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When We Need It Most – Martin Luther King Jr Day
By Sharon Waxman | January 18, 2021 @ 5:30 AM”Violence is not the way,“ King said. ”Hate is not the way“
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John Wayne Exhibit at USC Removed Following Student Protests
By Trey Williams | July 11, 2020 @ 10:14 AMThe late actor had a history of racist and bigoted comments
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Disney Revamps Splash Mountain Theme Park Ride Amid Outcry Over ‘Song of the South’ Ties
By Trey Williams | June 25, 2020 @ 9:42 AMThe ride will be rebranded around the 2009 film ”The Princess and the Frog“
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Why #BlackLivesMatter Matters: Because of How Little Has Changed for People Like Me (Commentary)
By Trey Williams | June 5, 2020 @ 12:47 PMIt’s been 401 years since slavery, 65 years since Emmett Till, and still black men and women are all but lynched in broad daylight
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Jimmy Fallon Says He Was Advised to ‘Stay Quiet’ When ‘SNL’ Blackface Impression Resurfaced (Video)
By Tony Maglio | June 2, 2020 @ 6:46 AM”Tonight Show“ host used Monday’s monologue to ”break my own silence“ on institutionalized racism
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Trump Says ‘Hollywood Is Racist,’ Calls New Movies ‘Very Dangerous for Our Country’ (Video)
By Lindsey Ellefson | August 9, 2019 @ 9:31 AM”They treat conservatives, Republicans, totally different than they treat others,“ president adds in comments to press on Friday
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Bill Maher Called Out for Making Popeyes Chicken Joke to Black Lawmaker
By Trey Williams | February 2, 2019 @ 11:02 AMCongressman Will Hurd (R-TX) appeared as the top-of-the-show guest
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Vice News Story on Vacation Retreat That ‘Bans White People’ Sparks Outrage
By Jon Levine | December 10, 2018 @ 9:06 AM”The individuals in this clip are REALLY bad representations of what it means to be ‘woke,'“ says Playboy columnist Art Tavana
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Don Lemon Slammed After Calling Kanye West ‘Minstrel Show’ and Invoking Dead Mother
By Jon Levine | October 12, 2018 @ 11:04 AM”This was an embarrassment, Kanye’s mother is rolling over in her grave,“ says Lemon on ”The Situation Room“ Thursday
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NY Times Stands by New Editorial Board Hire Despite ‘Not Acceptable’ Tweets About ‘White People’
By Jon Levine | August 2, 2018 @ 9:07 AM”It’s hard to see these tweets as anything other than blatant racism,“ Fortune reporter Jeff Roberts says
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Ving Rhames Says Police Held Him at Gunpoint in His Own Home
By Brian Welk | July 27, 2018 @ 7:03 PM”Mission: Impossible“ star said on a radio show a neighbor called police reporting a break-in by a ”large black man“
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‘Blindspotting’ Creators on the Film’s ‘Advocacy for Empathy’ in the Black Lives Matter Era (Video)
By Trey Williams | July 19, 2018 @ 2:14 PM”You probably have blindspots no matter who you are. And it’s worth investigating them,“ star and co-writer Daveed Diggs says
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Is Bill Shine’s Wife, Darla Shine, a Racist? Let’s Look at the Tweets
By Brian Welk | July 6, 2018 @ 5:42 PMThe @darlashine account was deleted when her husband joined the White House
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C-SPAN Flooded With Racist Phone Calls on 50th Anniversary of MLK Death (Video)
By Jon Levine | April 4, 2018 @ 10:30 AM”James Earl Ray’s dream came true,“ says one caller, referring to the man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr.
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CPAC Comms Chief: Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele Got Job Because He Was ‘A Black Guy’
By Jon Levine | February 24, 2018 @ 11:03 AM”It’s unfortunate. It’s stupid. It’s immature. I hope it is not a reflection of the leadership of CPAC,“ Steele says of Ian Walters’ comments