The daughter of a member of The Neville Brothers was given a receipt with a racial slur on it at a New Orleans restaurant on Friday and reports she “had a breakdown” after the incident. “I’ve never been through anything like this,” Liryca Neville-Branch told reporters Friday, alongside her attorney. “I like to consider myself […]
What’s the going price for racism these days? In Arizona’s Maricopa County, “$40 million taxpayer dollars is what Maricopa County supervisors say Valley residents must pay for Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s racial profiling lawsuit” according to a Monday news report by KPHO. Unfortunately, that figure is only a rough estimate of the costs needed in order […]
First Lady Michelle Obama delivered a moving and powerful commencement speech to the graduating students at Tuskegee University this past weekend. African-Americans make up the majority of Tuskegee University students and Mrs. Obama took the opportunity to address the problem of racism in the United States. Not only did she mention it, she pointed out […]
UPDATE, 14MAY15, 08:00 a.m. Eastern: NBC News reports that Georgia principal Nancy Gordeuk has been fired over her racist remark. “In light of recent events, the board of directors of TNT Academy has moved to dismiss Nancy Gordeuk as principal,” chair of the board Dr. Heidi Anderson wrote to a local NAACP chapter. A Georgia […]
Back in March of 2006, the Howard Stern Show hosted one of the most bizarre celebrity roasts of all time – that of Imperial Wizard and Grand Dragon of the “Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan” – Daniel Carver. A regular on the program for several years, Carver was even profiled by Rolling […]