Race Matters
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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 people—mostly white but some nonwhite—that it’s 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 Collision
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-Discrimination Lawsuit Against Alabama Restaurant
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, “We’ve had problems with your kind before.” The incident actually occurred back in February and now the Tuscaloosa alumni…
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#EatingOutWhileBlack: Subway Employee Calls 911 on Black Family Because She Thought They Would Rob Her
Add eating out as a family on your way back from vacation to the list of things that black people can’t seem to do in peace. A family of seven who stopped at a Subway in Coweta County, Ga., on Monday to eat dinner said that they had the police called on them while they…
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#RidingWhileBlack: Former Teen Vogue Editor Says an Uber Driver Assaulted, Called 911 on Her
This is America. For scores of black women here—there is always gendered and/or racial violence lurking around the corner. Fortunately, some black women, like former Teen Vogue editor and current media maven Elaine Welteroth, have a huge platform and friends in high places. And because Welteroth does have those things, perhaps her story will inspire…
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Gang of White Thugs Hurl Slurs at Black Mom, Smash Her Car Window, Yet Somehow No One Went to Jail or Even Had a Damn Mugshot Taken
This is America–and over in Connecticut, a mother is telling her story after she and her toddler were attacked by a racist gang of thugs. Thaniyyah Hutchinson, 37, was driving home late on Sunday night when she saw the group of five white men and women beating up a black man on the street. “They…
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#NewportNancy Wants Black Neighbor Evicted For Smoking Cigarettes in the Parking Lot
Are y’all tired of white women calling the police or other authorities on black people yet? I know I am. Every time one of these stories comes up, I just want to look Becky in her eye and ask her what her damn problem is. They keep coming out of the woodwork too, like roaches.…
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Purdue Professor Proudly Posts Photo in Blackface But Faces No Consequences Because of Free ‘Speech’
The obsession with blackface has to stop. Thank God I went to an HBCU, where the majority of my professors were black and the few white professors I did have never tried any foolishness. But over at Purdue University, Lisa Stillman, an instructor in the biology department, put up an old pic from 2016 of…
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10 Wypipo We Need to Call the Cops On
Because I believe that many of America’s Great Value-brand people harbor an innate fear of African Americans, I am perfectly aware that white people calling the cops on black people isn’t a new trend. I do, however, believe that it is time for black people to reclaim our reluctance toward dialing 911 by repaying these…