Tag Archives: racism

Students To Sue FL Over Banned Black History Course

Miami’s NBC affiliate reports: Famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump is planning to file a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over the rejection of an Advanced Placement African American Studies pilot program. Crump announced the planned lawsuit during a Wednesday news conference at the Florida Capitol, where he was joined by leaders from the American Federation of Teachers, politicians …

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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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FL Defends Ban On African-American History Course

CNN reports: Florida rejected a proposed Advanced Placement course focused on African American Studies because it included study of topics like the Movement for Black Lives, Black feminism and reparations, according to a list of concerns provided to CNN on Friday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office. The state also said the course framework for the study of reparations – …

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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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DeSantis Bullies NHL Into Canceling Diversity Job Fair

Florida Politics reports: The Ron DeSantis administration is able to declare victory over a major sports league, which changed plans for a diversity job fair in South Florida. The NHL has abandoned plans to hold a job fair that would have opened up opportunities to various groups historically marginalized in the United States. The so-called “Pathway to Hockey Summit,” to …

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School Official Halts Reading Of Dr. Suess “Race” Book

The Columbus Dispatch reports: Shale Meadows Elementary School third grade teacher Mandy Robek was reading “The Sneetches” to her class as part of NPR’s latest episode of “Planet Money” about the economic lessons in children’s books. During the podcast, which aired Friday, Amanda Beeman, the assistant director of communications for the school district, stopped the reading part way through the …

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REPORT: “Openly Racist” Teacher Pushes FL Books Ban

Popular Information reports: Vicki Baggett, an English teacher at Northview High School in Florida, is pushing for the Escambia County School District to remove nearly 150 books from school libraries. In an interview last month, Baggett told Popular Information that she is challenging books like When Wilma Rudolph Played Basketball — the story of a sprinter who overcame racial discrimination …

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CA Anti-Immigrant Arsonists Set Themselves On Fire

Vice News reports: Two men set themselves on fire after dumping an accelerant on a California immigration services building and setting it ablaze, video shows. On Monday night, a Ring surveillance camera captured two men dressed in black with masks covering their faces walking up to Servicio de Immigracion in Bakersfield, California. The two men proceed to dump the accelerant …

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Elaine Chao Acknowledges Trump’s “Racist Taunts”

The Louisville Courier-Journal reports: Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and her husband, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, generally have stayed mum when former President Donald Trump slams them online, but on Thursday she responded after her ex-boss repeated a racist nickname he has used for her before. When asked about it during a televised interview with CNN, Chao called …

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Paris Mass Shooter Proclaimed “Hatred Of Foreigners”

Reuters reports: The suspect detained over the killing of three Kurdish people in Paris told investigators of his “hatred of foreigners”, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday. The 69-year-old man was arrested on Friday after shooting dead two men and a woman at a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby Kurdish cafe in the 10th district of Paris. The suspect said …

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MO Turning Point Campus Leader Posts N-Word Slur

The Kansas City Star reports: Students are urging the University of Missouri to expel right-wing student club leader Meg Miller over her racist social media post that made light of the murder of Black people and used a racial slur. In a Snapchat post, Miller, who has now resigned as president of the MU chapter of Turning Point USA, wrote: …

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Virginia GOP: We Didn’t Notice KKK Hoods In Graphic

The Roanoke Times reports: A familiar Republican Party mascot pictured on the Patrick County GOP website hid Ku Klux Klan imagery in its negative space, before it was removed Friday. In the triangular white spaces between the legs of the Republican Party’s elephant mascot, black dots create the image of eyeholes. The image, since removed, bore an undeniable resemblance to …

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Fox News Host: Griner Should Have Been Left In Russia

“This quote, unquote ‘trade’ should never have been made, ever. And I don’t really care what the radical left media have to say. They do not care about the security of this country. “And for them, all the talk about equality, the fact is in our country some people are more equal than others, and that is the people of …

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Carlson: “Immigration Destabilizes Your Society”

“Immigration destabilizes your society. It makes it far less cohesive — that’s always true, it doesn’t matter where they’re coming from. “If you have a ton of new people, you’re less cohesive. So why are they coming? Well, there’s only one reason: because the Democratic Party wants new voters, period. “That’s not a racist conspiracy — ‘that’s a racist’ — …

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Chris Christie’s Niece Arrested After Racist Meltdown

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: After getting forced off an airplane for asking passengers who appeared to her to be Latino whether they were drug mules, a niece of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie bit, kicked and spit on Jefferson Parish sheriff’s deputies trying to detain her. Shannon Epstein, 25, boarded the Spirit Airlines flight to New Jersey on …

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MS Man Pleads Guilty To Hate Crime In Cross Burning

Law & Crime reports: A Mississippi man pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime after burning a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors. Axel Charles Cox faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, up to a $250,000 fine, or both. Nearly two years ago on Dec. 3, 2020, Cox made threatening and racially derogatory remarks toward …

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Plane Tows Confederate Flag Over Florida NFL Game

Florida Politics reports: For the second time in 2022, a football game in Jacksonville was used as a platform for an offensive message. Ahead of the Jaguars’ Sunday afternoon tilt against the Baltimore Ravens, a plane funded by the Save Southern Heritage group flew a banner above TIAA Bank Field calling for the restoration of confederate statues in Jacksonville. “Put …

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Club Q Shooter Had Racist Meltdown On Flight [VIDEO]

Denver’s Fox affiliate reports: Cell phone video from a Frontier Airlines passenger showed club shooting suspect Anderson Aldrich and Aldrich’s mother, Laura Voepel, in a heated confrontation with fellow passengers on July 31. The video was taken by Maria Martinez after the Aurora woman said Aldrich referred to her by a racist slur used against Hispanics. After she was called …

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Newsmax Host Ridicules Rep. Hakeem Jeffries’ Name

“Hakeem. This is Hakeem Jeffries, and he’s been there since 2012, and everybody says, this is probably the next minority leader. Could be a Speaker someday. “Not much in the way – just like Kevin McCarthy – not much in the way of intellect or accomplishment. For this guy, though, you know what his calling card is? The name. Hakeem. …

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Teacher Fired After Telling Students Whites Are Superior

NBC News reports: A middle school teacher in Texas has been fired after a video posted on social media showed him telling students his race is “superior.” “Deep down in my heart, I’m ethnocentric, which means I think my race is the superior one,” the teacher was recorded telling students of various races last week inside a classroom at Bohls …

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