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A Michigan man has admitted that he purposely knocked a Black teenager’s teeth out in a shocking hate crime. Lee Mouat is facing ten years in prison after he pled guilty on Tuesday to attacking 18-year-old Devin Freelon, Jr. because he was Black. The incident happened on June 6th when …

An Alabama fire chief is facing multiple charges after pulling a gun on a Black real estate agent and the photographer who showed up at his for-sale home. The incident took place in Roswell, Georgia, in mid-March. Regina Lee scheduled a showing at a home belonging to Jason Edward Rickels. …

Tired of being questioned about his patriotism because he’s Asian American, an elected official in Ohio bared his chest during a meeting to reveal a scar he received while serving in the United States military. Lee Wong, 69, came to the U.S. after graduating high school. He served 20 years in …

A radio host for the Buffalo, New York-based radio station 97 Rock has been fired, and two co-hosts have been suspended following an on-air racist exchange. According to PEOPLE, the station’s parent company says the exchange was in “violation” of its principles. Cumulus Media’s spokesperson confirmed in a statement that …

A shocking video has surfaced online of a White woman calling a Black bakery employee “bitch ass nigger” for refusing to serve her for not wearing a mask. According to the post, the incident took place at the Davidovich Bakery at the Essex Market in Manhattan. The woman was identified as Stephanie Denaro in …

A North Little Rock elementary school teacher has been accused of making a kindergarten student use his hands to take toilet paper out of a clogged toilet with feces in it. Ashley Murry, the boy’s mother, said her 5-year-old told her about the incident over the weekend. Since he had …

Three professors at the University of South Alabama have been placed on leave after photos surfaced of them wearing racist costumes. The photos that re-circulated were taken in 2014 during a campus costume party held at the Mitchell College of Business, which university spokesperson Lance Crawford verified. Two professors are …

The Montage Laguna Beach Hotel apologized to a Black family after a viral video showed a white employee having a dispute with family members as they tried to dine at the hotel. According to Patch, the family says the employee’s actions mirrored racial discrimination. The video posted to Facebook by …

Sometimes it doesn’t matter who you are when it comes to being racially discriminated against, including Amanda Gorman, the poet who won over America after giving a stellar performance at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. On Friday, Gorman posted about her racially motivated encounter with a security guard who followed her …

Plano school administrators are partnering with cops to look into allegations that a Black Haggard Middle School student was harassed and humiliated by classmates. According to Plano police spokesman David Tilley, a mother of a student called the school resource officer at Haggard earlier this week. Tilley said he couldn’t …

A California neighborhood came together to stand guard outside the Si family home every night after the family was harassed in a series of racially motivated incidents.  Haijun Si moved his family into the Orange County neighborhood of Ladera Ranch in September. Almost immediately, teenagers began making nightly appearances to …

A Virginia school district has elected to drop Dr. Seuss from its annual Read Across America event, citing “strong racial undertones.” The event occurs on March 2, which falls on Dr. Seuss’s birthday, causing the event to focus on his popular children’s books. According to Deadline, Loudon County schools will instead focus …

A Georgia educator is in hot water after telling her students that Breonna Taylor is responsible for her own death by “hanging out with bad people.” TMZ reports that Susan McCoy, a forensic science teacher for Pebblebrook High School in Mableton, Georgia, made the comments during a virtual learning session.  “I’m sorry …

Columbus Short was once a backup dance for Britney Spears and apparently a past fling. He recently revealed that during their romantic stint, Spears’ parents called him the N-word. In his 2020 autobiography, “Short Stories,” he claims that Spears pursued him in 2003 during his time as a dancer and …

In the second episode of his newly released Renegades: Born in the USA podcast with Bruce Springsteen, Barack Obama is opening up about his experiences with racism during his childhood. The former president recalled when he got into a fight with a former friend who called him a racial slur. …