2+ mon, 6+ day ago (358+ words) Once the picture began circulating online, it sparked outrage and drew questions from residents, NAACP groups, and even state leaders. "I'm trying to figure out why in 2025, this is not entertainment, this is not cute, this is not fun. Why would someone in 2025 do this? In a school where our babies go to learn, when our families go to a volleyball game for entertainment, they shouldn't be faced with this," Democratic state Rep. Derrick Jackson told reporters at a news conference. Several parents and community members flocked to a school board meeting to air their frustrations, calling the incident hurtful and "dehumanizing." "If you've never had a blackface incident at your child's school, you don't know the pain I felt when I saw that picture," parent Adrian Cooley said. In light of the incident, local NAACP leaders demanded that the…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago (573+ words) The "Straight Outta Compton" star had been booked on United Flight 2615, which runs between Los Angeles International Airport and Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, when he discovered his iPad missing from his luggage. Rather than pursuing traditional complaint channels, Ice Cube immediately took his grievances public, launching into the TSA with characteristic directness that has defined his decades-long career of challenging authority. Time to leave the US.It's a fascist dictatorship and it's obvious. The N.W.A. co-founder escalated his accusations in a second post that painted an even more damaging picture of the alleged incident. His follow-up message suggested that TSA agents had been careless enough to leave evidence of their actions, transforming what could have been dismissed as a simple misunderstanding into something far more serious and deliberate. "B-tch just had the nerve to leave a TSA check bag slip where…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago (512+ words) In a weird way, the biggest perceived roadblocks to former Clayton County, Georgia, Sheriff Victor Hill's just-announced run for Congress could end up being political assets. The president is a convicted felon, after all. Hill'was convicted'in 2022 on federal civil rights charges for violating detainees' constitutional rights by ordering that they be held, without justification, in a restraint chair for hours. Hill was'sentenced to 18 months'in federal prison after being found guilty of violating inmates' civil rights. Like the president, Hill blamed his conviction on political opponents. And, also like Trump, Hill remains popular among a significant portion of the electorate. Some voters won't need much convincing. "He's a very active and fearless person," Clayton resident Aso Odus told Fox 5 Atlanta. "That's what I love so much about him." On social media, potential constituents were less open to Hill's candidacy. "This isn't…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago (291+ words) A video is circulating online showing a white man confronting a Black woman in a car and unleashing a string of profanities and racist insults. The footage, which was reportedly filmed in Augusta, Georgia, comprises edited clips showing the man's invective-laden rant in a parking lot of a shopping plaza. The man, dressed in a blue-striped polo shirt, jeans, and white tennis shoes, appears to be upset by the woman's driving skills when he approaches her car as it pulls into the parking lot. "Went Looking For a Problem': Trump Supporter Hurls Insults at Crowd and Gets a Taste of Concrete, Video Shows He doesn't stop there. As the confrontation continues, he begins to insult the woman's racial background and compare their skin colors. "You know what's great? You're still gonna be Black and we're not," the man says. The…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago (629+ words) A Black TikToker posted a clever, satirical comeback to a racist comment on his page, telling him to "Go back to Africa." In response to the remark left on his feed, Gregory Lakhan, who goes by @SirGregolas on TikTok, sarcastically advocated that racists finance his move to Africa. Lakhan, a New Yorker who uploads video essays and music videos to his channel, started the fundraising campaign asking people who leave racially-charged comments on his videos to donate to a $30,000 fundraiser to sponsor his move overseas. Lakhan pointedly launched the campaign on GiveSendGo, a crowdfunding site that has drawn controversy for allowing far-right extremist groups to fundraise on its platform. The site drew immense backlash earlier this year for permitting a campaign that raised funds for Shiloh Hendrix, a Minnesota woman who was seen on a viral video calling a 5-year-old…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago (398+ words) The mayor of small Enfield, North Carolina, has fought against white supremacy, torn down Confederate monuments, and launched the Black Male Voter Project. But despite all his achievements, he still faces racist insults when he's walking down the street. In a video making the rounds on social media, the 40-something Mondale Robinson can be seen defending himself against a wild accusation from a white female neighbor who confronted him as he was heading out for coffee for his wife." Robinson and the woman were having a heated exchange when she blurted out, "You are jealous because you're not white," to which he quickly responded, "I don't want to be white." The insults continued in a follow-up video, where the woman blamed her offensive behavior on the Black community of Enfield, whose population of 1,864 is 85 percent African-American. After insulting his manhood,…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago (901+ words) Forming White communities isn't just one small part of what we can do, it is the ultimate goal of all our efforts." Those are the words of Eric Orwoll, founder of the Return to the Land Association, a far-right group that has formed a tiny, whites-only community in the Ozarks of Arkansas as part of a segregationist movement that is quickly gaining popularity online among some conservatives and alt-right supporters. According to RTTL's website, the group is a private membership association that only welcomes individuals with European ancestry who have traditional views. The association's first Ozarks community was founded in October 2023 and spans roughly 160 acres of land in northern Arkansas. We seek to create a decentralized movement, formed of various individuals and societies returning to the land," RTTL's website says. We will promote strong families with common ancestry and raise…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago (574+ words) Judging by the numbers, the Black-led boycott of Target over its elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion policies was a rousing success " "the most effective boycott for black people in 70 years since the Montgomery Bus Boycott," according to the man who initiated it, Atlanta-based pastor Jamal Bryant. Target's stock dropped from $145 to $93 a share while its valuation declined by $12 billion since the boycott was announced in February. There's been a nearly 8 percent dip in foot traffic. Online spending is down nearly 10 percent. Those numbers indicate both the effectiveness of the boycott and the Black community's brand loyalty to Target, or "Tar-jay" as it was affectionately known. "We had so invited Target to the cookout that we gave them hood credentials," said Bryant, speaking Monday at Atlanta's Thompson Hotel during Black Star Week, sponsored by Atlanta Black Star. But even as…...

4+ mon, 5+ hour ago (720+ words) The Cincinnati police chief says viral videos of a downtown brawl involving several people have been taken out of context on social media, where they spread like wildfire among right-wing accounts and became a flashpoint for racial rhetoric. The fight that took place in the early morning hours of July 26, shortly after a Cincinnati Reds baseball game and a music festival that drew more than 150,000 people to the downtown area. Police were called to the scene at 3:06 a.m. and arrived at 3:12 a.m. to find the violence had ended and most of the participants had cleared out of the area, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. The now-viral cellphone footage that captured the fight showed several people repeatedly punching, kicking, and stomping a man. In the moments before the violence erupted, one clip shows a man slapping another man, who is Black, in the face,…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago (431+ words) A racist letter targeting Huntsville City Councilwoman Michelle Watkins has drawn widespread condemnation from city officials and civil rights leaders, who are calling for accountability and denouncing the act as an assault on basic human dignity. The envelope, postmarked June 9, was addressed to "Michelle Watkins" on the sixth floor of Huntsville's City Council office at Fountain Circle, but the letter itself did not refer to her by name and included no return address. "Dear,Please to try not acting like a dumb [n-word] in front of the camera! Fix your nappy head!" the letter states before signing off with, "Thanks, Tennessee Valley." Watkins responded on social media with a pointed caption: "Is my hair nappy? I received this today through the mail at the City of Huntsville." Mayor Tommy Battle released a statement shortly afterward condemning the letter and standing…...