racism

Old Tweets Resurface Rampant Racism & More Revealed “Brother Nature”

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Old Tweets Resurface Rampant Racism & More Revealed Brother Nature

Deer Whisperer Brother Nature’s Old Tweets Resurface, Reveal Rampant Racism Viral sensation and self-proclaimed deer whisperer, “Brother Nature,” started trending this weekend for all the wrong reasons … old and incredibly vile tweets … which invoked names like Jay-Z and Chris Brown. 20-year-old Kelvin Peña quickly turned his Twitter account to private Sunday, after people started re-posting screenshots of his old tweets from 2011 and 2012 … … Read more

Woman Hailed A ‘Shero’ For Calling Out A Racist Shopper Who Abused Two Spanish-Speaking Women

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Woman Hailed A ‘Shero’ For Calling Out A Racist Shopper Who Abused Two Spanish-Speaking Women

Woman Hailed A ‘Shero’ For Calling Out A Racist Shopper Who Abused Two Spanish-Speaking Women A white woman has been hailed a ‘Shero’ after she rushed to defend two Spanish speaking women while they were being accosted by a racist shopper. The video was posted on Monday and it went viral since, and it shows … Read more

Detroit cop fired for posting racist Snapchat selfie

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Detroit cop fired for posting racist Snapchat selfie

Never should law enforcement refer to the people they “protect and serve” as “zoo animals.” Especially, if they are playing into the centuries-old dehumanization of Black people. Thankfully, the Detroit police chief agrees and fired one of his rookie cops for doing such as a thing. “If you feel that way, you’re not welcome here … Read more

Racist robocalls attack Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum

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Racist robocalls attack Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum

A white supremacy group is placing racist robocalls that attack Democrat Andrew Gillum, the first Black candidate for governor to be nominated by either party for state office in Florida. The New York Times obtained the audio from a one-minute robocall placed last week. In the call, a voice imitating minstrel performers claimed to be Gillum over drum and monkey … Read more

#BaggageClaimBecky calls police on Black customer for recording her

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#BaggageClaimBecky calls police on Black customer for recording her

Yet another white person was filmed calling the police on a Black person for no apparent reason—this time at a baggage claim. A woman tweeted last month about being harassed by a baggage claim attendant when she flew with Delta Airlines to Logan International Airport in Boston. The woman, identified as Arlene by the Root, explained … Read more

White man pulls gun on Black students waiting outside a friend’s apartment

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White man pulls gun on Black students waiting outside a friend’s apartment

Tallahassee Police are investigating an incident in which four Black Florida A&M University students had a gun pulled on them by a white man at an apartment complex for off-campus student housing. The man, identified as Don Crandall, told the students they weren’t allowed to get into the apartment complex, nor ride the elevator with him, … Read more

Louisiana math teacher ‘disciplined’ for lengthy, racist Facebook comment

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Louisiana math teacher ‘disciplined’ for lengthy, racist Facebook comment

In a racist Facebook rant, a Louisiana high school teacher minimized the history of slavery and said that Black people should “stop acting like animals,” angering parents who saw the post and who then reported it to the school. Slidell High School mathematics teacher Valerie Scogin made the now-deleted Facebook comment on a graduate’s post … Read more

Trolls attack slain Mollie Tibbetts for pro-immigration tweets

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Trolls attack slain Mollie Tibbetts for pro-immigration tweets

After Cristhian Bahena Rivera was charged in the death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts on Tuesday, anti-immigrant trolls took to Twitter to harass the dead woman for her criticism of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. The barrage of offensive tweets is a distillation of a political culture in which conservative victories hinge on—and … Read more

YouTube star offers tearful apology for racist tweet

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YouTube star offers tearful apology for racist tweet

From NFL quarterbacks to Bachelorette contestants, uncovered racist tweets on celebrity accounts are unfortunately commonplace. All of the stories follow the same pattern: A person becomes famous or gains notoriety for one thing, and the internet uncovers horrific tweets from years ago. This revelation is usually followed by a tearful apology from the star posted to Instagram, YouTube, and every … Read more