The Ku Klux Klan can forget about adopting a highway in north Georgia’s Union County. The Georgia Department of Transportation has rejected an Adopt-A-Highway application by the KKK to adopt part of Route 515 near the North Carolina border. The application was filed by the Klan’s International Keystone Knights on May 21. GDOT Commissioner Keith […]
Pittsburgh Brentwood High School officials are in hot water for allegedly allowing three students to run on to the court during half-time in full-bodied banana suits, mocking the other team who is mostly African American, according to Yahoo News. SEE ALSO: Black District Attorney Frees The Innocent Last Friday, Monessan High School basketball students were […]
Vanity Fair magazine has released its annual Hollywood issue, profiling a dozen or so up-and-coming actresses, and – just like every other year – all the actresses of any color were pushed to the side. Literally. The cover is tri-fold, featuring one “power” panel – the one you’ll actually see on newsstands – and two […]
Source: TheRoot.com Seven teens have been charged after videotaping the beating and robbery of an Asian teenager. Six boys and one girl, all of whom appeared to be white, took the teenager’s wallet, cash and a pair of gym shoes, according to police. The video, which has been removed from YouTube, shows five of the […]
Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd were highly upset on The View when they discussed the recent controversy of a Norcross elementary school giving 3rd graders slavery themed multiplication and division problems. The Norcross school is Beaver Ridge Elementary. One of the questions wanted the 3rd graders to figure out how many beatings “Frederick” would get […]
The top GOP candidates who emerged from yesterday’s Iowa Caucus have a few things in common: They’re all white. They’re all men. And they’ve all been accused of racism. Some of these claims proved baseless, but others — we think — are legitimate. RELATED: Obama Team Reassured By Iowa Santorum Says “Game On” After Iowa […]
Over the last few weeks American Muslims have been in the news a lot. It started with controversy over the TV show All American Muslim. Then it continued after Muslims boycotted Lowe’s hardware stores for pulling ads during the show due to outside pressure. Not long after Muslim community leaders in New York boycotted Mayor Bloomberg’s […]
This year has come and gone, but unfortunately, racism is here to stay. Our Black president has given racists a good target in the political realm, but we still see racism from teachers, police officers and even athletes. Here are the Top 10 racist quotes of 2011. SEE ALSO: Black Actresses Need Better Roles 10. […]
An activist was beaten and arrested at a Dutch Christmas celebration after attempting to call attention to the racist depiction of Zwarte Piet.
On his radio show yesterday, right wing pundit Rush Limbaugh talked about the recent booing of First Lady Michelle Obama at a NASCAR event. Limbaugh defended the booers, claiming that they had a right to do so, considering her healthy eating initiatives and vacations, accusing her of “uppity-ism.” The term “uppity” has historically been used […]
A Kansas City basketball coach has been placed on administrative leave after being caught making wildly insensitive remarks on a cell phone video, with the student involved subsequently filing a racial harassment complaint against the coach. As reported by the Kansas City Star and KCTV News, among other outlets, Marcus Williams Sr. and his son, Marcus […]
A fan taunted one of the National Hockey Leagues few black players by throwing a banana peel at the player during a shootout attempt in a preseason game last week. The player, Philadelphia Flyers Wayne Simmonds, said he wasn’t shocked by the banana peel that came from the top level and landed right in front […]
