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And to say there isn’t racism in America… A Lancaster County, South Carolina fire chief has resigned from his position after posting a troubling message on Facebook to the police, “Stop responding to these Black neighborhoods.” According to Newsweek, former fire chief Francis “Butch” Ghent felt it would be better …

A former Georgia sheriff’s deputy, who has already pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge, had also previously bragged about assaulting a Black person and wanting to charge Black people with felonies, so they wouldn’t be able to vote. According to CNN, the Justice Department announced that the former deputy, 28-year-old …

A 35-year-old woman from California will now face hate crime charges after calling cops on a Black deliveryman who she thought was driving too fast through the neighborhood. Police arrested the woman and identified her as Julie Walrand of Berkeley. On April 18, the woman called the cops and told them that …

You about to lose your job. And that’s exactly what happened to a white Virginia food bank worker that told her neighbor she’s “not the right color.” Video footage of the woman shouting was taken Thursday by Laquetta Good, 30, who was being yelled at by her neighbor as she stood …

Black students at a Connecticut private school have taken to Instagram to point out derogatory comments made by administrators, teachers, and fellow students. Since June 2020, the account “Blackatking” has detailed hundreds of student accounts of alleged anti-Black racism at the King School. A Black male student said he was …

A video is circulating of an Ohio man aggressively confronting a woman and calling her racial slurs. Wyndham Ridge Apartments, located in Ohio, issued a statement on the video of a white male admitting he was racist and calling a woman who is assumed to be Black the N-word. “Over …

A group of all-white trainers allegedly forced a Black National Guardsman to wear a heavy chain during officer candidate school training. For three days straight, white soldiers made Sgt. Bruce Weaver haul around a heavy chain while they berated him, Yahoo! News reports. While carrying the large chain, Weaver had …

After a teammate threatened to break his knees if he didn’t comply, an Illinois Black high school football player was allegedly forced to sit in a locker filled with banana peels. The alleged incident occurred at Moline High School in northwest Illinois, and after a video of it went viral …

“The Talk“ returned on Monday and immediately jumped into a discussion about race. It was the first new episode since Sharon Osbourne exited the CBS daytime talk show after a tense argument with fellow cohost Sheryl Underwood over Osbourne’s support for Piers Morgan. Morgan’s derogatory remarks following Prince Harry and …

While on vacation in Fort Lauderdale, a New York couple stopped by Walgreens and were greeted with an Islamaphobic and racist rant from a woman who declined to wear a mask when asked. The incident was captured on video and shared on Facebook by Egyptian-American Nahla Ebaid. Ebaid told Insider …

When will enough be enough? In a new case of police brutality against Blacks, a former Akron, Ohio police officer is under firing after body camera footage showed him shoving a Black man’s face into the snow. Former officer John Turnure was seen forcing snow into Charles Hicks II’s mouth …

Racism has been labeled a “serious public health threat” by the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency’s head, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said in a statement on Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic had impacted populations of color “more severely” in terms of cases, fatalities, and social …

An Arizona couple is worried that a man can walk away without facing serious consequences after pulling a weapon on them during a February business meeting. The Whatchacookin food truck, operated by Brittany Myers and Solomon Odubajo, is a Black-owned company that serves customers in Mesa, Arizona. On February 5, …

British Actress Thandiwe Newton is the cover star of British Vogue’s May issue. The actress talked with Diana Evans over Zoom about her identity, the Me Too movement, and her experiences with racism. Newton’s mother is a Black Zimbabwean and granddaughter of a Shona chief. Her father is a white …

A 15-year-old was arrested after an apparent attack on an Asian couple in Tacoma, Washington and charged with second-degree assault. According to CNN, the attack was captured on a cell phone video that has been circulated on social media. In the video, a person wearing a red top runs up …