Race Matters
Race Matters
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South Carolina, Home of the Racist: White Supremacist Sentenced to Less Than 3 Years for Dylann-Roof Inspired Attack
White supremacist Benjamin Thomas Samuel McDowell, 31, was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison after he admitted to wanting to commit a āfucking big-scaleā attack āin the spirit of Dylann Roof.ā In March, he pleaded guilty to a single count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition as…
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After Living in 21 Different Homes, I Finally Have My Own House
During the first 18 years of my life, my parents and I lived at seven different addresses. There was (in chronological order) my momās momās (Nanaās) house. Then an apartment in East Liberty in Pittsburgh. Then a house in Lincoln-Lemington. Then a house in Verona. Then another house in Verona a block away from the…
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Black Millionaire Finds Racist Note in Florida Hotel Room; Hotel Says It Was a Note Left by Previous Guest
Today in āif you say so, but I donāt believe that shit at allā news, a Sarasota, Fla., hotel is claiming that a racist note found by a black millionaire and his family during their stay over the Fourth of July was left by a previous guest, and was not directed toward the family. Sure,…
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Woman Studying Outside Grocery Store Attacked by Drunken RacistĀ
A woman who was minding her own business outside a West Hollywood, Calif., grocery store was verbally and physically attacked by a drunken racist who hurled slurs at her. According to CBSLA, Angela Jefferson was studying and listening to music at 2:30 p.m on Tuesday outside of Pavillions store when an unidentified man sitting at…
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#SummerJobWhileBlack: Child Gets Cops Called on Him for Delivering Newspapers
For many kids and their families, summer jobs are a rite of passage: a way of imparting lessons about responsibility and hard work, and finally having a response to the age-old parental question, āyou have McDonaldās money?ā But one Ohio family says their summer job instead turned into a lesson on racial profiling. As WABC…
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Philly Police Department Seeks to End Implicit Bias With a Field Trip to a Black Museum
Every time there is an incident involving excessive use of force by the police against a black person, thereās a public outcry for change and reform. We want heads to roll. We want officers held accountable and punished. We take to the streets. We protest. We write editorials and articles and commentary on the current…
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This Is the America White People Wished For. This Is the America White People Want
Since the 2016 presidential election, I have read and I have heard from peopleāmostly white but some nonwhiteāthat itās unfair to generalize about white people just because Donald Trump is now our president. The rush to defend themselves has been so unceasing that #NotAllWhitePeople has become a popular and synopsizing shorthand for that collection of…
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White Driver Who Fatally Struck Black Man, Called Him Racial Slur After Death, Cleared of All Fault in CollisionĀ
A white driver who struck and killed a black Louisiana motorist who stopped to pick up debris off the roadway has been cleared of all wrongdoing in the fatal collision, state police said in a news release. This is despite the callousness that 18-year-old Matthew M. Martin allegedly showed after the crash, sending Snapchat messages…
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'We've Had Problems With Your Kind Before': Black Frat Files Racial-DiscriminationĀ Lawsuit Against Alabama RestaurantĀ
A black fraternity filed a lawsuit in federal court last week, accusing a Tuscaloosa, Ala., restaurant of racial discrimination after they were denied the opportunity to rent an event space because, as the restaurant put it, āWeāve had problems with your kind before.ā The incident actually occurred back in February and now the Tuscaloosa alumni…