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Iowa educator tells mixed-race kids: Blacks are too ‘stupid’ to go to school or live with whites
David Edwards | RAW STORY 15 Oct 2015
Two Iowa parents are calling for an educator at Bailey Park Elementary School in Grinnell to be fired for allegedly making racist comments to mixed-race children.
Geoff Burd choked up as he explained to KCCI that his daughter,
Nikki, came home from school and recalled that the para-educator had said black people and white people should not be a family or go to the same school.
“It’s an unbelievable situation,” Burd said, sounding defeated. “I work very hard to protect her. I have worked her entire life to protect her.”
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Introducing KQED’s ‘So Well Spoken’: Let’s Improve How We Talk About Race
KQED is kicking off a series on how we talk about race. Share your own stories with ‘So Well Spoken.’
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Transgender Woman Of Color Beaten And Fatally Shot In Philadelphia
Kiesha Jenkins, 22, was fatally shot in the back in Philadelphia early Tuesday morning — marking the city’s second homicide of a transgender woman of color in the last five months.
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#AllBlackLivesMatter
#SayHerName
#KieshaJenkins
Man Who Likened Himself To George Zimmerman Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
by Xena
Twenty-nine year old Lukace Kendle is going to prison. Friday, he was convicted of second-degree murder with a firearm and attempted murder in the June 1, 2012, shooting that killed Kijuan Byrd, 29, and paralyzed Michael Smathers, 38. Kendle faces life behind bars.
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Guns in a racially biased U.S. is a bad idea.
Guns in the U.S. that does not provide universal mental health care is a bad idea.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
Napa Valley Wine Train CEO Apologizes to Women Escorted Away For #LaughingWhileBlack
Remember that group of women whose story went viral a few days ago because they were kicked off of a Napa Valley Train wine tour for laughing? They’re now getting the apology they deserve from the train’s CEO, Anthony “Tony” Giaccio.
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This Hijabi Uber Driver Just Went Viral for the Wrong Reason
Sonia Martinez of Denver, CO has taken the public by storm after reporting yet another case of racial discrimination. As part of the Facebook group “Uber’s Woman Driving Network”, Martinez was attacked by Rene Hunter, another alleged Uber client, concerning her identity as a Muslim Driver for Uber. Her post containing racist sentiments has gone viral, spreading across Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Reditt, and many other forums. Here, she shares her thoughts concerning the recent incident.
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Hillary Clinton talks down to Black Lives Matter activist
Hillary Clinton and Black Lives Matter activists had a frank and at times tense discussion last week behind closed doors, and thanks to video released Monday, the American public is now hearing exactly what the two sides said to each other.
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Hillary Clinton is Oppression incarnate.
Now I’m 100% sure she is not getting my vote.
She talked down to this Black man like he is a child.
She has no empathy.
Oath Keepers to Arm 50 Black Protesters in Ferguson with AR- 15’s
Ferguson Oath Keepers are planning an open-carry march with armed, black, non-members of the group in a show of support and solidarity.
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As @deray would day ‘Watch Whiteness work”
Police shake the hands of armed White men. Police shoot and kill unarmed Black, Latino and Amerindian men, boys, and women.
At the end of the video the policeman says ‘God bless you guys. You be safe.”
Unarmed Black Americans killed by police in 2015
Here is a somewhat complete list of unarmed Blacks killed by police in the US in 2015. So far.
Unarmed Blacks are five times more likely to be killed by police than unarmed Whites. Unarmed Native Americans too are killed by police at almost the same rate as Blacks. Everyone else is killed at a way lower rate, even Latinos.
Those I have done posts on have a bolded link.
format: date: name, age, town, state, cause of death
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All #BlackLivesMatter all day every day.
This is genocide.