Racism

FL Advances Bill To Protect Confederate Monuments

Florida Politics reports: A House committee approved a bill that could end efforts to move or “re-contextualize” confederate monuments and other markers of war. The “Historical Monuments and Memorials Protection Act” (HB 1607) cleared its first hurdle in front of the Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee, on a 10-2 vote. Rep. Dean Black, a Jacksonville Republican …

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Florida School Pulls PG Disney Film About Segregation

The Root reports: Even though the Disney film “Ruby Bridges” has been shown during Black History Month in Florida’s Pinellas County for years, it was recently pulled because a parent was worried that it would teach white children about the racism that Black children faced. Emily Conklin, whose child attends North Shore Elementary parent, refused to let the student see …

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Florida NAACP Seeks Advisory Against Visiting State

Orlando’s NBC affiliate reports: Florida’s chapter of the NAACP has voted unanimously to ask the group’s national board to issue a travel advisory telling Black Americans not to enter the state, citing concerns over what they call “anti-black legislation.” The vote, which took place Thursday at a meeting in Orlando, was “in direct response to anti-black legislation” in Florida’s political …

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Florida Bill Could Ban Black Fraternities And Sororities

Miami’s NBC affiliate reports: The controversial HB 999 bill aims to restrict the programs and activities that Florida universities and colleges can promote or support. It calls into question student organizations, groups or activities centered on diversity, equity and inclusion. Line 341 of the bill aims to prohibit universities or colleges from using any funds to promote, support, maintain, any …

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Garland: Louisville Police Engaged In Systemic Racism

The Washington Post reports: The Louisville Metro Police Department engaged in systemic civil rights abuses and excessive force misconduct in the years leading up to the 2020 police killing of Breonna Taylor, according to the findings of a federal investigation released Wednesday that is likely to force the department to undergo a series of sweeping changes. The Justice Department’s probe …

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Florida Bills Would Protect Confederate Monuments

Florida Politics reports: The “Historical Monuments and Memorials Protection Act” (HB 1607) was filed in the House by Rep. Dean Black, a Jacksonville Republican. It is the House companion to SB 1096, filed by Sen. Jonathan Martin [photo], a Republican from Fort Myers. “We must defend and learn from our history,” Black told Florida Politics Tuesday. This includes protecting historic …

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Nail/Coffin: “Dilbert” Distributor Cuts Ties With Adams

Axios reports: Andrews McMeel Universal, the distributor of the long-running “Dilbert” comic strip, announced late Sunday that it was “severing” ties with creator Scott Adams. A slew of newspapers around the country announced that they would no longer publish “Dilbert” after Adams went on a racist rant during a livestream of his YouTube show. He called Black Americans a “hate …

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GOP Rep Doubles Down On Dem Rep’s “Loyalty”

Huddle reports: Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) is doubling down on his attacks on Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) based on her Chinese heritage. After being called out by colleagues on both sides of the aisle for previous comments against Chu, Gooden tweeted Sunday night that “It’s not ‘xenophobic’ to question where her loyalty lies.” Speaking last week on Fox News, Gooden …

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Hundreds Of Newspapers Have Now Dropped “Dilbert”

The Washington Post reports: Newspapers across the United States have pulled Scott Adams’s long-running “Dilbert” comic strip after the cartoonist called Black Americans a “hate group” and said White people should “get the hell away from” them. The Washington Post, the USA Today network of hundreds of newspapers, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Los Angeles Times and other publications announced …

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Virginia Gov Orders Review Of AP Black History Course

ABC News reports: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is reviewing College Board’s Advanced Placement African American studies course, following nationwide debate over the curriculum that erupted after the course was rejected by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. “After numerous reports about draft course content, the governor asked the Education Secretariat to review the College Board’s proposed AP African American Studies course as …

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Outlets Ditch “Dilbert” After Author’s Latest Racist Rant

The New York Daily News reports: Cleveland’s Plain Dealer newspaper will no longer deal with “Dilbert” cartoonist Scott Adams, who went on a racially charged rant telling fans to “stay the hell away from Black people.” The Plain Dealer, founded in 1842, said “it was not a difficult decision” to cut the office-culture cartoon from its pages. And it said …

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GOP Rep Questions “Loyalty” Of Chinese-American Dem

Yahoo News reports: House Democrats are demanding an apology from Rep. Lance Gooden (R, TX-5) over his “racist” remarks that questioned the loyalty of Rep. Judy Chu (D, CA-27) to the U.S. In an appearance on Fox News’ Jesse Watters Primetime, Gooden said that Chu, the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress, “needs to be called out.” “I question …

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Annual Diversity Art Exhibit Pulled By Florida College

Axios Tampa Bay reports: Embracing Our Differences — the nonprofit behind the outdoor show that has been displayed annually in Sarasota for two decades — pulled the exhibit at the State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota campus this week after school leaders requested that three pieces of art be removed. The school found one piece, titled “Being Different Gives the World …

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Coulter To Nikki Haley: “Go Back To Your Own Country”

From Ann Coulter’s radio appearance this afternoon: She’s an absolutely ridiculous character and the only people who say they support her are people who probably, genuinely are sexist. And, “Oh I support the girl. Good for you. You like girls!” No, she’s utterly, completely, preposterously ridiculous. I don’t think she will get more than 2% of the vote. And you …

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Watters: Descendants Of Slavers Deserve Reparations

Media Matters has the transcript: Yes, Black labor in the South contributed to an enormous amount of wealth for these plantation owners. Black slavery built southern railroads, ports, but not a lot of white people owned slaves in the South and it was abolished in the North like in 1804. It was never even in the West. So yes, they …

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College Board Caves To DeSantis On Black Studies

The Hill reports: The College Board is facing heated criticism for its revisions to an Advanced Placement (AP) African American studies program after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said the course “lacked educational value” and would not go forward in his state’s schools. A new framework released Wednesday noticeably removed Black queer studies from its coursework, along with Black writers …

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Carlson Blames Nichols’ Killing On Affirmative Action

Media Matters has the transcript: The race riots of 2020 were never about George Floyd, obviously. That’s why there are no statues of him in American cities. They were about changing the country forever. The first step, of course, was defunding police departments across the country and forcing them to lower their standards to attract unqualified applicants: hiring officers based …

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DeSantis: Social Justice Has No Place In The Classroom

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is speaking out against the concept of “social justice” in the classroom while defending the state’s ban of an Advanced Placement course. “We don’t believe higher education should be for ‘social justice’ or to impose an ideology on students. And so that’s a different approach than most colleges right now in our country.” “I …

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TX Bill Bans Chinese Immigrants From Owning Property

The Texas Tribune reports: The governments, citizens and businesses of Russia, China and two other nations would be prohibited from buying real estate in Texas under legislation awaiting action by the state Senate that warns that such purchases might be harmful to national and state interests. Texas ranks third in the nation as a destination for foreign entities seeking to …

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Florida Bans “Illegal” African-American History Course

The National Review reports: The College Board — the group that runs the SAT test and the Advanced Placement (AP) program — has launched a pilot version of an AP African-American Studies (APAAS) course, to great fanfare in the mainstream press. In various press accounts, College Board advisers and teachers — so as not to fall afoul of new state …

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