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#PoolPatrolPatty: White Apartment Manager Fired After Calling Police on Black Couple Because of Socks
Apparently black people couldn’t catch a break during the 4th of July holiday when attempting to use the pool at various apartment complexes across the U.S. First there was Adam Bloom in Winston-Salem, N.C., who called the police on a black woman who he thought didn’t belong at a pool. But just a few states…
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#PermitPatty: White Woman Calls Police on 8-Year-Old Black Girl Selling Water, Says She Was Tired of the Noise [Updated]
Updated: Saturday, June 23, 2018, 6:17 p.m. EDT: The woman appropriately dubbed #PermitPatty has been identified as Alison Ettel, who owns a weed-for-dogs business in San Francisco. But get this: Ettel, in an interview with HuffPost, says that she was not racially motivated to snitch on the 8-year-old but was tired of hearing the noise.…
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Target Pulls ‘Baby Daddy’ Father’s Day Card
Two weeks ago, Takeisha Saunders came across a Father’s Day card at Target in Rockwall, Texas, that immediately had her seething. It was allegedly the only card featuring a black couple, and it was actually a “Baby Daddy” card. The inside of the card, created by American Greetings, read: You’re a wonderful husband and father…
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Tennessee Woman Says She Was Racially Profiled, Accused of Shoplifting and Handcuffed at Victoria’s Secret Store
A Victoria’s Secret store in the Carriage Crossing mall in Collierville, Tenn., has issued an apology and offered a $100 gift card to a customer who was handcuffed and accused of shoplifting Monday after attempting to return an item to have a security tag removed. Instead of simply having the tag removed from her item,…
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NASA’s Human Computer, Katherine Johnson, Getting Bronze Honor
Taraji P. Henson portrayed NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson in Hidden Figures and brought her story to life. And on the eve of the famed mathematician’s 100th birthday, Johnson’s alma mater, West Virginia State University, will honor her with a bronze statue and a scholarship in her name. According to the Register-Herald, the $100,000 scholarship will…
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God Did Not Bless America With Donald Trump
It’s only Tuesday, and Donald Trump has already proved once again that he’s a dumbass. For a president who prides himself on all things patriotic and pussy grabbing, on Tuesday, Trump couldn’t manage to remember the 66 words to “God Bless America.” With his erupted-anus pouted lips, Trump fumbled his way through “God Bless America”…
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Florida Deputy Suspended for 40 Hours After Saying Jeep Smelled Like ‘Dirty [N-Word]s’ After Break-In
A Florida deputy was suspended for a whole 40 hours after being caught on bodycam footage using the n-word during a break-in investigation that involved his own vehicle. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy Frank Di Orsini’s Jeep was the victim of a break-in this week, and as Di Orsini was inspecting the video, he stated…
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New Jersey 3rd-Grader Becomes Mayor for a Day After Saving Friend From Choking by Using Heimlich Maneuver
A third-grader from East Orange, N.J., has been heralded a hero after saving a friend with her swift use of the Heimlich maneuver. And in return for her heroic act, Kori Scott, 9, was honored by the mayor of East Orange on Thursday with a “Mayor for the Day” proclamation. Kori, a student at Bowser…
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Southwest Flight Diverted After Passenger Tried to Join the Mile-High Weed Club
A Southwest Airlines flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles was diverted Wednesday afternoon after a passenger decided to join the mile-high club. No, they weren’t in the bathroom getting it on with another passenger—they were getting it on with some marijuana. According to CBS affiliate KCAL-TV, the plane made an emergency landing at Mineta…
