Racism

Florida Teacher Berates Student Over Not Standing For Pledge: “Where Are You From, Mexico Or Guatemala?”

The Insider reports: A Florida school district removed a high school teacher who was recorded using racist rhetoric to admonish a student who didn’t stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. A TikTok of the Wednesday incident has amassed more than 1.4 million views as of Saturday. A spokesperson for Manatee County Schools told Insider that the district launched an investigation …

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MS Man Charged With Hate Crime In Cross Burning

Law & Crime reports: A 23-year-old Mississippi man accused of burning a cross in his front yard to intimidate a Black family who lived nearby has been charged with a federal hate crime. Axel Charles Cox was arraigned Friday after prosecutors obtained a warrant for him to be brought into court from state prison, where he’s serving eight years for …

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“Central Park Karen” Loses Suit Against Ex-Employer

The New York Post reports: Amy Cooper, the white woman dubbed “Central Park Karen” after accusing a black bird-watcher of threatening her in 2020, lost a lawsuit against her former employer claiming she was illegally fired and portrayed as a racist. US District Judge Ronnie Abrams rejected Cooper’s claim on Wednesday that she was defamed when ex-employer Franklin Templeton, a …

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Youngkin To Campaign For Maine Racist Paul LePage

The Washington Post reports: Gov. Glenn Youngkin plans to travel to Maine this week to campaign for Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage, a former two-term governor with a history of making racially incendiary remarks. A proudly unvarnished politician who has claimed that he was “Donald Trump before Donald Trump,” LePage caused his most notable uproar in 2016, midway through his …

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Feds Flagged Jackson’s Failing Water System Last Month

Mississippi Today reports: One month before the city of Jackson water system began failing, an EPA assessment team flagged numerous system problems in a July 2022 report. The report, obtained by Mississippi Today, documents a litany of problems contributing to the capital city’s long-running and ongoing water crisis, which threatens the health and livelihoods of its residents. The report was …

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Masters Blames Economy On Blacks, Gays, Women

Mediaite reports: Trump-backed GOP nominee for U.S. Senate in Arizona, Blake Masters, tried to dunk on the Federal Reserve over the weekend in a tweet that sparked a quick backlash of angry condemnation. Masters, who is now running as a hard-right “America First” candidate, once “called for ‘unrestricted’ immigration while praising drug smugglers as ‘heroes,’” reported Jewish Insider after delving …

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Racist Carl Paladino Loses New York US House Primary

NBC News reports: Nick Langworthy, the chairman of the New York GOP, bested Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino in a western New York primary brawl that doubled as a proxy battle between some of the state’s most influential Republicans, NBC News projects. Paldino’s bid brought renewed attention to his long-scrutinized rhetoric. Soon after he entered the race, he sparked backlash over …

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Federal Court Temporarily Blocks FL’s “Stop Woke Act,” Compares It To The “Upside Down” in “Stranger Things”

The Hill reports: A federal judge on Thursday blocked a Florida law restricting how workplaces and schools can discuss race during required training or instruction championed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida Chief Judge Mark Walker issued a preliminary injunction blocking the law, known as the “Stop WOKE Act,” saying it …

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ACLU Sues Florida Over Racist “Stop Woke Act”

Law & Crime reports: The ACLU has filed a lawsuit on behalf of “instructors and students at Florida colleges and universities” who say that the “Stop WOKE Act” signed into law in April by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) amounts to unconstitutional “racially motivated censorship.” The Stop Wrongs Against Our Kids and Employees Act, plaintiffs allege, was supported by the Republican-controlled …

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New Hate Crime Sentences For Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers

USA Today reports: The three Georgia men serving life in prison for Ahmaud Arbery’s murder were again handed lengthy prison sentences Monday on federal hate crime charges. Travis McMichael, who fatally shot Arbery, will serve his federal sentence of life plus 10 years. His father, Gregory, who initiated the deadly pursuit of the jogger, will serve life prison plus seven …

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Fox Host: It’s Wrong To Single Out Founding Fathers As Slave Owners Because “Slavery Was Commonplace”

“If you were asked to describe someone, to define someone, to identify someone, to tell their story, you would look for the traits they hold that are unique, not the traits that they hold that were commonplace. “To the point of tattoos, increasingly, it’s not something that distinguishes you from someone else. I made the joke, if you were asked …

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Fox & Friends Hosts Furious That Tours Of Monticello Mention That Thomas Jefferson Owned Slaves [VIDEO]

Media Matters has the transcript: RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY: And after you leave the museum tour, which again makes you feel guilty and not so great about America, at the end there’s a gift shop where you can buy Ibram X. Kendi’s how to be a racist, how to not be a racist book — JOEY JONES (CO-HOST): This is a racist …

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Tesla Sued Again Over Alleged Racism At CA Plants

Bloomberg News reports: Tesla Inc. was sued by 15 Black current or former employees who allege a racist work environment including harassment and intimidation at plants in California, the latest in a string of such lawsuits against the electric-car maker. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in state court in Alameda County, extensively details racist slurs and graffiti and other acts the …

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Carl Paladino Now Admits Spreading False Flag Claims

Spectrum News NY reports: Earlier this month, prospective congressional candidate Carl Paladino both shared on Facebook and sent in an email blast a post that invokes “false flag” conspiracy theories in connection to recent mass shootings in his hometown of Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas. “I didn’t write it but did carelessly republish it without clearly reading it,” Paladino texted late …

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Carl Paladino Calls Recent Mass Shootings False Flags

Media Matters reports: Carl Paladino, who announced that he’s running for Congress, previously shared a post on Facebook which pushed conspiracy theories about the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. The Facebook post portrayed the tragedies as false flag attacks meant to help Democrats “revoke the 2nd amendment and take away guns” and claimed “the Texas …

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68% Of Republicans Believe In “Replacement Theory”

Vice News reports: Two-thirds of Republicans surveyed agreed with a core belief of the “great replacement” conspiracy theory that holds that Democrats are importing immigrants to replace “more conservative white voters,” according to a newly released survey. Of Republicans surveyed, 68 percent said they believed that the recent shift in U.S. demographics is “not a natural change but has been …

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Confederate Names May Be Restored To VA Schools

NBC News reports: A Virginia board is considering restoring the names of two schools that were originally named for Confederate generals but were changed in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd. The Shenandoah County School Board voted in 2020 to change Stonewall Jackson High School to Mountain View High School and Ashby-Lee Elementary School to Honey Run Elementary School. …

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Students Post “Whites Only” And “Blacks Only” Signs

NBC News reports: Students at a Cincinnati high school who taped “Blacks only” and “whites only” signs over water fountains and posted pictures of the signs on social media will be disciplined, the district announced after the incident was broadcast by a local news station. Northwest Local School District said officials were made aware of the racist incident at Colerain …

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FL Students Hold Giant Letters Spelling Out N-Word

West Palm Beach’s ABC News affiliate reports: The Martin County School District is investigating after a photo showing six middle school students spelling out a racial slur was posted on social media. Tuesday afternoon, district officials confirmed the photo was authentic. They said it was taken by students at Hidden Oaks Middle School in Palm City. Each student in the …

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Carlson: The Left Is Behind Great Replacement Theory

Media Matters reports: You’ve heard a lot about the “great replacement” theory recently. It’s everywhere in the last two days and we’re still not sure exactly what it is. Here’s what we do know for a fact. There is a strong political component to the Democratic Party’s immigration policy. We’re not guessing this, we know this. And we know it …

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