West Virginia nonprofit director Pamela Ramsey Taylor lost her job after she referred to first lady Michelle Obama as an "ape in heels" in a November Facebook post. The termination coincided with a state agency vowing to keep a closer watch on the nonprofit Clay County Development Corp. following weeks of controversy.
The Internet is going crazy over the latest State Farm ad, which shows a Black man giving a wedding ring to a White woman.
Another day, another hate crime. A woman has been taken into custody after allegedly stabbing a transgender black man in his face on Sunday night after he offered her his seat on the subway. The woman reportedly made racial remarks like “I don’t want to sit next to black people” before the attack that left […]
https://twitter.com/marcus_hasan/status/809672537323900928 Another racist video is making its rounds on the internet, proving that we better brace ourselves for Donald Trump’s new America. Former Oregon City High student, Marcus Hasan, took to Twitter last week to share a disturbing Snapchat video of fellow students going off about black people enrolling in their school, and even described […]
https://www.facebook.com/AdamSalehOfficial/videos/616048861921044/ UPDATE: Dec. 21, 2016, 10:17 A.M. EST… Youtube star Adam Saleh is keeping everyone updated after Delta (wrongfully?) removed him from a flight. It appears he ended up having to use another airline to get to NYC, where he will speak to his lawyer. See Adam’s tweets below: https://twitter.com/omgAdamSaleh/status/811544945693786112 https://twitter.com/omgAdamSaleh/status/811546002264129537 https://twitter.com/omgAdamSaleh/status/811561356948279297 https://twitter.com/omgAdamSaleh/status/811572667073564672 https://twitter.com/omgAdamSaleh/status/811580552759443456 https://twitter.com/omgAdamSaleh/status/811580760058658817 […]
John R.K. Howard plead guilty to injury to a child and faces only two to three years of probation—that’s it. https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/810973026032435201 A white Idaho high school football player who was charged with brutally raping a Black, mentally disabled teammate was allowed to plead guilty to a lesser felony. Prosecutors are also saying that the attack […]
A white high school football player was forced to issue and apology after a Snapchat went viral. Why? Because of the caption that referred to a Black cheerleader at his school as the ‘n’ word. The Root reports: Tyler Tackett, a student at Western High School in Russiaville, Ind., posted a Snapchat showing him, a fellow […]
Media giant CNN has faced several lawsuits in the past few years...
Following a racist incident at one of their Ohio locations, Olive Garden has issued an apology to comedian Ricky Smith.
Michaels released a statement condemning any form of "discrimination or racism" against employees, and vowed to launch an internal investigation.
In 1936, an African-American mailman created a travel guide specifically designed to help African Americans on the road know where they could go and safe as well as be treated with dignity.
A new anti-racism T-shirt is gaining popularity with a message that some African-Americans feel is disrespectful to those who fought on the front lines of the civil rights movement under Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s method of non-violent resistance. The shirt, from a company called Thrift Element, reads: “Dear Racism, I am not my grandparents. Sincerely, […]
