Back in the 1980s, I had lunch with a group of Caucasian lesbians who were college friends. The conversation soon turned to Ellen Degeneres, who was just beginning to emerge as a standup comedy star.
Posts Tagged: racism
Miss Teen USA Karlie Hay can keep her crown after her racist tweets were exposed on social media within hours of winning her title.
The 18-year-old Texas native littered her Twitter.com timeline with racist tweets in 2013 to 2014, on al old account.
The violent arrest of a black female school teacher in Texas last year is under investigation by the Austin Police Department.
Breaion King, 26, was pulled over for speeding in June 2015. Dashcam video captured Officer Bryan Richter body slam King to the ground and aggressively handcuffing her.
Corey Menafee can keep his job as a dishwasher at Yale University after he destroyed a “racist” stain glass window last month.
Menafee, 38, told reporters he was offended by the “racist” stain glass window depicting slaves toiling away in a cotton field.
Michael Jackson‘s eldest son, Prince Michael Jackson, was dragged unmercifully on Twitter.com for his cavalier comment about Black Lives Matter.
Social justice activists came for Prince’s neck when he tweeted: “I understand that you want to focus on #blacklivesmatter but why only focus on one life that matters when all do?”
A Pittsburgh anchorwoman who was fired for making racially insensitive comments on Facebook is suing her former employer for violating her civil rights.
Wendy Bell is suing WTAE TV for sacking her in March after her Facebook post about the Wilkinsburg BBQ mass murders went viral.
Michael Sam, 27, is finding out the hard way that racism exists within the gay community.
Sam, like other gay blacks who prefer dating only white men, are dismayed that they are snubbed by white men on dating websites.
An Ohio cop was suspended after he left an insensitive comment on Facebook about the suicide of Black Lives Matters activist MarShawn McCarrel.
McCarrel, 23, shot himself in the head at the Ohio State House on Monday. His body was was found at 5:58 p.m. by a security guard at the top of the West rotunda steps.
A Star Wars: The Force Awakens promotional poster aimed at the Chinese market is creating havoc on social media.
The Chinese promotional poster shows the main character played by black actor John Boyega shrunken down to microscopic proportions. At least he’s there.
A Brazilian group with deep pockets is giving Facebook and Twitter racists a taste of their own medicine. The unknown philanthropists are getting back at racists by posting their Facebook comments on Billboards near their homes.
