We’ve all been there. You’re having a conversation about social issues that quickly pivots to an argument about race in America, with one person making increasingly uncomfortable statements. You try to avoid making a scene, but then you realize that you don’t owe this person anything – least of all …
February, 2016
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11 February
Justin Ladd Pleads Guilty After Years Of Racially Motivated Abuse Of Two Stepdaughters
A 35-year old man from North Andover, MA pleaded guilty in regards to accusations that he tortured and sexually abused his two stepdaughters over a five-year period because their father is Dominican, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s office. Justin Ladd systematically abused his stepdaughters, now 15 and 17, …
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9 February
Eric Trump Says Waterboarding Is No Different From Frat Hazing
Donald Trump’s plan to bring back the outlawed torture tactic of waterboarding is no different than hazing in fraternities, one of his sons insisted Monday. Eric Trump defended his father’s Sunday night statement that he would “bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding” by inexplicably claiming that the banned …
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3 February
Utah Man Armed And Caught Threatening To Shoot At McDonald’s Drive-Thru
Local authorities in Murray, Utah are trying to identify an unnamed man shown waving a gun and making threats against a nearby McDonald. As first reported by KTSU-TV, footage recorded from a bystanders phone shows an employee punching the window of the man’s car after having an argument. Following the …
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2 February
Maryland High School Student Makes Video Slamming Black Lives Matter, Says “Who Cares About Some Black Man Who Dies?”
Well, if it feels like we’ve written this story before, it’s because practically every week it takes on a different iteration. Previously, it was high school students in Phoenix taking a senior photo with a racial slur, and today its a white Maryland high school student making a video criticizing …
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1 February
Fox News reporter Crystal Wright’s opening Black History Month faux pas: “Blacks Have Shown A Slavish Support For The Democratic Party”
The steadying, constant flow of Fox News’ casual (and, in many cases, overt) racism never comes as much of a surprise. Whether it’s Brian Kilmeade asking a black correspondent if she makes her own kool-aid, Crystal Wright telling her audience the Black Americans are ‘dumber, more criminalized’ because of the democratic …
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1 February
Three Black Women At SUNY Albany Assaulted By Mob Of White Men
Three black women who are undergraduates at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany reported that they were harassed with racial slurs and physically assaulted by a group of 10-12 white men on a bus early Saturday morning. As first reported by the Associated Press, the Albany Police …
January, 2016
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24 January
Top Trump Official Defends Call For ‘Pure Breed’ President
Katrina Pierson, a top aid to Donald Trump known most notably for being even more absurd than Donald Trump, has yet again opened her mouth to spew her racist gibberish. This time, the rhetoric was in response to allegations she had previously made in 2012 about the illegitimacy of both …
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20 January
Sarah Palin’s Son Arrested For Domestic Violence
Hours before his mother became the latest Tea Partier to throw support behind Donald Trump, Track Palin was arrested in the family’s Alaska hometown of Wasilla on suspicion of assaulting a woman and carrying a gun while intoxicated. Via Huffington Post: Track Palin, 26, was arrested late on Monday night …
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13 January
Exposed: Bundy Operation Costing County Taxpayers 70K Daily
As we continue to allow armed terrorists to occupy a publicly funded building, costs for the county taxpayers are beginning to mount. Via Think Progress: Although the armed occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge facility may seem to have done little more than camp out with guns and demand …
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12 January
Justice System’s Double Standards Exposed Again: Retired judge gets probation for firing at LAPD officer from West L.A. townhouse
Once again, we see a criminal justice system in action working overtime to protect certain citizens. If James Bascue was a minority firing on an LAPD officer, would he only on probation? Would he be alive? Via LA Times: A retired Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has pleaded no contest …
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12 January
Addicting Info: SIX Republican Lawmakers Have Quietly Met With The Bundy Militia In Oregon
The same Republicans who have no problem blasting President Obama for being ‘divisive’ and ‘soft’ on terrorism have met/negotiated with domestic terrorists. Should we really be surprised at this point? Via Addicting Info: When Cliven Bundy was engaged in an armed standoff against federal authorities in 2014 on his Nevada ranch, …
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12 January
Raw Story: KKK leader who murdered black girl with a crossbow wants out of prison after finding God
Would Russell Hinson even be alive if he was black and the victim was white, much less up for parole? Via Raw Story: The case of a former Ku Klux Klan leader convicted of killing a 16-year-old black girl with a crossbow is being reviewed by the North Carolina Parole …
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8 January
Oregon Sheriff Shakes Ammon Bundy’s Hand Instead Of Shooting Him
On Thursday, Harney County, Oregon Sheriff Dave Ward met Ammon Bundy in a remote area near the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Bundy has been leading an illegal armed occupation of a federal building for almost a week. But Ward greeted Bundy with a firm handshake instead of handcuffs. Full Story …
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7 January
Donald Trump’s campaign is eerily similar to George Wallace’s, analysis finds
“On “The Rachel Maddow Show” Tuesday evening, host Rachel Maddow played clips from the 1968 presidential campaign of George Wallace, the pro-segregation Alabama populist, and asked her viewers to “close [their] eyes and just listen to the news reports from that election — it’s almost like they’re talking about Donald …