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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey says she is “sorry” that a media frenzy emerged after saying she experienced racism during a trip to Switzerland. At the Los Angeles premiere of Lee Daniels’ “The Butler” Monday night, Winfrey apologized for naming Switzerland and said she purposefully did not mention the store name. In recent interview […]

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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal judge in Georgia has thrown out race discrimination claims by a former Savannah restaurant manager whose lawsuit against Paula Deen ended up causing the celebrity cook to lose a big slice of her culinary empire. Lisa Jackson sued Deen and her brother, Bubba Hiers, last year saying she was […]

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Fair on Monday imposed a lifetime ban on a rodeo clown whose depiction of President Barack Obama getting charged by a bull was widely criticized by Democratic and Republican officials alike. The rodeo clown won’t be allowed to participate or perform at the fair again. Fair officials […]

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Roland Martin talks with Michaela Angela Davis about racism in the fashion industry,

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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa’s city leaders are divided over whether to rename a popular downtown street named for a businessman who was in the Ku Klux Klan. But some residents worry a drawn-out fight could send the message that the city still embraces intolerance. Council members informally split 4-4 Thursday on whether to take […]

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GENEVA (AP) — It’s a glamorous playground of the rich and famous, filled with glitterati from princes to movie stars. It’s also a land with a sometimes uneasy relationship with foreigners — especially when they aren’t white. Billionaire media mogul Oprah Winfrey says she ran into Swiss racism when a clerk at Trois Pommes, a […]

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Two former black employees from a local Dallas law firm 1800-CAR-WRECK are suing their former employee for racial discrimination, according to my MyFoxDFW.com. The two employees, Julius Jackson and Erica Cornelius, allege that the firm threw them a Juneteenth celebration party where they were served fried chicken and Big Red soda. According to the news site, […]

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Do the math. Let’s say you owe $431,000. You have to pay that bill at a rate of $627 a month. How many years will it be before THAT debt is settled? By my calculation, a little over 57 years. Now if you were 18, it would take you 10 years past the traditional age […]

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Roland Martin talks with journalist Roy Johnson about Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper using the n-word during an angry rant at a country concert.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Saying he was “ashamed and disgusted” with himself, Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper apologized repeatedly for making a racial slur at a Kenny Chesney concert that was caught on video and led to him getting fined. The video of Cooper using the N-word surfaced Wednesday on the Internet. Cooper issued a statement […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tim Allen isn’t a fan of the N-word — not just the word, but the phrase. The 60-year-old actor-comedian told the Tampa Bay Times in Florida that the term “N-word” is worse than the racial slur it represents. The star of the TV shows “Home Improvement” and “Last Man Standing,” and […]