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A Las Vegas woman has been arrested after allegedly stabbing Michael Jackson’s niece seven times and hurling racist slurs, according to a report. Angela Bonell, 22, is accused of slashing Yasmine Jackson on May 30 near her home, telling her it was “because she was a n—-r,” according to an arrest report obtained by Page …
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The recent events in America that are sparking mourning, protest, and action are personal, as is the leadership needed to create, model, and adopt solutions to combat injustice and continue to improve the world. Americans have watched the events of the past week in horror and with sadness for our country. Following the unjust death …
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The United Nations Human Rights Council has decided to hold a urgent debate on racism and police brutality in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. The proposal, made by a group of African countries led by Burkina Faso, was approved on Monday by the U.N.’s top human rights body. The debate on …
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Faith Stowers is using her platform now so that it will help her discuss racism with her son later on in his life. The former “Vanderpump Rules” star, 31, welcomed her son Marcio Rock Marchena III in February and is already anticipating on having conversations about race and racism with him as he grows up. …
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Sunny Hostin, co-host of “The View,” addressed a report that a top ABC News executive used derogatory and racist comments about her and other on-air figures. Hoston said on today’s episode that the report — published in HuffPost on Saturday — “tells me that systemic racism touches everything and everyone in our society. Regardless of …
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Systemic racism is choking the US economy by preventing all Americans from fully participating in it, top central bankers say. The heads of two regional Federal Reserve banks recently made economic arguments against racism amid both raging protests against police brutality and the coronavirus pandemic that has disproportionately affected black people. The Fed chiefs contend …
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“Gone with the Wind” is coming back. HBO Max will again start streaming the controversial slavery-era movie — with a lecture about the racial themes that first got it pulled, according to the scholar providing the intro. “I will provide an introduction placing the film in its multiple historical contexts,” cinema professor Jacqueline Stewart wrote …
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Ice-T and Naughty by Nature’s Treach have a new movie, “Equal Standard,” that deals with racism in the police force. “It’s not just a black issue anymore,” says Treach. “It’s a humanity issue. You can’t treat these people like this. It’s 2020, and enough is enough.” He continues, “We have been screaming out for help …
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Don’t expect to see Dave Chappelle ferrying to Staten Island any time soon. In a new Netflix stand-up special, “8:46” that dropped for free Friday night via YouTube, the comedian scorches the city’s smallest borough while doing a slow-burn on George Floyd, police brutality and the killings of African Americans. “You watch one shooting after …
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The nation was riveted last week when a “Karen” in Arizona was slapped across the face for telling a Native American woman to “go back to Mexico.” While many cheered the slap, it brought back traumatic memories for one New Yorker. Nicole Young, a TV personality and the founder of the lifestyle site The Beautiful …