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On October 1 Shelly Sterling made a phone call to authorities about V. Stiviano showing up at their her manison to spend some time with her estranged (and really strange) husband, Donald Sterling. Yes, it’s complicated, folks, so bear with us. You see, we now know that Shelly was in France when she made the […]

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Things got really racist, really fast outside of Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Monday as a group of St. Louis Cardinals fans clashed with Ferguson protesters calling for justice for 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was unarmed when he was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, Aug. 9. DeadSpin posted a […]

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Add this to the list of job firings that occur for no good reason. The folks at The Huffington Post report that a lawsuit is coming to BP (British Petroleum Oil Co.) from Melphine Evans, a black former executive at the oil company. Evans is suing BP for allegedly firing her because of… get this… […]

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Miami Heat forward Luol Deng was just minding his own business when his name popped up in the latest racism scandal to hit the NBA. And now, he has responded. Deng, a native of South Sudan, was mentioned in a racially charged scouting report read by Atlanta Hawks GM Danny Ferry during a conference call […]

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ATLANTA (AP) — The fallout from racially charged comments by Atlanta Hawks’ leadership continued on Tuesday as general manager Danny Ferry was disciplined for making inflammatory comments about Luol Deng. Hawks CEO Steve Koonin has imposed undisclosed discipline on Ferry for comments the GM made to the ownership group in June when the team pursued […]

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CINCINNATI (AP) — The parents of four black students who allege their children were expelled over rap music videos and targeted because of race sued a suburban school district in federal court on Tuesday, charging violations of constitutional rights including free speech. Attorney Robert Newman, representing the parents, said that the students were expelled from […]