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High school eliminates assembly opt-out policy after outcry over Black History Month event
"Every day this is the type of microaggressions that black faculty, parents and students have to face in this racist system," wrote an activist.
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6 ways to combat racism when you see it
Standing up for equality and human rights is not only important — it can be empowering. Here are six ways to start.
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City rallies behind 13-year-old entrepreneur after a racist moron calls the cops
You'd think people would stop calling the cops on young black kids who aren't actually affecting their lives in the slightest, but here we are. At least this time the end of the story is a bit more heart-warming. Jaequan Faulkner, 13, set up a little food stand outside of his home in Minnesota to help raise money for school clothes, and some heartless (read: racist) person called the police on him because he didn't have a permit to run a business. Instead of shutting Faulkner down, the Minneapol
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'Eating Out While Black': Subway employee calls police on family for using the restroom too many times
She told the police eight people in a van kept using the bathroom, but didn't mention it was a family.
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Why Did This Woman’s Doctor Think It Was Funny to Call Her ‘Aunt Jemima’?
A Memphis woman is planning to file a complaint after her doctor called her “Aunt Jemima.” Lexi Carter said she could barely believe it when it happened the first time — but then he did it again, she told local news station WMC.
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Blackface Is the New Black for Some College Students, Apparently
It seems one student at Abilene Christian University in Texas has been skipping Bible study class, perhaps to watch old minstrel shows instead? According to the New York Daily News, a video of a female student in blackface was uploaded to Snapchat, sparking a backlash. The footage shows the student with black makeup on her face and a pair of big, red, fake lips, with the caption, “this is why black lives matter exists.”