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New York’s Long Island Rail Road Investigating Racist White Man’s Rant
Another day, another racist white man kirking out in public. This time it happened on New York’s Long Island Rail Road commuter train, and the unidentified white man had a few unkind words for a black passenger. Although the incident happened April 19, video of the encounter only made its way to social media this…
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Black Woman Says Air Canada Treated Her Like an Animal, Forced Her Off Flight Because of Noncontagious Shingles
A black woman from Edmonton, Canada, says that she was treated like an animal and removed from an Air Canada flight from Halifax because they thought she had a contagious disease. But according to Jeanne Lehman, after she received medication for the shingles she’d been diagnosed with days before, her doctor said she wasn’t contagious.…
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IHOP Customer Called the N-Word on Receipt Receives $10 Gift Card as Apology
Nineteen-year-old Maya Thomas got a little more than what she bargained for recently when she picked up her to-go order from an IHOP in Grandview, Mo. After Thomas looked at her receipt, she noticed it was labeled “nigga.” The incident took place in April, according to the Kansas City Star, but what further upset Thomas…
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Miami Police Officer Suspended After Kicking Suspect in the Head
A Miami police officer has been suspended with pay after a Miami resident filmed him kicking a man who was already in handcuffs in the head. The incident, video of which was posted on Facebook, took place at the Culmer Place Apartments in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood. The officer, identified as Mario Figueroa, is a two-year…
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Alex Michael Ramos Found Guilty of Malicious Wounding in Charlottesville, Va., Parking Garage Beating of DeAndre Harris
White supremacist Alex Michael Ramos has been found guilty of malicious wounding in the August parking lot beating of DeAndre Harris in Charlottesville, Va. According to WVIR-TV, Ramos, who now faces five to 20 years in prison, was one of several men who were identified thanks to social media during the Unite the Right rally…
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#CouponingWhileBlack: Pizza Inn Denies Black Man’s Coupon but Accepts Same Coupon From White Friend
Sometimes you just want to be able to use a coupon to save on a pizza deal, but if you’re a black man trying to use a coupon at a North Carolina Pizza Inn, you may be out of luck. Unless you have your handy-dandy “racism support human,” also known as a white friend, to…
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North Carolina Teen Accepted to 113 Colleges and Awarded $4.5 Million in Scholarships Accepts Full Ride to HBCU
When you hear stories about black high school seniors getting into the colleges of their dreams, they’re usually touting Ivy League schools. But Greensboro, N.C., high school senior Jasmine Harrison, who was accepted at 113 colleges and awarded $4.5 million in scholarships, is taking her talents to Bennett College on a full ride to study…
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White Supremacist Jacob Scott Goodwin Guilty in Charlottesville, Va., Parking Garage Attack of DeAndre Harris
A white supremacist is now looking at 10 years behind bars for his role in the Charlottesville, Va., parking lot attack on DeAndre Harris. Jacob Scott Goodwin, 23, of Ward, Ark., was found guilty of malicious wounding in the August attack on 20-year-old Harris. The Associated Press reports that on Tuesday, Goodwin tried to convince…
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Attorney for Former Fort Valley State University Employee and AKA Adviser Says She’s Not a Pimp
A Fort Valley State University employee has resigned amid allegations that she ran a prostitution ring using members of the school’s chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Alecia Johnson resigned last week after an anonymous source told Rolling Out that the AKA adviser and the newest members of the Alpha Beta chapter were involved in…
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Washington, DC, Police Officer Arrested on Charges He Had Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl From Dating App
Nathan Clinkscale, a 25-year-old Washington, D.C., police officer, was arrested Monday and charged with a third-degree sex offense after allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old girl. According to the Prince George’s County, Md., Police Department, the 14-year-old’s mother found Clinkscale and the girl in the basement of her Upper Marlboro, Md., home. According to authorities,…
