePrincess Michael of Kent’s spokesperson told TMZ she is “very sorry and distressed.”
  46. keeping up with the royals
    This Royal Wore an Offensive Brooch to Christmas Lunch With Meghan MarklePrincess Michael of Kent, who has been accused of racism in the past, has been called out for her bad jewelry.
  49. media
    Watch This News Anchor Respond on Air to a Viewer Who Sent Her a Racist EmailSharon Reed let the viewer’s words “speak for themselves.”
  50. science of us
    Too Many Doctors Still Believe Dangerous Racial StereotypesThe online outrage over a medical textbook barely begins to address a widespread problem.
  51. neo-nazis
    State of Emergency Declared in Florida Ahead of Richard Spencer’s SpeechGovernor Rick Scott issued an order days before Spencer’s speech at University of Florida.
  52. charlottesville
    What Heather Heyer KnewShe initially decided that it would be too dangerous to stand up to right-wing extremists. She changed her mind. Why?
  53. interview
    Just Try and Silence Symone SandersThe 27-year-old pundit refuses to be stepped on.
  54. charlottesville
    Read Heather Heyer’s Cousin’s Powerful Op-Ed on White Privilege“Why has the death of a white woman at the hands of a white supremacist group finally gotten the attention of white folk?”
  55. awful things
    North Carolina KKK Leader Threatens to ‘Burn’ Black Univision ReporterChristopher Barker made derogatory and threatening comments to journalist Ilia Calderón.
  56. durham
    Durham Activists Turn Themselves in Out of Solidarity for Toppling StatueDozens of people attempted to turn themselves in after four were arrested for toppling a Confederate statue.
  57. charlottesville
    How It Feels to Be a New Student of Color Going to College In Charlottesville“Getting a degree is the most important thing, but this is not the space I want to live in.”
  58. what's a toxin anyway
    Women of Color Are Exposed to More Chemicals in Beauty Products, Researchers SayResearchers warn that women of color are potentially using harmful products to meet racist beauty standards.
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