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The New Jersey Advance reports: The Millburn Police Department is investigating the reactions of police officers who responded to The Mall at Short Hills last weekend on a report of a dispute between Black and white shoppers. “The Internal Affairs Division is now investigating the matter to evaluate how the officers conducted themselves,” the police department said in a statement, …

The Christian Post reports: A former employee of Liberty University has filed a lawsuit seeking over $8 million from the Lynchburg, Virginia-based evangelical Christian school, claiming racial discrimination. Kelvin Edwards, a former NFL player, filed a lawsuit against Liberty on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Edwards accused Liberty of violating Title VII of …

Mediaite reports: Fox News’ Tucker Carlson suggested on Tuesday night that cameras be put in classrooms to “oversee the people teaching your children.” “The overwhelming majority of Americans — and pollsters have found this pretty clearly — think this is insane,” Carlson said. “They think you should judge people by what they do, not on the basis of their skin …

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: Police Chief Anthony Campo resigned Tuesday following an incident in which he left a “Ku Klux Klan” sign on a Black officer’s desk, Sheffield Lake Mayor Dennis Bring said. The incident in question, which happened Friday, was captured on surveillance video inside the department’s booking area. Campo, who has been with the department for 33 …

The Hill reports: A Wisconsin lawmaker on Friday became the latest Republican to offer a measure in opposition to critical race theory, floating a bill seeking to ban the academic framework from Washington, D.C., public schools. Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) announced the bill in a press release, with the legislation also backed by four co-sponsors: GOP Reps. Ralph Norman (S.C.), …

Media Matters reports: Nearly a dozen of the Fox News guests the network has presented as concerned parents or educators who oppose the teaching of so-called “critical race theory” in schools also have day jobs as Republican strategists, conservative think-tankers, or right-wing media personalities, according to a Media Matters review. Republican strategists have every right to advocate for their children …

The Huffington Post reports: Newsmax anchor Greg Kelly’s tweets on Sunday were so racially charged that even the far-right network said it was investigating. The ultra-conservative host posted a pair of awkward tweets that he later deleted and tried to explain away. Kelly wrote that knowing the secretary of defense (William Cohen) was white when he was a U.S. Marine …

Newsweek reports: Lara Trump, former President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, on Saturday night urged Americans living at the southern border to “arm up” and “get guns” as she railed against President Joe Biden’s immigration policies. In an appearance on Fox News’ Justice With Judge Jeanine, Trump, who currently works as a contributor for the network, called Biden’s border response “disgraceful.” “I …

Boing Boing reports: While two Tennessee teens were painting a mural to celebrate Pride Month, a homophobic – and racist (of course) – Marjorie Taylor Greene clone marched over with paint cans in her arms. “I’m comin’ over here to paint over your shit,” she said. “I’m sick of hearing all of you. I’m sick of hearing all of you.” …

The New York Times reports: During a recent visit to Argentina by the prime minister of Spain, President Alberto Fernández tried to connect with his guest by paying homage to Argentina’s European immigrant heritage. Instead, with a statement that was widely seen as xenophobic and offensive, Mr. Fernández managed to cause offense at home and across Latin America — including …

“Critical Race Theory is a very dangerous socialist, communist idea that has now made it mainstream in our schools by school boards who are supporting this leftist socialist ideology. Parents must rise up against the school boards and let their voices be heard. I would encourage Christians in these communities to be involved and run for school boards. How important …

Portland’s NBC News affiliate reports: The bust of the only Black member of the Lewis and Clark expedition that sits on Mount Tabor was vandalized Tuesday. Videos shared with KGW shows a woman with cans of purple spray paint defacing the base of the statue of York. York was an enslaved member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Corps of …

San Francisco’s NBC News affiliate reports: NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned that the gunman who shot and killed nine VTA co-workers before taking his own life Wednesday was under investigation for allegedly making racist remarks to coworkers and was scheduled to attend a disciplinary hearing on the day of the attack. According to law enforcement sources, Samuel Cassidy, …

Bloomberg News reports: Franklin Templeton characterized a former employee as “racist” for calling the police on a Black birdwatcher whom she had words with while walking her dog in Central Park, publicized the incident on Twitter, and falsely claimed it conducted an investigation before firing her, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan. Amy Cooper said the …

The Texas Tribune reports: The number of Election Day polling places in largely Democratic parts of major Texas counties would fall dramatically under a Republican proposal to change how Texas polling sites are distributed, a Texas Tribune analysis shows. Voting options would be curtailed most in areas with higher shares of voters of color. Relocating polling sites is part of …

From the right wing Washington Examiner: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will lead an effort to bar schools in his state from teaching critical race theory. “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig,” the Republican said of efforts to restructure education to be anti-white and anti-American. “The Florida Board of Education is meeting, and they are …

The Daily Beast reports: CNN finally fired Rick Santorum, nearly a month after the former Pennsylvania Senator made racist, pro-colonization comments about Native Americans at an event for young conservatives. “We birthed a nation from nothing, I mean nothing was here,” Santorum said on April 26. “I mean, yes, we have Native Americans, but candidly, there isn’t much Native American …

The Texas Tribune reports: After hours of passionate debate about how Texas teachers can instruct school children about America’s history of subjugating people of color, the state Senate early Saturday morning advanced a new version of a controversial bill aimed at banning critical race theory in public and open-enrollment charter schools. The Senate approved the bill in an 18-13 vote …

Yahoo News reports: Former United States President Donald Trump is being sued by a Chinese American civil rights group over his use of the terms “Chinese virus”, “Wuhan virus” and “Kung Flu virus” during the coronavirus pandemic. According to court documents (PDF) posted online, the Chinese Americans Civil Rights Coalition, a nonprofit organisation based in New York, filed the lawsuit …

San Francisco’s ABC News affiliate reports: A tense situation on a flight from JFK Airport in New York to SFO after an unruly passenger refused to wear a mask, began snorting a white substance, and then was accused of touching at least one female passenger. The plane was diverted to Minneapolis where the man was arrested. “So we as a …