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Wilberforce University Cancels Student Debt for Graduating Class
Wilberforce University, an Ohio-based HBCU, announced on Saturday that it would cancel the student loan debt of the 2021 graduating classes. Damn, all my university gave me when I graduated was a flash drive. I mean yeah, I got a lot of mileage out of that flash drive, but still. According to CNN, university President…
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Virginia Seminary Built on Free Black Labor to Pay Reparations to Descendants of Workers
The subject of reparations is a prickly one because acknowledging Americaâs horrific past is something white America just doesnât seem to have the fortitude to do. A seminary in Virginia has taken the steps to acknowledge the role slavery and Jim Crow laws played in its founding and has begun cash payments to the descendants…
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Students Build Websites to Commemorate Black Wall Street Businesses That Were Destroyed During the Tulsa Race Massacre
This week marks 100 years since a white mob inflicted an unthinkable level of racial violence in Tulsa, Okla. From May 31 through June 1, 1921, the Tulsa Race Massacre took the lives of at least 300 of Black people. In addition to the lives lost, hundreds of Black-owned businesses were destroyed. In an effort…
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Texas Spent Over a Million Dollars Fighting a Lawsuit Filed by Prisoners Asking for Sanitary Supplies and Social Distancing Measures
I really donât fuck with Texas politicians, yâall. These motherfuckers really never miss an opportunity to be dumb, cruel, or just flat-out trash. A group of prisoners in the state filed a lawsuit last year to have hand sanitizer, soap, and proper social distancing measures implemented in prisons to help combat the spread of COVID-19.…
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Police Strip Searching Teen and Entering Home Without Warrant Leads to Baton Rouge Paying Out $35,000 to Family
Clarence Green was driving in his car on New Yearâs Day last year when he was pulled over by a police officer in Baton Rouge, La. The ensuing traffic stop was anything but routine as the officer proceeded to publicly strip search Green and his 16-year-old brother. Over a year later, the city of Baton…
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Black Student at Nebraska High School Called 'Animal' on Science Test
Another day, another racist-ass teacher trying it. Todayâs fuckery takes us to Ralston, Neb., where a high school science teacher used a picture of a Black student without his consent on a test and labeled him an âanimal.â KETV reports that the first question on a zoology final at Ralston High School featured a yearbook…
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Mother of Tamir Rice Fighting to Prevent Officer Who Shot Her Son From Getting His Job Back
The mother of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who was fatally shot over six years ago by Cleveland police, is fighting to make sure that the police officer responsible for the shooting doesnât get his job back on the police force. According to NBC News, Rice was fatally shot in November 2014 when Officer Timothy…
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Canât Stop Karening: Amy Cooper Files Lawsuit Against Ex-Employer Alleging Discrimination After She Was Fired When Central Park Video Went Viral
Whatever happened to just taking the L? Whether it be the former president and his acolytes or the Central Park Karen, thereâs an alarming lack of folks going, âyou know what, thatâs on me, I fucked up.â One would hope a year was enough time for Amy Cooper to realize why she was wrong, why…
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Dumb Crimes: 8th Noose Found at Amazon Construction Site in Connecticut Despite Heightened Security
Racists are a weird bunch. I mean, thatâs obvious given that theyâre so pressed that colors and cultures that arenât theirs simply exist. But the thing that truly baffles me is how much effort racists put into being racist. In recent weeks, several nooses have been found at a construction site for an Amazon warehouse in…
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Illinois City Will Investigate Police Department a Year After Eric Lurry Died While in Police Custody
An Illinois city has hired a private attorney to investigate its police department over the death of Eric Lurry while in police custody a little over a year ago. According to CBS News, city leaders in Joliet agreed to hire the attorney to investigate the Joliet Police Department in part because of a disturbing dashcam…
