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It was 50 years ago this week that I fell madly in love with Denise McNair. That love was unrequited. If you don’t immediately recognize the name Denise McNair, perhaps you will if it’s mentioned with three others. Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley. Those were the “four little girls” killed in the […]

The racial hatred toward Nina Davuluri — the first contestant of Indian heritage to be crowned Miss America – was swift, relentless, and ugly. “How the f–k does a foreigner win miss America? She is a Arab! #idiots,”’ one man tweeted after Davuluri’s historic moment. “If you’re #MissAmerica you should have to be American,” another […]

Today’s Front Page News sparked a heated discussion on racism. Listen to the audio player to hear the latest headlines in news and the reason…

Homeowners Shelly Owens (pictured), her fiance, Kevin Durham (pictured), and their children had their Council Bluffs, Iowa, home vandalized and then set ablaze in what…

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Jacque Reid gives us the latest on the controversy surrounding a receipt 19-year-old Red Lobster waitress Toni Christina Jenkins received that had “ni**er” written on it.

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The patron accused of writing the n-word on the tip section of receipt for teenage waitress Toni Christina Jenkins is denying he wrote the slur. While serving at a Tennessee Red Lobster, Jenkins says Devin Barnes signed his receipt with the n-word and she posted a photo of it to her Facebook page. The photo […]

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Toni Christina Jenkins (pictured) was working an afternoon shift on Saturday at the Red Lobster restaurant in Franklin, Tenn., where she says a Caucasian couple…

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A Florida State University (FSU) student accused of posting a racist video on her social media networks is claiming she was hacked. SEE ALSO: Anti-Syria Protesters…

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Power Of Your Om, a yoga studio in Santa Barbara, Calif., is under fire for promoting and holding a “ghetto fabulous-themed class last weekend. SEE…

By now you’ve heard of Pastor Makeda Pennycooke who made national headlines, after sending an e-mail to parishioners that “only White people” should greet visitors…

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If you’re black and angry at another black person on your job, please don’t shout the N-word – it could become illegal. The N-word is used all over the country by black folks were who mad, loving or joking. But now, a New York federal jury court has weighed in to say use of the […]

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DENVER (AP)— A secret meeting between a representative of the Wyoming chapter of the NAACP and a Ku Klux Klan organizer ended with the Klan organizer paying $50 to join the civil rights organization, participants said. Saturday’s meeting between Jimmy Simmons, president of the Casper NAACP, and John Abarr, a KKK organizer from Great Falls, […]